Quest Solution Reports Second Quarter Results
Revenues Increase 39% to $18.9 Million; Company Continues to Improve Balance Sheet
(firmenpresse) - EUGENE, OR -- (Marketwired) -- 08/23/16 -- (OTCQB: QUES), today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016.
Net revenues of $18.9 million, an increase of 39% compared to the prior year period
Cash flow from operations for the first six months of 2016 of $2.6 million compared to $1.6 million for the first six months of 2015
Strengthened the balance sheet by converting approximately $4.5 million of outstanding debt into new Series C Preferred Stock
Additional debt reductions of $0.6 million from forbearances
Continuation of the restructuring plan that will result in additional cost savings of $0.9 million
Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2016 of $4.4 million
Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2016 of $0.4 million representing 2.1% of net revenues, an improvement of $0.5 million over Q1-2016
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
Please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and the financial tables included below for the Company's GAAP financial statements and a reconciliation of GAAP results to Non-GAAP measures.
"We continue to grow our customer base and deepen our market penetration, as revenues increased by 39%," stated Gilles Gaudreault, Chief Executive Officer of Quest Solution, Inc. "We remain focused on driving sales and realizing cost efficiencies across the enterprise, and I am encouraged with our progress so far this year."
In the second quarter, the Company took significant action to reduce executive overhead and implemented further cost rationalization initiatives by initiating the transfer of the Montreal ribbon production facility to Ajax, Ontario. In effect, the Montreal facility will become a distribution center for the northeast market and this decision will result in eventual savings of $0.3 million on an annualized basis. This move will be completed in the later part of the third quarter. In addition, the Company will further reduce its headcount to right-size the Company's cost structure, reduce its rental expenses, and eliminate certain redundancies caused by the multiple past business acquisitions. The cost savings from the headcount reduction is $0.6 million on an annualized basis. As a result, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $0.6 million in the second quarter to realize the streamlining initiatives. The streamlining efforts will continue for the second half of the year as well. In addition, for the period ended June 30, 2016, the goodwill in relation to the Company's investments in ViascanQdata was impaired by $2.3 million. The impairment charge is non cash and was driven by certain economic factors related to the operations of ViascanQdata. The Company expects to retain the services of an independent valuation firm to determine the fair value of these identifiable intangible assets acquired as part of the business acquisition.
"We also took proactive steps to improve our balance sheet and capital structure," added Mr. Gaudreault. "The conversion of $4.5 million in debt into a new Series C Preferred Stock and the forbearance of $0.6 million in notes helped to reduce the debt load and improve the debt to equity ratio of the Company. The debt reduction efforts were completed in the latter part of June, so we expect to report reductions in our interest expense in the second half of the year. With an increasingly solid balance sheet, a streamlined capital structure and strong sales and delivery organizations, we are well-positioned to grow our business profitably."
Revenues
Revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2016 increased 39% to $18.9 million compared to $13.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015. Approximately $3.9 million of the increase came from the ViascanQData acquisition and the balance of the increase was due to significant enterprise account wins that occurred within the quarter. Revenue for both periods was generated from the sales of hardware, software, consumables (labels, tags and ribbons) and related services by the Company to its customers. Net Revenues for the six-month period ended June 30, 2016 increased 54% to $37.3 million compared to $24.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015. Approximately $7.4 million of the increase came from the ViascanQData acquisition.
Gross Margin
Gross profit margin for the three months ended June 30, 2016 was 21.0% of revenue compared to 24.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2015 with the decrease the result of the product and customer mix. For the first six months of 2016, gross profit margin was 20.9% of total revenues compared to 23.6% in the first six months of 2015.
Net loss
Net loss for the three-month period ended June 30, 2016 was $4.4 million compared to $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015. The increase in the net loss is primarily attributable to a goodwill impairment charge of $2.3 million related to the ViascanQdata acquisition, the restructuring charge of $0.6 million related to the cost reduction program and $0.8 million from non-cash charges of amortization and interest costs. Net loss for the six-month period ended June 30, 2016 was $5.8 million compared to $0.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015. The increase in net loss is attributable to same factors as for the quarter.
EBITDA
The company's operating expenses during both the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 included non-cash expenses including depreciation, amortization of acquisition intangibles and stock-based compensation for employee and director stock options and one-time non recurring costs.
Without the effect of these non-cash expenses, the Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes and Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") for the three months ended June 30, 2016 was $0.4 million compared to $0.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015. Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2016 was $0.3 million compared to $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015.
Please refer to the financial tables included below for a reconciliation of generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") to non-GAAP financial results. Please refer to the financial tables included below for a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results.
Net deferred revenue consists of prepaid third party hardware service agreements, software maintenance service contracts and the related costs and expenses recorded net of the revenue charged. As stated in the footnotes to the financials, the company had deferred revenue of $7.8 million and deferred costs of $6.4 million. This net deferred revenue of $1.4 million at June 30, 2016 will be recognized in income over the term of the contracts, normally one to five years, with three years being the average term.
On June 17, 2016, the Company completed the conversion of approximately $4.5 million of outstanding debt into the newly created Series C Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value at a conversion rate of one share for each $1.00 of principal and accrued but unpaid interest due on the debt.
Quest Solution is a Specialty Systems Integrator focused on Field and Supply Chain Mobility. We are also a manufacturer and distributor of consumables (labels, tags, and ribbons), RFID solutions, and barcoding printers. Founded in 1994, Quest is headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, with offices in the United States and Canada.
Rated in the Top 1% of global solution providers, Quest specializes in the design, deployment and management of enterprise mobility solutions including Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC), Mobile Cloud Analytics, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), and proprietary Mobility software. Our mobility products and services offering is designed to identify, track, trace, share and connect data to enterprise systems such as CRM or ERP solutions. Our customers are leading Fortune 500 companies from several sectors including manufacturing, retail, distribution, food / beverage, transportation and logistics, health care and chemicals / gas / oil.
Joey Trombino
CFO
(514) 744-1000 ext. 1228
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The merger related costs are fees from an independent valuation firm and legal firm which are related to the business acquisitions.
Joey Trombino
CFO
(514) 744-1000 ext. 1228
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