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Geospace Technologies Corporation Reports Strong First Quarter 2023 Earnings

Geospace Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: GEOS) (the “Company”) today announced results for its first quarter ended December 2022. For the three-months ended December 31, 2022, Geospace reported revenue of $31.1 million compared to revenue of $18.0 million for the comparable year-ago quarter. Net loss for the three-months ended December 31, 2022 narrowed to $0.1 million, or $(0.01) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $6.8 million, or ($0.52) per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2021.

The revenue reported for the first quarter marks the highest quarterly revenue the Company has recorded since 2014. This increase in revenue was driven largely by the Company’s Oil and Gas business segment which made up 65% of the quarter’s revenue.

Management’s Comments

Walter R. (“Rick”) Wheeler, President and CEO of the Company said, “We’re pleased to see that revenue for our first quarter of fiscal year 2023 exceeded $31 million. This is an increase of 73% over last year’s same period and represents the Company’s highest amount of quarterly revenue in the last eight-and-half years, namely since June of 2014. In addition, gross profits for the quarter reached a three year high of $10.5 million, leading to a narrow loss of a penny per share. This first quarter result puts forth a strong beginning to the fiscal year and aligns well with our commitment to achieve future profitability through streamlining our operations, reducing operating costs, and increasing revenue in each of our business segments. The majority of first quarter revenue came from our Oil & Gas segment, led by wireless seismic products. Although a sale of GSX land equipment from our rental fleet was a contributing factor, our OBX ocean bottom nodes generated the largest portion of wireless seismic revenue. The majority of this revenue came from executed OBX rental contracts. However, it’s worth noting that a significant portion of that revenue was the result of a compensatory purchase of OBX equipment that was lost by a rental customer during a survey. We intend to build out additional OBX nodes to replenish this lost equipment in the rental fleet. Demand for both the deep-water and shallow-water OBX models continues to strengthen, and many of our existing customers have stated an intention to move their crews into follow-on client contracts after existing surveys are complete. Given an increasing number of shallow water surveys being put out for bid, interest in using our new Mariner nodal technology is also growing significantly.

Our strategic diversification efforts continue to bear fruit as evidenced by the performance of our Adjacent Markets segment. First quarter revenue from these products came within 1% of our all-time record set in last year’s third quarter, supporting our move toward profitability. Our market position for the manufacture and supply of ruggedized water meter connector cabling continues to climb. To maintain this superior position, we work closely with trusted water meter companies to meet the “design-in” specifications of their domestic municipality customers. The breadth of discussions taking place with these partners for specialty cables as well as the Aquana smart valve products gives us confidence in our future growth in this market.

More recently, after the first quarter closed, our Quantum Technology Sciences subsidiary entered a new contract with an undisclosed federal government contractor. Although the initial dollar amount is modest, the contract holds strategic significance and future potential for an application unrelated to border security. In conjunction with ongoing discussions surrounding other unique applications of Quantum’s analytics technology, we believe the outlook for projects in our Emerging Markets segment is expanding.

In keeping with our plans for streamlining operations and reducing costs, we anticipate completing the sale of our satellite Houston facility within the next quarter. This facility currently houses our OBX rental operations which we are in the process of consolidating into our main campus location. Following the end of the quarter, we sold obsolete equipment to accommodate this consolidation."

Oil and Gas Markets Segment

Revenue from the Company’s Oil and Gas Markets segment totaled $20.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022. This compares to $9.7 million in revenue, an increase of 109%, over the same period a year ago.

Traditional Exploration Products revenue totaled $2.8 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2022. This compares to $0.6 million in revenue during the same period a year ago. The increase in revenue is due to higher demand for seismic sensor and marine products. In part, traditional seismic sales are up over the prior year period as the Company fulfills a long-term sensor sales order for an international company. Additionally, the on-going conflict between Russia and the Ukraine has led to extensive sanctions against Russia, which has resulted in a modest increase in domestic sales in that region.

Wireless Seismic Exploration Products revenue totaled $17.2 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2022. This is a 98% increase when compared to the same year ago period. The first quarter increase is due to higher rental revenue from higher utilization of our OBX rental fleet and higher marine wireless product revenue resulting from a rental equipment customer contractually obligated to provide compensation for lost OBX nodes.

Adjacent Markets Segment

Revenue from the Company’s Adjacent Markets segment totaled $10.9 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2022, compared to $8.2 million in the year ago period, representing an increase of 32%. The increase in revenue is the result of higher demand for the Company’s smart water meter cable and connector products.

Emerging Markets

The Company’s Emerging Markets segment generated revenue of $0.09 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2022, compared to $0.1 million for the similar three-month period of the previous year. The quarter’s revenue is attributed to the Company’s on-going contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Efforts to expand this segment’s SADAR passive seismic monitoring products into new markets is generating growing interest and should lead to orders materializing within fiscal year 2023.

Balance Sheet and Liquidity

For the three-month period ended December 31, 2022, the Company used $4.9 million in cash and cash equivalents in operating activities. The Company generated $0.2 million in cash from investing activities that included $0.6 million in proceeds from the sale of rental equipment, offset by $0.4 million of cash invested in rental equipment and property, plant and equipment. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had $12.3 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, and maintained additional borrowing availability of $8.5 million under its bank credit agreement with no borrowings outstanding. Thus, as of December 31, 2022, the Company’s total liquidity was $20.8 million. The Company additionally owns unencumbered property and real estate in both domestic and international locations. In fiscal year 2023, management anticipates a capital expenditure budget of $7.3 million, including $6.0 million earmarked for additions to its rental equipment. Additions to our rental fleet will only occur when warranted by market conditions and financial commitments are made by customers.

Conference Call Information

The Company will host a conference call to review its first quarter fiscal year 2023 financial results on February 9, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Central Time). Participants can access the call at (800) 274-8461 (US) or (203) 518-9843 (International). Please reference the conference ID: GEOSQ123 prior to the start of the conference call. A replay will be available for approximately 60 days and may be accessed through the Investor Relations tab of the Company’s website at www.geospace.com.

About Geospace Technologies

Geospace Technologies is a global technology and instrumentation manufacturer specializing in vibration sensing and highly ruggedized products which serve energy, industrial, government and commercial customers worldwide. The Company’s products blend engineering expertise with advanced analytic software to optimize energy exploration, enhance national and homeland security, empower water utility and property managers, and streamline electronic printing solutions. With more than four decades of excellence, the Company’s more than 600 employees across the world are dedicated to engineering and technical quality. Geospace is traded on the U.S. NASDAQ stock exchange as GEOS. For more information, visit www.geospace.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “intend”, “expect”, “plan”, “budget”, “forecast”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential”, “continue”, “evaluating” or similar words. Statements that contain these words should be read carefully because they discuss future expectations, contain projections of our future results of operations or of our financial position or state other forward-looking information. Examples of forward- looking statements include, statements regarding our expected operating results, the timing, adoption, results and success of our rollout of our Aquana smart water valves and cloud based control platform, future demand for our Quantum security solutions the adoption and sale of products in various geographic regions, potential tenders for permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) systems, future demand for OBX rental equipment, the adoption of Quantum’s SADAR® product monitoring of subsurface reservoirs, the completion of new orders for channels of our GCL system, the fulfillment of customer payment obligations, the impact of and the recovery from the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, our ability to manage changes and the continued health or availability of management personnel, the impact of the current armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, volatility and direction of oil prices, anticipated levels of capital expenditures and the sources of funding therefor, and our strategy for growth, product development, market position, financial results and the provision of accounting reserves. These forward-looking statements reflect our current judgment about future events and trends based on currently available information. However, there will likely be events in the future that we are not able to predict or control. The factors listed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other cautionary language in such Annual Report, any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10- Q, or in our other periodic reports, provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements. Such examples include, but are not limited to, the failure of the Quantum or OptoSeis® or Aquana technology transactions to yield positive operating results, decreases in commodity price levels, the continued adverse impact of COVID-19, which could reduce demand for our products, the failure of our products to achieve market acceptance (despite substantial investment by us), our sensitivity to short term backlog, delayed or cancelled customer orders, product obsolescence resulting from poor industry conditions or new technologies, bad debt write-offs associated with customer accounts, inability to collect on promissory notes, lack of further orders for our OBX systems, failure of our Quantum products to be adopted by the border and security perimeter market or a decrease in such market due to governmental changes, and infringement or failure to protect intellectual property. The occurrence of the events described in these risk factors and elsewhere in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or in our other periodic reports could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial position, and actual events and results of operations may vary materially from our current expectations. We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward- looking statement, whether written or oral, that we may make from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws and regulations.

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Products

 

$

19,548

 

 

$

13,032

 

Rental

 

 

11,561

 

 

 

4,959

 

Total revenue

 

 

31,109

 

 

 

17,991

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Products

 

 

15,365

 

 

 

11,350

 

Rental

 

 

5,210

 

 

 

4,939

 

Total cost of revenue

 

 

20,575

 

 

 

16,289

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

 

 

10,534

 

 

 

1,702

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

6,435

 

 

 

5,744

 

Research and development

 

 

4,258

 

 

 

5,269

 

Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

 

 

 

(2,440

)

Bad debt expense

 

 

120

 

 

 

15

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

10,813

 

 

 

8,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(279

)

 

 

(6,886

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

(39

)

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

156

 

 

 

194

 

Foreign exchange gains, net

 

 

107

 

 

 

18

 

Other, net

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(17

)

Total other income, net

 

 

212

 

 

 

195

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(6,691

)

Income tax expense

 

 

30

 

 

 

77

 

Net loss

 

$

(97

)

 

$

(6,768

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

(0.52

)

Diluted

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

(0.52

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

13,067,991

 

 

 

12,919,673

 

Diluted

 

 

13,067,991

 

 

 

12,919,673

 

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands except share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

11,355

 

 

$

16,109

 

Short-term investments

 

 

896

 

 

 

894

 

Trade accounts and notes receivable, net

 

 

31,424

 

 

 

20,886

 

Property held for sale

 

 

2,403

 

 

 

 

Inventories, net

 

 

20,736

 

 

 

19,995

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

1,756

 

 

 

2,077

 

Total current assets

 

 

68,570

 

 

 

59,961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current notes receivable

 

 

306

 

 

 

 

Non-current inventories, net

 

 

15,604

 

 

 

12,526

 

Rental equipment, net

 

 

23,242

 

 

 

28,199

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

23,334

 

 

 

26,598

 

Operating right-of-use assets

 

 

897

 

 

 

957

 

Goodwill

 

 

736

 

 

 

736

 

Other intangible assets, net

 

 

5,335

 

 

 

5,573

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

409

 

 

 

506

 

Total assets

 

$

138,433

 

 

$

135,056

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable trade

 

$

7,522

 

 

$

5,595

 

Contingent consideration

 

 

 

 

 

175

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

245

 

 

 

241

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

8,023

 

 

 

6,616

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

15,790

 

 

 

12,627

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current operating lease liabilities

 

 

701

 

 

 

769

 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

 

7

 

 

 

13

 

Total liabilities

 

 

16,498

 

 

 

13,409

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 13,972,981 and 13,863,233 shares issued, respectively; and 13,130,989 and 13,021,241 shares outstanding, respectively

 

 

140

 

 

 

139

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

95,037

 

 

 

94,667

 

Retained earnings

 

 

49,557

 

 

 

49,654

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(15,299

)

 

 

(15,313

)

Treasury stock, at cost, 841,992 shares

 

 

(7,500

)

 

 

(7,500

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

121,935

 

 

 

121,647

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

138,433

 

 

$

135,056

 

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(97

)

 

$

(6,768

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax benefit

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(1

)

Rental equipment depreciation

 

 

3,247

 

 

 

3,543

 

Property, plant and equipment depreciation

 

 

1,017

 

 

 

1,105

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

238

 

 

 

446

 

Accretion of discounts on short-term investments

 

 

5

 

 

 

52

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

370

 

 

 

536

 

Bad debt expense

 

 

120

 

 

 

15

 

Inventory obsolescence expense

 

 

1,380

 

 

 

671

 

Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

 

 

 

(2,440

)

Gross profit from sale of used rental equipment

 

 

(3,092

)

 

 

(2,612

)

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

 

(47

)

 

 

 

Realized loss on short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Effects of changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts and notes receivable

 

 

(6,846

)

 

 

1,477

 

Inventories

 

 

(5,188

)

 

 

74

 

Other assets

 

 

886

 

 

 

157

 

Accounts payable trade

 

 

1,924

 

 

 

(2,623

)

Other liabilities

 

 

1,225

 

 

 

(965

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(4,864

)

 

 

(7,326

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

 

 

(265

)

 

 

(145

)

Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

Investment in rental equipment

 

 

(162

)

 

 

(782

)

Proceeds from the sale of used rental equipment

 

 

622

 

 

 

1,048

 

Purchases of short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

(450

)

Proceeds from the sale of short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

2,249

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

 

242

 

 

 

1,920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments on contingent consideration

 

 

(175

)

 

 

(807

)

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

 

 

 

(695

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(175

)

 

 

(1,502

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

 

43

 

 

 

5

 

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(4,754

)

 

 

(6,903

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of fiscal year

 

 

16,109

 

 

 

14,066

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of fiscal period

 

$

11,355

 

 

$

7,163

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

 

 

$

82

 

Accounts receivable related to sale of used rental equipment

 

 

4,505

 

 

 

 

Issuance of note receivable related to sale of used rental equipment

 

 

 

 

 

3,745

 

Inventory transferred to rental equipment

 

 

7

 

 

 

863

 

Inventory transferred to property, plant and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

SUMMARY OF SEGMENT REVENUE AND OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

December 31, 2021

Oil and Gas Markets segment revenue:

 

 

 

 

Traditional seismic exploration product revenue

 

$

2,755

 

$

591

Wireless seismic exploration product revenue

 

 

17,238

 

 

8,727

Reservoir product revenue

 

 

155

 

 

336

 

 

 

20,148

 

 

9,654

 

 

 

 

 

Adjacent Markets segment revenue:

 

 

 

 

Industrial product revenue

 

 

7,930

 

 

5,013

Imaging product revenue

 

 

2,892

 

 

3,158

 

 

 

10,822

 

 

8,171

Emerging Markets segment revenue:

 

 

 

 

Border and perimeter security product revenue

 

 

93

 

 

137

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate

 

 

46

 

 

29

Total revenue

 

$

31,109

 

$

17,991

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

December 31, 2021

Operating income (loss):

 

 

 

 

Oil and Gas Markets segment

 

$

2,406

 

 

$

(4,170

)

Adjacent Markets segment

 

 

1,747

 

 

 

1,208

 

Emerging Markets segment

 

 

(1,213

)

 

 

(820

)

Corporate

 

 

(3,219

)

 

 

(3,104

)

Total operating loss

 

$

(279

)

 

$

(6,886

)

 

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