10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the Quarterly Period Ended December 31, 2021 OR

☐ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the transition period from ____ to ____

Commission file number 001-13601

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Texas	76-0447780
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7007 Pinemont, Houston, Texas	77040
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 986-4444

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	GEOS	The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of January 31, 2022, the registrant had 12,981,741 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share outstanding.

Table of Contents

	Page Number
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements	3
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	20
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	27
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	28
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	29
Item 6. Exhibits	30

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands except share amounts)

(unaudited)

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	7,163		$	14,066
Short-term investments		7,625			9,496
Trade accounts and financing receivables, net		19,239			17,159
Unbilled receivables		1,051			1,051
Inventories, net		19,919			16,196
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		2,118			2,062
Total current assets		57,115			60,030
Non-current financing receivables		2,106			2,938
Non-current inventories, net		13,324			18,103
Rental equipment, net		35,815			38,905
Property, plant and equipment, net		28,942			29,983
Operating right-of-use assets		1,133			1,191
Goodwill		5,072			5,072
Other intangible assets, net		6,804			7,250
Other assets		222			457
Total assets	$	150,533		$	163,929
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable trade	$	3,767		$	6,391
Contingent consideration		247			807
Operating lease liabilities		150			225
Other current liabilities		7,401			7,799
Total current liabilities		11,565			15,222
Non-current contingent consideration		2,523			5,210
Non-current operating lease liabilities		1,025			1,009
Non-current other liabilities		31			31
Total liabilities		15,144			21,472
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Common Stock, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 13,823,733 and         13,738,971 shares issued, respectively; and 12,981,741 and 12,969,542 shares         outstanding, respectively		138			137
Additional paid-in capital		93,471			92,935
Retained earnings		65,742			72,510
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(16,462	)		(16,320	)
Treasury stock, at cost, 841,992 and 769,429 shares, respectively		(7,500	)		(6,805	)
Total stockholders’ equity		135,389			142,457
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	150,533		$	163,929

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Revenue:
Products	$	13,032		$	26,722
Rental		4,959			1,738
Total revenue		17,991			28,460
Cost of revenue:
Products		11,350			16,830
Rental		4,939			4,905
Total cost of revenue		16,289			21,735
Gross profit		1,702			6,725
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative		5,744			5,354
Research and development		5,269			3,520
Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration		(2,440	)		(697	)
Bad debt expense		15			7
Total operating expenses		8,588			8,184
Loss from operations		(6,886	)		(1,459	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income		194			321
Foreign exchange gains, net		18			149
Other, net		(17	)		(3	)
Total other income, net		195			467
Loss before income taxes		(6,691	)		(992	)
Income tax expense		77			58
Net loss	$	(6,768	)	$	(1,050	)
Loss per common share:
Basic	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.08	)
Diluted	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.08	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic		12,919,673			13,571,510
Diluted		12,919,673			13,571,510

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Net loss	$	(6,768	)	$	(1,050	)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Change in unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net of tax		(9	)		—
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(133	)		197
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(142	)		197
Total comprehensive loss	$	(6,910	)	$	(853	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(in thousands, except share amounts)

(unaudited)

	Common Stock										Accumulated
						Additional					Other
	Shares					Paid-In		Retained			Comprehensive			Treasury
	Outstanding			Amount		Capital		Earnings			Loss			Stock			Total
Balance at October 1, 2021		12,969,542		$	137	$	92,935	$	72,510		$	(16,320	)	$	(6,805	)	$	142,457
Net loss		—			—		—		(6,768	)		—			—			(6,768	)
Other comprehensive loss		—			—		—		—			(142	)		—			(142	)
Issuance of common stock pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units		84,762			1		—		—			—			—			1
Purchase of treasury stock		(72,563	)		—		—		—			—			(695	)		(695	)
Stock-based compensation		—			—		536		—			—			—			536
Balance at December 31, 2021		12,981,741		$	138	$	93,471	$	65,742		$	(16,462	)	$	(7,500	)	$	135,389
Balance at October 1, 2020		13,670,639		$	137	$	90,965	$	86,566		$	(16,698	)	$	—		$	160,970
Net loss		—			—		—		(1,050	)		—			—			(1,050	)
Other comprehensive income		—			—		—		—			197			—			197
Issuance of common stock pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units		57,332			1		—		—			—			—			—
Purchase of treasury stock		(117,637	)		—		—		—			—			(828	)		(828	)
Stock-based compensation		—			—		548		—			—			—			548
Balance at December 31, 2020		13,610,334		$	138	$	91,513	$	85,516		$	(16,501	)	$	(828	)	$	159,837

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(6,768	)	$	(1,050	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)		(1	)		6
Rental equipment depreciation		3,543			3,831
Property, plant and equipment depreciation		1,105			985
Amortization of intangible assets		446			433
Accretion of discounts on short-term investments		52			—
Stock-based compensation expense		536			548
Bad debt expense		15			7
Inventory obsolescence expense		671			617
Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration		(2,440	)		(697	)
Gross profit from sale of used rental equipment		(2,612	)		(4,127	)
Realized loss short-term investments		7			—
Effects of changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts and notes receivables		1,477			5,143
Unbilled receivables		—			(4,263	)
Inventories		74			(2,065	)
Other assets		157			(1,422	)
Accounts payable trade		(2,623	)		4,053
Other liabilities		(965	)		311
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		(7,326	)		2,310
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property, plant and equipment		(145	)		(597	)
Investment in rental equipment		(782	)		(13	)
Proceeds from the sale of used rental equipment		1,048			112
Purchases of short-term investments		(450	)		—
Proceeds from the sale of short-term investments		2,249			—
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		1,920			(498	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on contingent consideration		(807	)		—
Purchase of treasury stock		(695	)		(828	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(1,502	)		(828	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		5			49
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(6,903	)		1,033
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of fiscal year		14,066			32,686
Cash and cash equivalents, end of fiscal period	$	7,163		$	33,719
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for income taxes	$	82		$	40
Issuance of notes receivable in connection with sale of used rental equipment		3,745			9,868
Inventory transferred to (from) rental equipment		863			(667	)
Inventory transferred to property, plant and equipment		172			—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated balance sheet of Geospace Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) at September 30, 2021 was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements at that date. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021 and the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were prepared by the Company without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows were made. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for a full year or of future operations.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America were omitted pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company considers many factors in selecting appropriate operational and financial accounting policies and controls, and in developing the estimates and assumptions that are used in the preparation of these financial statements. The Company continually evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debt reserves, collectability of rental revenue, inventory obsolescence reserves, self-insurance reserves, product warranty reserves, useful lives of long-lived assets, impairment of long-lived assets and intangible assets, contingent consideration and deferred income tax assets. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. While management believes current estimates are reasonable and appropriate, actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original or remaining maturity at the time of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2021, cash and cash equivalents included $4.5 million held by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries and branch offices. If the Company were to repatriate the cash held by its foreign subsidiaries, it could be required to accrue and pay taxes on any amount repatriated.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the FASB issued guidance on simplifying the accounting for income taxes. The guidance eliminates certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. Certain amendments within the guidance are required to be applied on a retrospective basis for all periods presented; others are to be applied using a modified retrospective approach with a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings, if any, as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is adopted; and yet others are to be applied using either basis. All other amendments not specified in the guidance should be applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. An entity that elects to early adopt in an interim period should reflect any adjustments as of the beginning of the annual period that includes that interim period. Additionally, an entity that elects early adoption must adopt all the amendments in the same period. The Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. The adoption of this guidance did not have any impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued guidance surrounding credit losses for financial instruments that replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in generally accepted accounting principles. The new impairment model requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses expected to occur for most financial assets and certain other financial instruments. For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, credit losses will be recognized as allowances rather than reductions in the amortized cost of the securities. As a small reporting company, the Company must adopt this standard no later than the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The standard’s provisions will be applied as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first effective reporting period. The Company intends to

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adopt this standard during the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 and is continuing to evaluate the impact of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.  

2. Revenue Recognition

In accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), the Company recognizes revenue when performance of contractual obligations are satisfied, generally when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to its customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.

The Company primarily derives product revenue from the sale of its manufactured products. Revenue from these product sales, including the sale of used rental equipment, is recognized when obligations under the terms of a contract are satisfied, control is transferred and collectability of the sales price is probable. The Company records deferred revenue when customer funds are received prior to shipment or delivery or performance has not yet occurred. The Company assesses collectability during the contract assessment phase. In situations where collectability of the sales price is not probable, the Company recognizes revenue when it determines that collectability is probable or when non-refundable cash is received from its customers and there is not a significant right of return. Transfer of control generally occurs with shipment or delivery, depending on the terms of the underlying contract. The Company’s products are generally sold without any customer acceptance provisions, and the Company’s standard terms of sale do not allow customers to return products for credit.

Revenue from engineering services is recognized as services are rendered over the duration of a project, or as billed on a per hour basis. Field service revenue is recognized when services are rendered and is generally priced on a per day rate.

The Company also generates revenue from short-term rentals under operating leases of its manufactured products. Rental revenue is recognized as earned over the rental period if collectability of the rent is reasonably assured. Rentals of the Company’s equipment generally range from daily rentals to minimum rental periods of up to six months or longer. The Company has determined that ASC 606 does not apply to rental contracts, which are within the scope of ASC Topic 842, Leases.

As permissible under ASC 606, sales taxes and transaction-based taxes are excluded from revenue. The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less. Additionally, the Company expenses costs incurred to obtain contracts when incurred because the amortization period would have been one year or less. These costs are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses.

The Company has elected to treat shipping and handling activities in a sales transaction after the customer obtains control of the goods as a fulfillment cost and not as a promised service. Accordingly, fulfillment costs related to the shipping and handling of goods are accrued at the time of shipment. Amounts billed to a customer in a sales transaction related to reimbursable shipping and handling costs are included in revenue and the associated costs incurred by the Company for reimbursable shipping and handling expenses are reported in cost of revenue.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company was awarded an approximate $10.5 million contract (inclusive of a subsequent contract amendment of $0.3 million) with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (the “CBP”) to provide a technology solution to the Department of Homeland Security. Revenue recognized under the contract for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $0.1 million and $8.8 million, respectively. The Company had unbilled receivables of $1.1 million at December 31, 2021 under this contract. Unrecognized revenue for unsatisfied performance obligations on this contract at December 31, 2021 was approximately $0.1 million. The Company anticipates the revenue on the remaining performance obligation on this contract will be recognized in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. Unsatisfied performance obligations on all other contracts held by the Company at December 31, 2021 had an original duration of one year or less.

At December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, the Company had no deferred contract costs or deferred contract liabilities. During the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, no revenue was recognized from deferred contract liabilities and no cost of revenue was recognized from deferred contract costs.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company partially financed a $12.5 million product sale by entering into a $10.0 million promissory note with the customer. The note has a three-year term with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.3 million. Due to the financial condition of the customer, the Company had concerns over the probable collectability of the promissory note. As a result, the Company did not recognize any revenue or cost of revenue on the product sale through its first quarter of fiscal year 2021. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, as a result of new information received from the customer, management determined that it is probable that the customer will satisfy its remaining payment obligations on the promissory note with the Company and recognized revenue of $12.5 million on the product sale. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company granted the customer a six-month principal payment forbearance. The customer is expected to recommence its monthly payments to the Company in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. The customer has made payments totaling $7.2 million (exclusive of interest) as of December 31, 2021 related to the product sale. Deferred contract costs associated with this sale was recognized in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021.

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For each of the Company’s operating segments, the following table presents revenue only from the sale of products and the performance of services under contracts with customers (in thousands). Therefore, the table excludes all revenue earned from rental contracts.

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Oil and Gas Markets
Traditional exploration product revenue	$	580	$	997
Wireless exploration product revenue		3,758		10,029
Reservoir product revenue		427		29
Total revenue		4,765		11,055
Adjacent Markets
Industrial product revenue		5,014		4,407
Imaging product revenue		3,116		2,463
Total revenue		8,130		6,870
Emerging Markets
Revenue		137		8,797
Total	$	13,032	$	26,722

See Note 12 for more information on the Company’s operating segments.

For each of the geographic areas where the Company operates, the following table presents revenue (in thousands) from the sale of products and services under contracts with customers. The table excludes all revenue earned from rental contracts:

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Asia	$	4,678	$	11,373
Canada		398		407
Europe		1,311		1,175
United States		6,019		13,364
Other		626		403
Total	$	13,032	$	26,722

Revenue is attributable to countries based on the ultimate destination of the product sold, if known. If the ultimate destination is not known, revenue is attributable to countries based on the geographic location of the initial shipment.

3. Short-term Investments

The Company classifies its short-term investments as available-for-sale securities. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair market value with net unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in stockholders’ equity. For the three months ended December 31, 2021, the Company realized losses of $7,000 from the sale of short-term investments. No gains or losses were realized during the three months ended December 2020 from the sale of short-term investments.

The Company’s short-term investments were composed of the following (in thousands):

	As of December 31, 2021 (in thousands)
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	7,649	$	—	$	(24	)	$	7,625

	As of September 30, 2021 (in thousands)
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	9,511	$	—	$	(15	)	$	9,496

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The Company’s short-term investments at December 31, 2021 had contractual maturities of $6.7 million due within one year and $0.9 million due between January 2023 to March 2023.

4. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments generally include cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, trade accounts, financing receivables and accounts payable. Due to the short-term maturities of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts and financing receivables and accounts payable, the carrying amounts of these financial instruments are deemed to approximate their fair value on the respective balance sheet dates. The valuation technique used to measure the fair value of the contingent consideration was based on internal estimates and the use of internal projections of future revenue.

The Company measures its short-term investments and contingent consideration at fair value on a recurring basis.

The following tables present the fair value of the Company’s short-term investments and contingent consideration by valuation hierarchy and input (in thousands):

	As of December 31, 2021
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets  (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable (Level 3)			Totals
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	—	$	7,625	$	—		$	7,625
Total assets	$	—	$	7,625	$	—		$	7,625
Contingent consideration liabilities:
Current portion		—		—		(247	)		(247	)
Non-current portion		—		—		(2,523	)		(2,523	)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	(2,770	)	$	(2,770	)

	As of September 30, 2021
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable (Level 3)			Totals
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	—	$	9,496	$	—		$	9,496
Total assets	$	—	$	9,496	$	—		$	9,496
Contingent consideration liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	(6,017	)	$	(6,017	)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	(6,017	)	$	(6,017	)

The following table summarizes changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

Balance at October 1, 2021	$	6,017
Fair value adjustments		(2,440	)
Payment of contingent consideration		(807	)
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	2,770
Balance at October 1, 2020	$	10,962
Fair value adjustments		(697	)
Payment of contingent consideration		—
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	10,265

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Adjustments to the fair value of the contingent consideration are based on internal estimates and management assessments regarding potential future scenarios. The Company believes its estimates and assumptions are reasonable, however, there is significant judgment involved. Also see Note 11.

5. Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables

Trade accounts receivable, net (excluding notes receivable) are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Trade accounts receivable	$	11,151		$	12,635
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(419	)		(428	)
Total	$	10,732		$	12,207

The allowance for doubtful accounts represents the Company’s best estimate of probable credit losses. The Company determines the allowance based upon historical experience and a current review of its trade accounts receivable balances. Trade accounts receivable balances are charged off against the allowance whenever it is probable that the receivable balance will not be recoverable.

Financing receivables are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Promissory notes	$	9,132		$	5,432
Sales-type leases		1,481			2,464
Total financing receivables	$	10,613			7,896
Unearned income:
Sales-type leases		—			(6	)
Total unearned income		—			(6	)
Total financing receivables, net of unearned income		10,613			7,890
Less current portion		(8,507	)		(4,952	)
Non-current notes receivable	$	2,106		$	2,938

Promissory notes receivable are generally collateralized by the products sold, and bear interest at rates ranging up to 8% per year. The promissory notes receivable mature at various times through July 2023. The Company has, on occasion, extended or renewed notes receivable as they mature, but there is no obligation to do so.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Company financed a sale of OBX rental equipment by entering into a $3.7 million promissory note with a customer. The note has a term of nine months, with principal and interest payments of $0.4 million due monthly until maturity.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company entered into a sales-type lease with a customer on land-based wireless seismic equipment from its rental fleet. The lease has a term of six months. The balance due under the lease at December 31, 2021 was $1.5 million, all of which was due and payable. Interest income related to the lease of $6,000 was recognized for the three months ended December 31, 2021. The ownership of the equipment will transfer to the customer upon the customer's payment of the outstanding balance.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company partially financed a $12.5 million product sale by entering into a $10.0 million promissory note with the customer. The note has a three-year term with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.3 million. Due to the financial condition of the customer, the Company had concerns over the probable collectability of the promissory note. As a result, the promissory note was not reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet through its first quarter of fiscal year 2021. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, as a result of a new information received from the customer, management determined that it was probable that the customer would satisfy its remaining payment obligations to the Company and, therefore, the Company recognized the promissory note on its consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021. See Note 2 for more information on this matter.

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6. Inventories

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Finished goods	$	21,271		$	19,368
Work in process		5,241			8,247
Raw materials		43,324			43,620
Obsolescence reserve		(36,593	)		(36,936	)
		33,243			34,299
Less current portion		19,919			16,196
Non-current portion	$	13,324		$	18,103

Raw materials include semi-finished goods and component parts that totaled approximately $21.6 million and $22.7 million at December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, respectively. Finished goods and raw materials that totaled $24.1 million and $23.3 million were fully reserved at December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, respectively.

7. Leases

As Lessee

The Company has elected not to record operating right-of-use assets or operating lease liabilities on its consolidated balance sheet for leases having a minimum term of 12 months or less. Such leases are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease payments are excluded from the measurement of operating right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities and are recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has two operating right-of-use assets related to leased facilities in Austin, Texas and Melbourne, Florida.

Maturities of the operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 were as follows: (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2022 (remainder)	$	193
2023		270
2024		278
2025		186
2026		130
Thereafter		225
Future minimum lease payments		1,282
Less interest		(107	)
Present value of minimum lease payments		1,175
Less current portion		(150	)
Long-term portion	$	1,025

Lease costs recognized in the consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Right-of-use operating lease costs	$	68	$	38
Short-term lease costs		44		74
Total	$	112	$	112

Right-of use operating lease costs and short-term lease costs are included as a component of total operating expenses.

Other information related to operating leases is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	70		$	42
Weighted average remaining lease term	5.3 years			1.3 years
Weighted average discount rate		3.25	%		5.00	%

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The discount rate used on the operating right-of-use assets represented the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at lease inception.

As Lessor

Equipment

The Company leases equipment to customers primarily for terms of six months or less. The majority of the Company’s rental revenue is generated from its marine-based wireless seismic data acquisition system.

All of the Company’s leasing arrangements as lessor are classified as operating leases, except for one sales-type lease. See Note 5 for more information on the Company’s sales-type lease.

The Company regularly evaluates the collectability of its lease receivables on a lease by lease basis. The evaluation primarily consists of reviewing past due account balances and other factors such as the credit quality of the customer, historical trends of the customer and current economic conditions. The Company suspends revenue recognition when the collectability of amounts due are no longer probable and concurrently records a direct write-off of the lease receivable to rental revenue and limits future rental revenue recognition to cash received. As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s trade accounts receivables included lease receivables of $6.0 million.

Rental revenue related to leased equipment for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $4.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

At December 31, 2021, future minimum lease obligations due from the Company’s leasing customers on operating leases (all in fiscal year 2022) were $0.5 million.

Rental equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Rental equipment, primarily wireless recording equipment	$	94,194		$	95,827
Accumulated depreciation and impairment		(58,379	)		(56,922	)
	$	35,815		$	38,905

Property

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Company leased a portion of its property located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and fully leased its warehouse in Bogotá, Colombia. The lease in Canada commenced in November 2021 and is for a five-year term. The lease on the warehouse in Bogotá commenced in December 2021 and is for a one-year term.

Rental revenue related to these two property leases was $29,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2021.

Future minimum lease payment due to the Company as of December 31, 2021 on these two leases were as follows (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2022 (remainder)	$	147
2023		136
2024		128
2025		131
2026		132
Thereafter		11
	$	685

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8. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The Company’s consolidated goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Weighted-
	Average
	Remaining Useful
	Lives (in years)	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Goodwill		$	5,072		$	5,072
Other intangible assets:
Developed technology	14.9	$	6,475		$	6,475
Customer relationships	0.7		3,900			3,900
Trade names	1.8		2,022			2,022
Non-compete agreements	0.7		186			186
Total other intangible assets	8.2		12,583			12,583
Accumulated amortization			(5,779	)		(5,333	)
		$	6,804		$	7,250

At December 31, 2021, the Company had goodwill of $4.3 million and other intangible assets, net of $4.2 million attributable to its Emerging Markets reporting unit; goodwill of $0.7 million and other intangible assets, net of $0.6 million attributable to its Adjacent Markets reporting unit; and other intangible assets, net of $2.0 million attributable to its Oil and Gas Markets reporting unit. Goodwill represents the excess cost of a business acquired over the fair market value of identifiable net assets at the date of acquisition.

At December 31, 2021, the Company determined there were no triggering events requiring an impairment assessment of its goodwill and other intangible assets. The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter. If the Company determines that the future cash flows anticipated to be generated from its reporting units will not be sufficient to recover the carrying amount of the respective reporting unit, it will need to recognize an impairment charge equal to the difference between the carrying amount of the reporting unit and its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of the goodwill.

Other intangible assets amortization expense was $0.4 million for each of the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

As of December 31, 2021, future estimated amortization expense of other intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2022 (remainder)	$	1,231
2023		768
2024		395
2025		381
2026		374
Thereafter		3,655
	$	6,804

9. Stock-Based Compensation

During the three months ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 161,850 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under its 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). The RSUs issued include both time-based and performance-based vesting provisions. The weighted average grant date fair value of each RSU was $9.00 per unit. The grant date fair value of the RSUs was $1.5 million, which will be charged to expense over the next four years as the restrictions lapse. Compensation expense for the RSUs was determined based on the closing market price of the Company’s stock on the date of grant applied to the total number of units that are anticipated to fully vest. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock upon vesting. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had unrecognized compensation expense of $3.2 million relating to RSUs that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.0 years.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $0.1 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.6 years.

As of December 31, 2021, there were 376,466 RSUs and 8,625 RSAs outstanding. As of December 31, 2021, no nonqualified stock options were outstanding.

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10. Loss Per Common Share

The following table summarizes the calculation of net loss and weighted average common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding for purposes of the computation of loss per share (in thousands, except share and per share data):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Net loss	$	(6,768	)	$	(1,050	)
Less: Loss allocable to unvested restricted stock		—			—
Loss attributable to common shareholders for    diluted earnings per share	$	(6,768	)	$	(1,050	)
Weighted average number of common share equivalents:
Common shares used in basic loss per share		12,919,673			13,571,510
Common share equivalents outstanding related to    stock options and RSUs		—			—
Total weighted average common shares and common    share equivalents used in diluted loss per share		12,919,673			13,571,510
Loss per share:
Basic	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.08	)
Diluted	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.08	)

For the calculation of diluted loss per share for the three months ended December 31, 2021, 376,466 non-vested RSUs were excluded in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding since their impact on diluted loss per share was antidilutive. For the calculation of diluted loss per share for the three months ended December 31, 2020, 38,800 stock options and 315,375 non-vested RSUs were excluded in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding since their impact on diluted loss per share was antidilutive.

11. Commitments and Contingencies

Contingent Consideration

In connection with its acquisitions of Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc. (“Quantum”) and the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology business, the Company recorded contingent purchase price payments, or contingent consideration, that may be owed in the future. For both acquisitions, the contingent payments are based on future receipt of contract awards and the resulting revenue derived from such contracts. The Company reviews and assesses the fair value of its contingent earn-out liabilities on a quarterly basis. The determination of fair value is inherently unpredictable since it requires estimates and projections of future revenue, including the size, length, timing and, in the case of Quantum, the extent of gross profits earned under its future contracts. As a result, the Company anticipates fair value adjustments to these liabilities over the respective earn-out periods, and these adjustments will result in either charges or credits to the Company’s operating expenses when the fair value of the contingent consideration increases or decreases, respectively.

The Company recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $7.7 million in connection with its July 2018 acquisition of Quantum. Contingent payments, if any, may be paid in the form of cash or Company stock and will be derived from eligible revenue generated during a four-year earn-out period ending July 2022. The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.5 million over the four-year earn-out period. In fiscal year 2020, the Company made a cash earn-out payment of $0.1 million to the former shareholders of Quantum. In September 2021 and October 2021, the Company made additional cash earn-out payments of $1.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively, to the former shareholders of Quantum. The payments were primarily attributable to revenue earned on Quantum’s $10 million contract with the CBP to provide a technology solution to the Department of Homeland Security. At September 30, 2021, the contingent earn-out liability was valued at $0.8 million related to projected future eligible revenue. During the three months ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded an adjustment of $0.6 million to decrease the earn-out liability to an estimated value of $0.2 million. The decrease for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily the result of timing in securing a potential second contract with the CBP caused by federal budget delays.

The Company recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $4.3 million in connection with its November 2018 acquisition of all the intellectual property and related assets of the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology. Contingent cash payments, if any, will be derived from eligible revenue generated during a five-and-a-half year earn-out period ending in May 2024. In order for revenue to be considered eligible, sales contracts must be entered into during the first four years of the earn-out period ending in November 2022. The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.2 million over the five-and-a-half year earn-out period. At September 30, 2021, the contingent earn-out liability was valued at $4.4 million. During the three months ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded an adjustment of $1.9 million to decrease the earn-out liability to an estimated value of $2.5 million. The decrease for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was the result of the Company's decision not to provide a bid on a proposal from an oil and gas producer to

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manufacture a large-scale seabed permanent reservoir monitoring system under the terms and conditions presented. No earnout-payments have been made to date on the acquisition.

Contingent Compensation Costs

In connection with the acquisition of Aquana, LLC ("Aquana") in July 2021, the Company is subject to additional contingent cash payments to the former members of Aquana over a six-year earn-out period. The contingent payments, if any, will be derived from certain eligible revenue generated during the earn-out period from products and services sold by Aquana. There is no maximum limit to the contingent cash payments that could be made. The merger agreement with Aquana requires the continued employment of a certain key employee and former member of Aquana for the first four years of the six year earn-out period in order for any of Aquana’s former members to be eligible for any earn-out payments. Due to the continued employment requirement, no liability has been recorded for the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out payments for this transaction. Earn-outs achieved, if any, will be recorded as compensation expense when incurred.

Operating Leases

The Company leases office space and certain equipment for terms of seven years or less. Rent expense was approximately $0.1 million for each of the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. See Note 7 for additional information.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is involved in various pending legal actions in the ordinary course of its business. Management is unable to predict the ultimate outcome of these actions, because of the inherent uncertainty of such actions. However, management believes that the most probable, ultimate resolution of current pending matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

12. Segment Information

The Company reports and evaluates financial information for its operating segments: Oil and Gas Markets, Adjacent Markets and Emerging Markets segments. The Oil and Gas Markets segment products include wireless seismic data acquisition systems, reservoir characterization products and services, and traditional seismic exploration products such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wire, connectors, cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices and various other seismic products. The Adjacent Markets segment products include imaging equipment, water meter products, remote shut-off valves and Internet of Things (loT) platform, offshore cables, and seismic sensors used for vibration monitoring and geotechnical applications such as mine safety applications and earthquake detection. The Emerging Markets segment provides seismic products targeted at the border and perimeter security markets.

The following table summarizes the Company’s segment information (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Revenue:
Oil and Gas Markets	$	9,654		$	12,763
Adjacent Markets		8,171			6,900
Emerging Markets		137			8,797
Corporate		29			—
Total	$	17,991		$	28,460
Income (loss) from operations:
Oil and Gas Markets	$	(4,170	)	$	(5,986	)
Adjacent Markets		1,208			1,260
Emerging Markets		(820	)		6,479
Corporate		(3,104	)		(3,212	)
Total	$	(6,886	)	$	(1,459	)

13. Income Taxes

Consolidated income tax expense was $0.1 million for each of the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company is currently unable to record any tax benefits from the tax losses it incurs in the U.S., Canada and Russian Federation due to the uncertainty surrounding its ability to utilize such losses in the future to offset taxable income.

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14. Risks and Uncertainties

Concentration of Credit Risk

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had combined trade accounts and financing receivables from three customers of $8.1 million, $5.5 million and $3.0 million, respectively. During the three months ended December 31 2021, revenue recognized from these three customers was $4.6 million, $0.7 million and $3.2 million, respectively.

COVID-19 Pandemic

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the globe and has negatively impacted worldwide economic activity, including the global demand for oil and natural gas, and continues to create challenges in the Company’s markets. In addition to measures the Company has taken voluntarily, the government authorities in the Company’s markets have taken actions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, including travel restrictions, border closings, restrictions on public gatherings, stay-at-home orders and other quarantine and isolation measures. Following the initial outbreak of the virus, the Company experienced disruptions in its supply chain, a reduction in demand for certain products, cancellation of rental contracts and difficulty with field employees and salespeople traveling domestically and abroad to conduct the Company’s business. COVID-19 continues to pose the risk that the Company or its employees, contractors, suppliers and customers may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period of time. The effort to vaccinate the global population appears to be reducing the effects of COVID-19, but new mutations of the virus has allowed the continued spread of COVID–19. COVID-19 and the related mitigation measures have disrupted the Company’s supply chain, resulting in longer lead times in materials available from suppliers and extended the shipping time for these materials to reach the Company’s facilities. If COVID–19 continues to spread or the response to contain the COVID–19 pandemic is unsuccessful, the Company could experience a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. On September 4, 2021, OSHA issued a previously announced emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to require vaccination of their employees or, alternatively, require weekly COVID-19 testing and wearing of face coverings for employees; however, on January 13, 2022 the United States Supreme Court stayed implementation of the ETS. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will now review the substantive validity of the ETS, with a potential final review against the United States Supreme Court. The Company is actively monitoring the status of the ETS and is prepared to comply if needed.

Decrease in Oil Commodity Price Levels

Demand for many of the Company’s products and the profitability of its operations depend primarily on the level of worldwide oil and gas exploration activity. Prevailing oil and gas prices, with an emphasis on crude oil prices, and market expectations regarding potential changes in such prices significantly affect the level of worldwide oil and gas exploration activity. During periods of improved energy commodity prices, the capital spending budgets of oil and natural gas operators tend to expand, which results in increased demand for our customers services leading to increased demand in the Company’s products. Conversely, in periods when these energy commodity prices deteriorate, capital spending budgets of oil and natural gas operators tend to contract causing demand for the Company’s products to weaken. Historically, the markets for oil and gas have been volatile and are subject to wide fluctuations in response to changes in the supply of and demand for oil and gas, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors that are beyond its control. These factors include the level of consumer demand, regional and international economic conditions, weather conditions, domestic and foreign governmental regulations (including those related to climate change), price and availability of alternative fuels, political conditions, instability and hostilities in the Middle East and other significant oil-producing regions, increases and decreases in the supply of oil and gas, the effect of worldwide energy conservation measures and the ability of OPEC to set and maintain production levels and prices of foreign imports.

Sustained low oil prices or the failure of oil prices to rise in the future and the resulting downturns or lack of growth in the energy industry and energy‑related business, could have a negative impact on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. In light of the decline in oil prices caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, oil and gas exploration and production ("E&P") companies experienced a significant reduction in cash flows, which resulted in reductions in their capital spending budgets for oil and gas exploration-focused activities, including seismic data acquisition activities. Demand for the sale of the Company's seismic products targeted at customers in its Oil and Gas Markets segment, which has historically accounted for the majority of its revenue, significantly declined during fiscal year 2020, and both product sales and rental revenue diminished during the first half of fiscal year 2021 as a result of significant uncertainty in the outlook for oil and gas exploration. Recently crude oil prices have increased, which should result in higher cash flows for E&P companies. The Company believes E&P companies are allocating their increased levels of cash flow toward debt reduction and shareholder reward initiatives, such as stock buy-back programs and dividend payments. The Company expects low demand for its Oil and Gas Markets segment products until E&P companies redirect their cash flows towards investments in exploration activities, especially seismic exploration. Any material changes in oil and gas prices or other market trends, like slowing growth of the global economy, could adversely impact seismic exploration activity and would likely affect the demand for the Company's products and could materially and adversely affect its results of operations and liquidity.

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Generally, imbalances in the supply and demand for oil and gas will affect oil and gas prices and, in such circumstances, demand for the Company’s oil and gas products may be adversely affected when world supplies exceed demand.

A portion of the Company's oil and gas product manufacturing is conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiary Geospace Technologies Eurasia LLC, which is based in the Russian Federation. The Company's oil and gas business could be directly affected by political and economic conditions in the Russian Federation, including the current geopolitical instability involving the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Syria. United States sanctions against Russia have been expanded to preclude the export of oil and gas equipment anywhere in the world that involve persons designated under the sanctions and to include projects in which persons subject to the sanctions have a 33% ownership interest or a majority of voting interests. Together, these changes make it more difficult for the Company to support projects that have the potential to produce oil involving Russian energy companies. Furthermore, if an exporter is unable to determine whether its equipment will be used in such projects, the export is prohibited. In fiscal year 2021, the Company imported $1.2 million of products from Geospace Technologies Eurasia LLC for resale elsewhere in the world. If imports of these products from the Russian Federation are restricted by government regulation, the Company may be forced to find other sources for the manufacture of these products at potentially higher costs. The U.S. government and several other countries have threatened further severe economic and other sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine. Boycotts, protests, unfavorable regulations, additional governmental sanctions and other actions in the region could also adversely affect the Company's ability to operate profitably. Delays in obtaining governmental approvals can affect the Company's ability to timely deliver its products pursuant to contractual obligations, which could result in the Company being liable to it's customers for damages. The risk of doing business in the Russian Federation and other economically or politically volatile areas could adversely affect the Company's operations and earnings.

Certain of the Company's manufacturing capabilities could be at risk if the U.S. puts economic sanctions on Russia or if relations between the U.S. and Russia deteriorate.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following is management’s discussion and analysis of the major elements of our consolidated financial statements. You should read this discussion and analysis together with our consolidated financial statements, including the accompanying notes, and other detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2021.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain “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 (the “Exchange Act”). 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 our 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, among others, statements that we make regarding our expected operating results, the 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 our products in various geographic regions, potential tenders for permanent reservoir monitoring systems, future demand for OBX systems, 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 (or COVID-19) pandemic, our ability to manage changes and the continued health or availability of management personnel, 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 the information currently available to us. 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, as well as other cautionary language in such Annual Report and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, 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 and OptoSeis® or Aquana technology transactions to yield positive operating results, decreases in commodity price levels, and 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 rental equipment, 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 this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q 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.

Business Overview

Unless otherwise specified, the discussion in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refers to Geospace Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries. We principally design and manufacture seismic instruments and equipment. These seismic products are marketed to the oil and gas industry and used to locate, characterize and monitor hydrocarbon producing reservoirs. We also market our seismic products to other industries for vibration monitoring, border and perimeter security and various geotechnical applications. We design and manufacture other products of a non-seismic nature, including water meter products, imaging equipment, offshore cables, remote shutoff water valves and Internet of Things (IoT) platform and provide contract manufacturing services. We report and categorize our customers and products into three different segments: Oil and Gas Markets, Adjacent Markets and Emerging Markets.

Demand for our products targeted at customers in our Oil and Gas Markets segment has been, and will likely continue to be, vulnerable to downturns in the economy and the oil and gas industry in general. For more information, please refer to the risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.

Available Information

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Our SEC filings are available to the public over the internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Our SEC filings are also available to the public on our website at www.geospace.com. From time to time, we may post investor presentations on our website under the “Investor Relations” tab. Please note that information contained on our website, whether currently posted or

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posted in the future, is not a part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or the documents incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Products and Product Development

Oil and Gas Markets

Our Oil and Gas Markets business segment has historically accounted for the majority of our revenue. Geoscientists use seismic data primarily in connection with the exploration, development and production of oil and gas reserves to map potential and known hydrocarbon bearing formations and the geologic structures that surround them. This segment’s products include wireless seismic data acquisition systems, reservoir characterization products and services, and traditional seismic exploration products such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wire, connectors, cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices and various other seismic products. We believe that our Oil and Gas Markets products are among the most technologically advanced instruments and equipment available for seismic data acquisition.

Traditional Products

An energy source and a data recording system are combined to acquire seismic data. We provide many of the components of seismic data recording systems, including geophones, hydrophones, multi-component sensors, leader wire, geophone strings, connectors, seismic telemetry cables and other seismic related products. On land, our customers use geophones, leader wire, cables and connectors to receive and measure seismic reflections resulting from an energy source into data recording units, which store the seismic information for subsequent processing and analysis. In the marine environment, large ocean-going vessels tow long seismic cables known as “streamers” containing hydrophones that are used to detect pressure changes. Hydrophones transmit electrical impulses back to the vessel’s data recording unit where the seismic data is stored for subsequent processing and analysis. Our marine seismic products also help steer streamers while being towed and help recover streamers if they become disconnected from the vessel.

Our seismic sensor, cable and connector products are compatible with most major competitive seismic data acquisition systems currently in use. Revenue from these products results primarily from seismic contractors purchasing our products as components of new seismic data acquisition systems or to repair and replace components of seismic data acquisition systems already in use.

Wireless Products

We have developed multiple versions of a land-based wireless (or nodal) seismic data acquisition system. Rather than utilizing interconnecting cables as required by most traditional land data acquisition systems, each of our wireless stations operate as an independent data collection system, allowing for virtually unlimited channel configurations. As a result, our wireless systems require less maintenance, which we believe allows our customers to operate more effectively and efficiently because of its reduced environmental impact, lower weight and ease of operation. Each wireless station is available in a single-channel or three-channel configuration. Since its introduction in 2008 and through December 31, 2021, we have sold 486,000 wireless channels and we currently have 74,000 wireless channels in our rental fleet.

We have also developed a marine-based wireless seismic data acquisition system called the OBX. Similar to our land-based wireless systems, the marine OBX system may be deployed in virtually unlimited channel configurations and does not require interconnecting cables between each station. Our deepwater versions of the OBX system can be deployed in depths of up to 3,450 meters. Through December 31, 2021, we have sold 10,000 OBX stations and we currently have 28,000 OBX stations in our rental fleet.

Reservoir Products

Seismic surveys repeated over selected time intervals show dynamic changes within a producing oil and gas reservoir, and operators can use these surveys to monitor the effects of oil and gas development and production. This type of reservoir monitoring requires special purpose or custom designed systems in which portability becomes less critical and functional reliability assumes greater importance. This reliability factor helps assure successful operations in inaccessible locations over a considerable period of time. Additionally, reservoirs located in deep water or harsh environments require special instrumentation and new techniques to maximize recovery. Reservoir monitoring also requires high-bandwidth, high-resolution seismic data for engineering project planning and reservoir management. Utilizing these reservoir monitoring tools, producers can enhance the recovery of oil and gas deposits over the life of a reservoir.

We have developed permanently installed high-definition reservoir monitoring systems for land and ocean-bottom applications in producing oil and gas fields. Our electrical reservoir monitoring systems are currently installed on numerous offshore reservoirs in the North Sea and elsewhere. Through our acquisition of the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology, we now offer both electrical and fiber optic reservoir monitoring systems. These high-definition seismic data acquisition systems have a flexible architecture

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allowing them to be configured as a subsurface system for both land and marine reservoir-monitoring projects. The scalable architecture of these systems enables custom designed configuration for applications ranging from low-channel engineering and environmental-scale surveys requiring a minimum number of recording channels to high-channel surveys required to efficiently conduct permanent reservoir monitoring (“PRM”). The modular architecture of these products allows virtually unlimited channel expansion for these systems.

In addition, we produce seismic borehole acquisition systems that employ a fiber optic augmented wireline capable of very high data transmission rates. These systems are used for several reservoir monitoring applications, including an application pioneered by us allowing operators and service companies to monitor and measure the results of hydraulic fracturing operations.

We believe our reservoir characterization products make seismic acquisition a cost-effective and reliable process for reservoir monitoring. Our multi-component seismic product developments also include an omni-directional geophone for use in reservoir monitoring, a compact marine three-component or four-component gimbaled sensor and special-purpose connectors, connector arrays and cases.

In September 2020, we received a request from a major oil and gas producer for a proposal to manufacture a large-scale seabed PRM system. Under the offered terms and conditions as initially presented, we decided not to provide a bid. In August 2021, we received a new request from the producer, however we have also decided not to bid under the new offered terms and conditions. We have also held discussions and received requests for information from other major oil and gas producers regarding PRM systems. We have not received any orders for a large-scale seabed PRM system since November 2012.

Adjacent Markets

Our Adjacent Markets businesses leverage upon existing manufacturing facilities and engineering capabilities utilized by our Oil and Gas Markets businesses. Many of the seismic products in our Oil and Gas Markets segment, with little or no modification, have direct application to other industries.

Industrial Products

Our industrial products include water meter products, remote shut-off water valves and IoT Platform, contract manufacturing products, offshore cables, and seismic sensors used for vibration monitoring and geotechnical applications such as mine safety applications and earthquake detection.

Imaging Products

Our imaging products include electronic pre-press products that employ direct thermal imaging and digital inkjet printing technologies targeted at the commercial graphics, industrial graphics, textile and flexographic printing industries.

Emerging Markets

Our Emerging Markets business segment consists entirely of our Quantum business. Quantum’s product line includes a proprietary detection system called SADAR®, which detects, locates and tracks items of interest in real-time. Using the SADAR technology, Quantum designs and sells products used for border and perimeter security surveillance, cross-border tunneling detection and other products targeted at movement monitoring, intrusion detection and situational awareness. In addition to its commercial base of customers, Quantum’s customers primarily include various agencies of the U.S. government including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies.

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Consolidated Results of Operations

We report and evaluate financial information for three segments: Oil and Gas Markets, Adjacent Markets and Emerging Markets. Summary financial data by business segment follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Oil and Gas Markets
Traditional exploration product revenue	$	591		$	997
Wireless exploration product revenue		8,727			11,737
Reservoir product revenue		336			29
Total revenue		9,654			12,763
Operating loss		(4,170	)		(5,986	)
Adjacent Markets
Industrial product revenue		5,013			4,407
Imaging product revenue		3,158			2,493
Total revenue		8,171			6,900
Operating income		1,208			1,260
Emerging Markets
Revenue		137			8,797
Operating income (loss)		(820	)		6,479
Corporate
Revenue	29				—
Operating loss		(3,104	)		(3,212	)
Consolidated Totals
Revenue		17,991			28,460
Operating loss		(6,886	)		(1,459	)

Overview

Although in an already depressed oil and gas industry, demand further decreased in February 2020 because of the oversupply of crude oil due to failed OPEC negotiations that led to a dramatic drop in crude oil prices when combined with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These declines in the demand for oil and gas have caused oil and gas exploration and production companies to experience a significant reduction in cash flows, which have resulted in reductions in their capital spending budgets for oil and gas exploration-focused activities, including seismic data acquisition activities. Recently, crude oil prices have rebounded and held above February 2020 levels; however, a lag in time typically occurs between higher oil prices and greater demand for our Oil and Gas Markets segment products. We believe this lag is the result of exploration and production ("E&P") companies allocating their cash flow towards shareholder reward initiatives, such as stock buy-back programs and dividend payments, or in debt reduction. We believe this lag is a short-term trend that will continue until E&P companies decide to reinvest capital into exploration activities. As this lag persists, we expect the reduced levels of demand for our Oil and Gas Markets segment products and our rental marine wireless nodal products to continue. We also expect our land-based traditional and wireless products will continue to experience low levels of product demand until our customers consume their excess levels of underutilized equipment.

In light of current market conditions, the inventory balances in our Oil and Gas Markets business segment at December 31, 2021 continued to exceed levels we consider appropriate for the current level of product demand. While we are aggressively working to reduce these legacy inventory balances, we are also adding new inventories for new wireless product developments and for other product demand in our Adjacent Markets segment. During periods of excessive inventory levels, our policy has been, and will continue to be, to record obsolescence expense as we experience reduced product demand and as our inventories continue to age. If difficult market conditions continue for the products in our Oil and Gas Markets segment, we expect to record additional inventory obsolescence expense in fiscal year 2022 and beyond until product demand and/or resulting inventory turnover return to acceptable levels.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the globe and has negatively impacted worldwide economic activity, including the global demand for oil and natural gas, and continues to create challenges in our markets. While we continue to support our customers, there remain uncertainties regarding the duration and the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will ultimately have a negative impact on the demand for our products and services or on our supply chain. We continue to closely monitor the situation as information becomes readily available.

As of the date of this filing, our operations have, for the most part, remained open globally and the impact of the effects of COVID-19 to our personnel and operations has been limited. We have experienced a reduction in demand for the rental of our OBX marine nodal products, which we believe is primarily the result of the pandemic. Our supply chain has become increasingly strained due to increased pricing for raw material and supplies coupled with longer than expected lead times. We believe we may be entering a period of recovery from the initial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our Adjacent Markets business segment, but we continue to be cautious about the pandemic’s effect on our other business segments and our supply chain. As a result, we continually communicate with our suppliers and customers as information is available to best manage this difficult situation.

Three months ended December 31, 2021 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2020

Consolidated revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $18.0 million, a decrease of $10.5 million, or 36.8%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease was primarily due to a reduction in revenue from our Emerging Markets business segment related to our contract with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (the "CBP"). The majority of the revenue related to this contract was recognized during the three months ended December 31, 2020. The decrease in consolidated revenue was also caused by lower sales of OBX wireless products, partially offset by an increase in rental revenue attributable to higher utilization of our OBX rental fleet.

Consolidated gross profit for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $1.7 million, a decrease of $5.0 million, or 74.7%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease was primarily due to the reduction in revenue and related gross profit from our contract with the CBP discussed above, partially offset by higher gross profit attributable to the increase in rental revenue discussed above.

Consolidated operating expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2021 were $8.6 million, an increase of $0.4 million, or 4.9%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The increase was due to (i) a $1.2 million increase in research and development project costs, (ii) a $0.5 million increase in personnel costs, (iii) a $0.2 million increase in sales and marketing expenses and (iv) $0.2 million in incremental operating costs associated with our recent acquisition of Aquana. The increase was partially offset by a $1.7 million non-cash decrease in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration related to our Quantum and OptoSeis® acquisitions.

Consolidated other income for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $0.2 million compared to $0.5 million from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease in other income was primarily due to a decrease in interest income and foreign exchange gains.

Segment Results of Operations

Oil and Gas Markets

Revenue

Revenue from our Oil and Gas Markets products for the three months ended December 31, 2021 decreased $3.1 million, or 24.4%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. Our product and rental revenue in this segment continues to be negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of capital spending by oil and gas exploration companies despite higher crude oil prices. The components of this decrease are as follows:

•Traditional Exploration Product Revenue – For the three months ended December 31, 2021, revenue from our traditional products decreased $0.4 million, or 40.7%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease for the three months ended December 31, 2021 primarily reflects lower demand for our sensor products.

•Wireless Exploration Product Revenue – For the three months ended December 31, 2021, revenue from our wireless exploration products decreased $3.0 million, or 25.6%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to lower demand for the purchase of our OBX wireless

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products. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in rental revenue attributable to higher utilization of our OBX rental fleet.

•Reservoir Product Revenue – For the three months ended December 31, 2021, revenue from our reservoir products was $0.3 million, compared to $29,000 from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The increase for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to higher service revenue.

Operating Loss

Operating loss associated with our Oil and Gas Markets products for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $4.2 million, a decrease of $1.8 million, or 30.3%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease in operating loss for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to (i) higher wireless rental revenue and related gross profits from the rental of our OBX systems and (ii) a $1.7 million non-cash adjustment to the estimated fair value of contingent consideration related to our OptoSeis® acquisition. The decrease in operating loss was partially offset by (i) lower wireless product revenue and related gross profits and (ii) higher research and development project costs.

Adjacent Markets

Revenue

Revenue from our Adjacent Markets products for the three months ended December 31, 2021 increased $1.3 million, or 18.4%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. While we experienced an increase in the demand for our Adjacent Markets products and services during the three months ended December 31, 2021 despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot reasonably determine if this marks the beginning of a lasting recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for this operating segment. As a result, we are unable to determine the lasting effect the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the future demand for our Adjacent Markets products and services. The components of this increase are as follows:

•Industrial Product Revenue and Services – For the three months ended December 31, 2021 revenue from our industrial products increased $0.6 million, or 13.8% from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The increase in revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to higher demand for our water meter products and industrial sensor products.

•Imaging Product Revenue – For the three months ended December 31, 2021, revenue from our imaging products increased $0.7 million, or 26.7%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The increase for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to higher demand for our equipment products and consumable film products.

Operating Income

The operating income from our Adjacent Markets products for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $1.2 million, a decrease of $43,000, or 4.1%, from the corresponding period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease in operating income for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to an increase in operating expenses, caused by higher research and development expense and incremental operating costs attributable to our acquisition of Aquana. The decrease was offset by an increase in both industrial and imaging product revenue and related gross profits.

Emerging Markets

Revenue

Revenue from our Emerging Markets products for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $0.1 million, compared to $8.8 million from the corresponding period in the prior fiscal year. The decrease in revenue was primarily attributable to revenue recognized on our contract with the CBP during the first quarter of the prior fiscal year. We were awarded this contract during fiscal year 2020 to provide a technology solution to the Department of Homeland Security. The majority of the revenue related to this contract was recognized in fiscal year 2021. As of December 31, 2021, unrecognized revenue related to this contract was approximately $0.1 million, which is expected to be recognized during fiscal year 2022. We are optimistic that a second contract from the CBP will be awarded to us before the end of fiscal year 2022.

On January 20, 2021, President Biden ordered a pause on construction of the wall at the U.S. – Mexico border to assess the legality of the funding, contracting methods, as well as the consequences of stopping the construction. It remains uncertain at this time whether the executive order will result in a temporary halt or permanent cessation of the construction. The Biden administration may implement new or different policies or take further executive action regarding border security that could change the demand for our perimeter and security products.

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Operating Income (Loss)

Operating income (loss) from our Emerging Markets products for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $(0.8) million, compared to operating income of $6.5 million from the corresponding period in the prior fiscal year. The decrease in operating income (loss) for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to the revenue and related gross profit recognized on our contract with the CBP in the first quarter of the prior fiscal year. The decrease was partially offset by a non-cash adjustment of $0.6 million related to a decrease in the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out consideration related to the Quantum acquisition.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At December 31, 2021, we had approximately $14.8 million in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. For the three months ended December 31 2021, we used $7.3 million of cash from operating activities. Our net loss of $6.8 million was offset by net non-cash charges of $3.9 million resulting from deferred income taxes, depreciation, amortization, accretion, inventory obsolescence, stock-based compensation, bad debt expense and changes in the estimated fair value of contingent consideration. Other uses of cash in our operations included (i) the removal of $2.6 million gross profit from the sale of used rental equipment as it is included in investing activities, (ii) a $2.6 million decrease in accounts payable due to the timing of payments to suppliers and (iii) a $1.0 million decrease in other liabilities due to a decrease in customer deposits on rental equipment. Offsetting these uses of cash was a $1.5 million decrease in trade accounts and notes receivable primarily due to the timing of collections from customers.

For the three months ended December 31, 2021, we generated cash of $1.9 million in investing activities. Sources of cash included (i) net proceeds of $1.8 million for the sale of short-term investments and (ii) proceeds of $1.0 million from the sale of used rental equipment. Offsetting these sources of were (i) $0.1 million for additions to our property, plant and equipment and (ii) $0.8 million for additions to our equipment rental fleet. We expect our cash investments in property, plant and equipment during fiscal year 2022 to be approximately $2 million. We do not anticipate cash investments into our rental fleet to be significant for the remainder of of fiscal year 2022. Our capital expenditures are expected to be funded from our cash on hand, internal cash flows, cash flows from our rental contracts or, if necessary, borrowings under a potential new credit agreement.

For the three months ended December 31, 2021, we used $1.5 million from financing activities. Uses of cash included (i) $0.8 million earn-out payments to the former shareholders of Quantum and (ii) $0.7 million for the purchase of treasury stock pursuant to a stock buy-back program authorized by our board of directors. The stock buy-back program authorized us to repurchase up to $7.5 million of our common stock in open market transactions. The program was completed in November 2021.

Our available cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $14.8 million at December 31, 2021, which included $4.5 million of cash and cash equivalents held by our foreign subsidiaries and branch offices. The Tax Cut and Job Act ("2017 Tax Act") creates new taxes on certain foreign earnings and also requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on undistributed earnings of their foreign subsidiaries which were previously tax deferred. We have determined that we are not required to pay any transition tax on the undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries since we had no accumulated foreign earnings on a consolidated basis.

In October 2021, Frost Bank notified us that they will not be extending our credit agreement upon its expiration in April 2022, and in November 2021 we elected to cancel the agreement. We are currently in negotiations with multiple lenders for a new credit facility arrangement; however, we may not be successful in obtaining a credit facility on terms that are favorable to us. The lack of a credit facility could negatively impact our liquidity and could have a material adverse impact on our future operations, financial condition, growth, and other aspects of our business. However, we currently believe that our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments will be sufficient to finance any future operating losses and planned capital expenditures through the next twelve months.

Our available cash and cash equivalent and short-term investments decreased $8.8 million during the three months ended December 31, 2021, however we collected $4.4 million in outstanding trade accounts and financing receivables from two major customers in January 2022. In the absence of future profitable results of operations, we may need to rely on other sources of liquidity to fund our future operations, including executed rental contracts, available borrowings under a potential new credit facility arrangement, if any, leveraging or sales of real estate assets, sales of rental assets and other liquidity sources which may be available to us.

We do not have any obligations which meet the definition of an off-balance sheet arrangement and which have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial statements or the items contained therein that are material to investors.

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Contractual Obligations

Contingent Consideration

We recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $7.7 million in connection with our July 2018 acquisition of Quantum. Subsequent to the acquisition, we reduced the estimated contingent earn-out liability to $0.2 million as of December 31, 2021 as a result of $2.3 million of earn-out payments made through December 2021 and $5.4 million of reductions in the value of expected future earn-out payments. Contingent payments, if any, may be paid in the form of cash or Company stock and will be derived from eligible revenue generated during the four-year post-acquisition period ending in July 2022. The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.5 million.

We recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $4.3 million in connection with our November 2018 acquisition of all the intellectual property and related assets of the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology. Subsequent to the acquisition, we decreased the estimated contingent earn-out liability to $2.5 million as December 31, 2021 as a result of a $1.8 million net decrease in the value of the expected earn-out payments. Contingent cash payments, if any, will be derived from eligible revenue generated during a five-and-a-half year post-acquisition earn-out period ending in May 2024. In order for revenue to be considered eligible, sales contracts must be entered into during the first four years of the earn-out period ending in November 2022. No payments have been made to date related to the continent earn-out liability. The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.2 million.

Contingent Compensation Costs

In connection with the acquisition of Aquana in July 2021, we are subject to additional contingent cash payments to the former members of Aquana over a six-year earn-out period. The contingent payments, if any, will be derived from certain eligible revenue generated during the earn-out period from products and services sold by Aquana. There is no maximum limit to the contingent cash payments that could be made. The merger agreement with Aquana requires the continued employment of a certain key employee and former member of Aquana for the first four years of the six year earn-out period in order for any of Aquana’s former members to be eligible to any earn-out payments. In accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, due to the continued employment requirement, no liability has been recorded for the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out payments for this transaction. Earn-outs achieved, if any, will be recorded as compensation expense when incurred.

We review and assess the fair value of our contingent earn-out liabilities on a quarterly basis. See Note 11 to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information on our contractual contingencies.

Critical Accounting Estimates

During the three months ended December 31, 2021, there has been no material change to our critical accounting estimates discussed in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Please refer to Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information under this item, in accordance with Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, there can be no assurance that our disclosure controls and procedures will detect or uncover all failures of persons within our Company and consolidated subsidiaries to report material information otherwise required to be set forth in our reports.

In connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the CEO and CFO, as of December 31, 2021, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2021.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following table provides information with respect to purchases of common stock of the Company made during the three months ended December 31, 2021:

Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program (1)
October 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021		51,968	$	9.58		51,968	$	194,765
November 1, 2021 through November 30, 2021		20,595		9.41		20,595		—
December 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021		—		—		—		—

(1) On November 19, 2020, the Company announced that its board of directors authorized a stock buy-back program which authorized the Company to repurchase up to $5 million of its common stock in open market transactions. Common stock repurchases were made in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, and included repurchases pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, which allows stock repurchases when the Company might otherwise be precluded from doing so. The repurchase program had no time limit, did not obligate the Company to acquire a specified number of shares and could have been modified, suspended or discontinued at any time at the Company’s discretion. The repurchase program was completed in November 2021.

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Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed with this Report on Form 10-Q or are incorporated by reference

3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Geospace Technologies Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, filed May 8, 2015).
3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Geospace Technologies Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 8, 2019).
31.1*	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.
31.2*	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.
32.1**	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
32.2**	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
101*	The following financial information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2021, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
104*	The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2021 formatted in Inline XBRL.

* Filed with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

** Furnished with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Date:	February 2, 2022		By:	/s/ Walter R. Wheeler
				Walter R. Wheeler, President
				and Chief Executive Officer
				(duly authorized officer)

Date:	February 2, 2022	By:	/s/ Robert L. Curda
			Robert L. Curda, Vice President,
			Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
			(principal financial officer)

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Walter R. Wheeler, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Geospace Technologies Corporation;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

February 2, 2022
			/s/ Walter R. Wheeler
	Name:	Walter R. Wheeler
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Robert L. Curda, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Geospace Technologies Corporation;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

February 2, 2022
			/s/ Robert L. Curda
	Name:	Robert L. Curda
	Title:	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Secretary

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Informational Addendum to Report on Form 10-Q

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Not Filed Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

The undersigned President and Chief Executive Officer of Geospace Technologies Corporation does hereby certify as follows:

Solely for the purpose of meeting the requirements of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and solely to the extent this certification may be applicable to this Report on Form 10-Q, the undersigned hereby certifies that this Report on Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in this Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Geospace Technologies Corporation.

/s/ Walter R. Wheeler
Name:	Walter R. Wheeler
Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer
February 2, 2022

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

Informational Addendum to Report on Form 10-Q

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Not Filed Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

The undersigned Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Geospace Technologies Corporation does hereby certify as follows:

Solely for the purpose of meeting the requirements of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and solely to the extent this certification may be applicable to this Report on Form 10-Q, the undersigned hereby certifies that this Report on Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in this Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Geospace Technologies Corporation.

/s/ Robert L. Curda
Name:	Robert L. Curda
Title:	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Secretary
February 2, 2022

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Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Jan. 31, 2022
Cover [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2021
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2022
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock
Trading Symbol	GEOS
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Registrant Name	GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001001115
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--09-30
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		12,981,741
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity File Number	001-13601
Entity Tax Identification Number	76-0447780
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	TX
Entity Address, Address Line One	7007 Pinemont
Entity Address, City or Town	Houston
Entity Address, State or Province	TX
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	77040
City Area Code	713
Local Phone Number	986-4444
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Transition Report	false

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 7,163	$ 14,066
Short-term investments	7,625	9,496
Trade accounts and financing receivables, net	19,239	17,159
Unbilled receivables	1,051	1,051
Inventories, net	19,919	16,196
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	2,118	2,062
Total current assets	57,115	60,030
Non-current financing receivables	2,106	2,938
Non-current inventories, net	13,324	18,103
Rental equipment, net	35,815	38,905
Property, plant and equipment, net	28,942	29,983
Operating right-of-use assets	1,133	1,191
Goodwill	5,072	5,072
Other intangible assets, net	6,804	7,250
Other assets	222	457
Total assets	150,533	163,929
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable trade	3,767	6,391
Contingent consideration	247	807
Operating lease liabilities	150	225
Other current liabilities	7,401	7,799
Total current liabilities	11,565	15,222
Non-current contingent consideration	2,523	5,210
Non-current operating lease liabilities	1,025	1,009
Non-current other liabilities	31	31
Total liabilities	15,144	21,472
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
Common Stock, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 13,823,733 and 13,738,971 shares issued, respectively; and 12,981,741 and 12,969,542 shares outstanding, respectively	138	137
Additional paid-in capital	93,471	92,935
Retained earnings	65,742	72,510
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(16,462)	(16,320)
Treasury stock, at cost, 841,992 and 769,429 shares, respectively	(7,500)	(6,805)
Total stockholders’ equity	135,389	142,457
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 150,533	$ 163,929

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Preferred stock, shares authorized	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	20,000,000	20,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	13,823,733	13,738,971
Common stock, shares outstanding	12,981,741	12,969,542
Treasury stock, shares	841,992	769,429

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Revenue:
Revenue	$ 13,032	$ 26,722
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Product	Product
Rental	$ 4,959	$ 1,738
Total revenue	17,991	28,460
Cost of revenue:
Products	$ 11,350	$ 16,830
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Product	Product
Rental	$ 4,939	$ 4,905
Total cost of revenue	16,289	21,735
Gross profit	1,702	6,725
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	5,744	5,354
Research and development	5,269	3,520
Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration	(2,440)	(697)
Bad debt expense	15	7
Total operating expenses	8,588	8,184
Loss from operations	(6,886)	(1,459)
Other income (expense):
Interest income	194	321
Foreign exchange gains, net	18	149
Other, net	(17)	(3)
Total other income, net	195	467
Loss before income taxes	(6,691)	(992)
Income tax expense	77	58
Net loss	$ (6,768)	$ (1,050)
Loss per common share:
Basic	$ (0.52)	$ (0.08)
Diluted	$ (0.52)	$ (0.08)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	12,919,673	13,571,510
Diluted	12,919,673	13,571,510

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net loss	$ (6,768)	$ (1,050)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Change in unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net of tax	(9)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(133)	197
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(142)	197
Total comprehensive loss	$ (6,910)	$ (853)

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock	Additional Paid-in Capital	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Treasury Stock
Beginning Balance at Sep. 30, 2020	$ 160,970	$ 137	$ 90,965	$ 86,566	$ (16,698)
Beginning Balance, Shares at Sep. 30, 2020		13,670,639
Net loss	(1,050)			(1,050)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	197				197
Issuance of common stock pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units		$ 1
Issuance of common stock pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units, Shares		57,332
Purchase of treasury stock	(828)					$ (828)
Purchase of treasury stock, Shares		(117,637)
Stock-based compensation	548		548
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2020	159,837	$ 138	91,513	85,516	(16,501)	(828)
Ending Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2020		13,610,334
Beginning Balance at Sep. 30, 2021	$ 142,457	$ 137	92,935	72,510	(16,320)	(6,805)
Beginning Balance, Shares at Sep. 30, 2021	12,969,542	12,969,542
Net loss	$ (6,768)			(6,768)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(142)				(142)
Issuance of common stock pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units	1	$ 1
Issuance of common stock pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units, Shares		84,762
Purchase of treasury stock	(695)					(695)
Purchase of treasury stock, Shares		(72,563)
Stock-based compensation	536		536
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2021	$ 135,389	$ 138	$ 93,471	$ 65,742	$ (16,462)	$ (7,500)
Ending Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2021	12,981,741	12,981,741

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$ (6,768,000)	$ (1,050,000)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)	(1,000)	6,000
Rental equipment depreciation	3,543,000	3,831,000
Property, plant and equipment depreciation	1,105,000	985,000
Amortization of intangible assets	446,000	433,000
Accretion of discounts on short-term investments	52,000
Stock-based compensation expense	536,000	548,000
Bad debt expense	15,000	7,000
Inventory obsolescence expense	671,000	617,000
Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration	(2,440,000)	(697,000)
Gross profit from sale of used rental equipment	(2,612,000)	(4,127,000)
Realized loss short-term investments	7,000	0
Effects of changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts and notes receivables	1,477,000	5,143,000
Unbilled receivables		(4,263,000)
Inventories	74,000	(2,065,000)
Other assets	157,000	(1,422,000)
Accounts payable trade	(2,623,000)	4,053,000
Other liabilities	(965,000)	311,000
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(7,326,000)	2,310,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property, plant and equipment	(145,000)	(597,000)
Investment in rental equipment	(782,000)	(13,000)
Proceeds from the sale of used rental equipment	1,048,000	112,000
Purchases of short-term investments	(450,000)
Proceeds from the sale of short-term investments	2,249,000
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	1,920,000	(498,000)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on contingent consideration	(807,000)
Purchase of treasury stock	(695,000)	(828,000)
Net cash used in financing activities	(1,502,000)	(828,000)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	5,000	49,000
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(6,903,000)	1,033,000
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of fiscal year	14,066,000	32,686,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of fiscal period	7,163,000	33,719,000
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for income taxes	82,000	40,000
Issuance of notes receivable in connection with sale of used rental equipment	3,745,000	9,868,000
Inventory transferred to (from) rental equipment	863,000	$ (667,000)
Inventory transferred to property, plant and equipment	$ 172,000

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Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Significant Accounting Policies

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated balance sheet of Geospace Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) at September 30, 2021 was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements at that date. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021 and the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were prepared by the Company without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows were made. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for a full year or of future operations.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America were omitted pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company considers many factors in selecting appropriate operational and financial accounting policies and controls, and in developing the estimates and assumptions that are used in the preparation of these financial statements. The Company continually evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debt reserves, collectability of rental revenue, inventory obsolescence reserves, self-insurance reserves, product warranty reserves, useful lives of long-lived assets, impairment of long-lived assets and intangible assets, contingent consideration and deferred income tax assets. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. While management believes current estimates are reasonable and appropriate, actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original or remaining maturity at the time of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2021, cash and cash equivalents included $4.5 million held by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries and branch offices. If the Company were to repatriate the cash held by its foreign subsidiaries, it could be required to accrue and pay taxes on any amount repatriated.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the FASB issued guidance on simplifying the accounting for income taxes. The guidance eliminates certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. Certain amendments within the guidance are required to be applied on a retrospective basis for all periods presented; others are to be applied using a modified retrospective approach with a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings, if any, as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is adopted; and yet others are to be applied using either basis. All other amendments not specified in the guidance should be applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. An entity that elects to early adopt in an interim period should reflect any adjustments as of the beginning of the annual period that includes that interim period. Additionally, an entity that elects early adoption must adopt all the amendments in the same period. The Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. The adoption of this guidance did not have any impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued guidance surrounding credit losses for financial instruments that replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in generally accepted accounting principles. The new impairment model requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses expected to occur for most financial assets and certain other financial instruments. For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, credit losses will be recognized as allowances rather than reductions in the amortized cost of the securities. As a small reporting company, the Company must adopt this standard no later than the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The standard’s provisions will be applied as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first effective reporting period. The Company intends to

adopt this standard during the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 and is continuing to evaluate the impact of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.  

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Revenue Recognition

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

2. Revenue Recognition

In accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), the Company recognizes revenue when performance of contractual obligations are satisfied, generally when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to its customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.

The Company primarily derives product revenue from the sale of its manufactured products. Revenue from these product sales, including the sale of used rental equipment, is recognized when obligations under the terms of a contract are satisfied, control is transferred and collectability of the sales price is probable. The Company records deferred revenue when customer funds are received prior to shipment or delivery or performance has not yet occurred. The Company assesses collectability during the contract assessment phase. In situations where collectability of the sales price is not probable, the Company recognizes revenue when it determines that collectability is probable or when non-refundable cash is received from its customers and there is not a significant right of return. Transfer of control generally occurs with shipment or delivery, depending on the terms of the underlying contract. The Company’s products are generally sold without any customer acceptance provisions, and the Company’s standard terms of sale do not allow customers to return products for credit.

Revenue from engineering services is recognized as services are rendered over the duration of a project, or as billed on a per hour basis. Field service revenue is recognized when services are rendered and is generally priced on a per day rate.

The Company also generates revenue from short-term rentals under operating leases of its manufactured products. Rental revenue is recognized as earned over the rental period if collectability of the rent is reasonably assured. Rentals of the Company’s equipment generally range from daily rentals to minimum rental periods of up to six months or longer. The Company has determined that ASC 606 does not apply to rental contracts, which are within the scope of ASC Topic 842, Leases.

As permissible under ASC 606, sales taxes and transaction-based taxes are excluded from revenue. The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less. Additionally, the Company expenses costs incurred to obtain contracts when incurred because the amortization period would have been one year or less. These costs are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses.

The Company has elected to treat shipping and handling activities in a sales transaction after the customer obtains control of the goods as a fulfillment cost and not as a promised service. Accordingly, fulfillment costs related to the shipping and handling of goods are accrued at the time of shipment. Amounts billed to a customer in a sales transaction related to reimbursable shipping and handling costs are included in revenue and the associated costs incurred by the Company for reimbursable shipping and handling expenses are reported in cost of revenue.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company was awarded an approximate $10.5 million contract (inclusive of a subsequent contract amendment of $0.3 million) with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (the “CBP”) to provide a technology solution to the Department of Homeland Security. Revenue recognized under the contract for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $0.1 million and $8.8 million, respectively. The Company had unbilled receivables of $1.1 million at December 31, 2021 under this contract. Unrecognized revenue for unsatisfied performance obligations on this contract at December 31, 2021 was approximately $0.1 million. The Company anticipates the revenue on the remaining performance obligation on this contract will be recognized in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. Unsatisfied performance obligations on all other contracts held by the Company at December 31, 2021 had an original duration of one year or less.

At December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, the Company had no deferred contract costs or deferred contract liabilities. During the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, no revenue was recognized from deferred contract liabilities and no cost of revenue was recognized from deferred contract costs.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company partially financed a $12.5 million product sale by entering into a $10.0 million promissory note with the customer. The note has a three-year term with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.3 million. Due to the financial condition of the customer, the Company had concerns over the probable collectability of the promissory note. As a result, the Company did not recognize any revenue or cost of revenue on the product sale through its first quarter of fiscal year 2021. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, as a result of new information received from the customer, management determined that it is probable that the customer will satisfy its remaining payment obligations on the promissory note with the Company and recognized revenue of $12.5 million on the product sale. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company granted the customer a six-month principal payment forbearance. The customer is expected to recommence its monthly payments to the Company in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. The customer has made payments totaling $7.2 million (exclusive of interest) as of December 31, 2021 related to the product sale. Deferred contract costs associated with this sale was recognized in the second quarter of fiscal year 2021.

For each of the Company’s operating segments, the following table presents revenue only from the sale of products and the performance of services under contracts with customers (in thousands). Therefore, the table excludes all revenue earned from rental contracts.

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Oil and Gas Markets
Traditional exploration product revenue	$	580	$	997
Wireless exploration product revenue		3,758		10,029
Reservoir product revenue		427		29
Total revenue		4,765		11,055
Adjacent Markets
Industrial product revenue		5,014		4,407
Imaging product revenue		3,116		2,463
Total revenue		8,130		6,870
Emerging Markets
Revenue		137		8,797
Total	$	13,032	$	26,722

See Note 12 for more information on the Company’s operating segments.

For each of the geographic areas where the Company operates, the following table presents revenue (in thousands) from the sale of products and services under contracts with customers. The table excludes all revenue earned from rental contracts:

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Asia	$	4,678	$	11,373
Canada		398		407
Europe		1,311		1,175
United States		6,019		13,364
Other		626		403
Total	$	13,032	$	26,722

Revenue is attributable to countries based on the ultimate destination of the product sold, if known. If the ultimate destination is not known, revenue is attributable to countries based on the geographic location of the initial shipment.

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Short-term Investments

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Short-term Investments

3. Short-term Investments

The Company classifies its short-term investments as available-for-sale securities. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair market value with net unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in stockholders’ equity. For the three months ended December 31, 2021, the Company realized losses of $7,000 from the sale of short-term investments. No gains or losses were realized during the three months ended December 2020 from the sale of short-term investments.

The Company’s short-term investments were composed of the following (in thousands):

	As of December 31, 2021 (in thousands)
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	7,649	$	—	$	(24	)	$	7,625

	As of September 30, 2021 (in thousands)
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	9,511	$	—	$	(15	)	$	9,496

The Company’s short-term investments at December 31, 2021 had contractual maturities of $6.7 million due within one year and $0.9 million due between January 2023 to March 2023.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

4. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments generally include cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, trade accounts, financing receivables and accounts payable. Due to the short-term maturities of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts and financing receivables and accounts payable, the carrying amounts of these financial instruments are deemed to approximate their fair value on the respective balance sheet dates. The valuation technique used to measure the fair value of the contingent consideration was based on internal estimates and the use of internal projections of future revenue.

The Company measures its short-term investments and contingent consideration at fair value on a recurring basis.

The following tables present the fair value of the Company’s short-term investments and contingent consideration by valuation hierarchy and input (in thousands):

	As of December 31, 2021
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets  (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable (Level 3)			Totals
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	—	$	7,625	$	—		$	7,625
Total assets	$	—	$	7,625	$	—		$	7,625
Contingent consideration liabilities:
Current portion		—		—		(247	)		(247	)
Non-current portion		—		—		(2,523	)		(2,523	)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	(2,770	)	$	(2,770	)

	As of September 30, 2021
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable (Level 3)			Totals
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	—	$	9,496	$	—		$	9,496
Total assets	$	—	$	9,496	$	—		$	9,496
Contingent consideration liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	(6,017	)	$	(6,017	)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	(6,017	)	$	(6,017	)

The following table summarizes changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

Balance at October 1, 2021	$	6,017
Fair value adjustments		(2,440	)
Payment of contingent consideration		(807	)
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	2,770
Balance at October 1, 2020	$	10,962
Fair value adjustments		(697	)
Payment of contingent consideration		—
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	10,265

Adjustments to the fair value of the contingent consideration are based on internal estimates and management assessments regarding potential future scenarios. The Company believes its estimates and assumptions are reasonable, however, there is significant judgment involved. Also see Note 11.

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Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Receivables [Abstract]

Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables

5. Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables

Trade accounts receivable, net (excluding notes receivable) are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Trade accounts receivable	$	11,151		$	12,635
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(419	)		(428	)
Total	$	10,732		$	12,207

The allowance for doubtful accounts represents the Company’s best estimate of probable credit losses. The Company determines the allowance based upon historical experience and a current review of its trade accounts receivable balances. Trade accounts receivable balances are charged off against the allowance whenever it is probable that the receivable balance will not be recoverable.

Financing receivables are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Promissory notes	$	9,132		$	5,432
Sales-type leases		1,481			2,464
Total financing receivables	$	10,613			7,896
Unearned income:
Sales-type leases		—			(6	)
Total unearned income		—			(6	)
Total financing receivables, net of unearned income		10,613			7,890
Less current portion		(8,507	)		(4,952	)
Non-current notes receivable	$	2,106		$	2,938

Promissory notes receivable are generally collateralized by the products sold, and bear interest at rates ranging up to 8% per year. The promissory notes receivable mature at various times through July 2023. The Company has, on occasion, extended or renewed notes receivable as they mature, but there is no obligation to do so.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Company financed a sale of OBX rental equipment by entering into a $3.7 million promissory note with a customer. The note has a term of nine months, with principal and interest payments of $0.4 million due monthly until maturity.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company entered into a sales-type lease with a customer on land-based wireless seismic equipment from its rental fleet. The lease has a term of six months. The balance due under the lease at December 31, 2021 was $1.5 million, all of which was due and payable. Interest income related to the lease of $6,000 was recognized for the three months ended December 31, 2021. The ownership of the equipment will transfer to the customer upon the customer's payment of the outstanding balance.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company partially financed a $12.5 million product sale by entering into a $10.0 million promissory note with the customer. The note has a three-year term with monthly principal and interest payments of $0.3 million. Due to the financial condition of the customer, the Company had concerns over the probable collectability of the promissory note. As a result, the promissory note was not reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet through its first quarter of fiscal year 2021. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2021, as a result of a new information received from the customer, management determined that it was probable that the customer would satisfy its remaining payment obligations to the Company and, therefore, the Company recognized the promissory note on its consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021. See Note 2 for more information on this matter.

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Inventories

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

6. Inventories

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Finished goods	$	21,271		$	19,368
Work in process		5,241			8,247
Raw materials		43,324			43,620
Obsolescence reserve		(36,593	)		(36,936	)
		33,243			34,299
Less current portion		19,919			16,196
Non-current portion	$	13,324		$	18,103

Raw materials include semi-finished goods and component parts that totaled approximately $21.6 million and $22.7 million at December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, respectively. Finished goods and raw materials that totaled $24.1 million and $23.3 million were fully reserved at December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, respectively.

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Leases

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

7. Leases

As Lessee

The Company has elected not to record operating right-of-use assets or operating lease liabilities on its consolidated balance sheet for leases having a minimum term of 12 months or less. Such leases are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease payments are excluded from the measurement of operating right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities and are recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has two operating right-of-use assets related to leased facilities in Austin, Texas and Melbourne, Florida.

Maturities of the operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 were as follows: (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2022 (remainder)	$	193
2023		270
2024		278
2025		186
2026		130
Thereafter		225
Future minimum lease payments		1,282
Less interest		(107	)
Present value of minimum lease payments		1,175
Less current portion		(150	)
Long-term portion	$	1,025

Lease costs recognized in the consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Right-of-use operating lease costs	$	68	$	38
Short-term lease costs		44		74
Total	$	112	$	112

Right-of use operating lease costs and short-term lease costs are included as a component of total operating expenses.

Other information related to operating leases is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	70		$	42
Weighted average remaining lease term	5.3 years			1.3 years
Weighted average discount rate		3.25	%		5.00	%

The discount rate used on the operating right-of-use assets represented the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at lease inception.

As Lessor

Equipment

The Company leases equipment to customers primarily for terms of six months or less. The majority of the Company’s rental revenue is generated from its marine-based wireless seismic data acquisition system.

All of the Company’s leasing arrangements as lessor are classified as operating leases, except for one sales-type lease. See Note 5 for more information on the Company’s sales-type lease.

The Company regularly evaluates the collectability of its lease receivables on a lease by lease basis. The evaluation primarily consists of reviewing past due account balances and other factors such as the credit quality of the customer, historical trends of the customer and current economic conditions. The Company suspends revenue recognition when the collectability of amounts due are no longer probable and concurrently records a direct write-off of the lease receivable to rental revenue and limits future rental revenue recognition to cash received. As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s trade accounts receivables included lease receivables of $6.0 million.

Rental revenue related to leased equipment for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $4.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

At December 31, 2021, future minimum lease obligations due from the Company’s leasing customers on operating leases (all in fiscal year 2022) were $0.5 million.

Rental equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Rental equipment, primarily wireless recording equipment	$	94,194		$	95,827
Accumulated depreciation and impairment		(58,379	)		(56,922	)
	$	35,815		$	38,905

Property

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Company leased a portion of its property located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and fully leased its warehouse in Bogotá, Colombia. The lease in Canada commenced in November 2021 and is for a five-year term. The lease on the warehouse in Bogotá commenced in December 2021 and is for a one-year term.

Rental revenue related to these two property leases was $29,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2021.

Future minimum lease payment due to the Company as of December 31, 2021 on these two leases were as follows (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2022 (remainder)	$	147
2023		136
2024		128
2025		131
2026		132
Thereafter		11
	$	685

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

8. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The Company’s consolidated goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Weighted-
	Average
	Remaining Useful
	Lives (in years)	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Goodwill		$	5,072		$	5,072
Other intangible assets:
Developed technology	14.9	$	6,475		$	6,475
Customer relationships	0.7		3,900			3,900
Trade names	1.8		2,022			2,022
Non-compete agreements	0.7		186			186
Total other intangible assets	8.2		12,583			12,583
Accumulated amortization			(5,779	)		(5,333	)
		$	6,804		$	7,250

At December 31, 2021, the Company had goodwill of $4.3 million and other intangible assets, net of $4.2 million attributable to its Emerging Markets reporting unit; goodwill of $0.7 million and other intangible assets, net of $0.6 million attributable to its Adjacent Markets reporting unit; and other intangible assets, net of $2.0 million attributable to its Oil and Gas Markets reporting unit. Goodwill represents the excess cost of a business acquired over the fair market value of identifiable net assets at the date of acquisition.

At December 31, 2021, the Company determined there were no triggering events requiring an impairment assessment of its goodwill and other intangible assets. The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter. If the Company determines that the future cash flows anticipated to be generated from its reporting units will not be sufficient to recover the carrying amount of the respective reporting unit, it will need to recognize an impairment charge equal to the difference between the carrying amount of the reporting unit and its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of the goodwill.

Other intangible assets amortization expense was $0.4 million for each of the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

As of December 31, 2021, future estimated amortization expense of other intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2022 (remainder)	$	1,231
2023		768
2024		395
2025		381
2026		374
Thereafter		3,655
	$	6,804

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Stock-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation

. Stock-Based Compensation

During the three months ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 161,850 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under its 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). The RSUs issued include both time-based and performance-based vesting provisions. The weighted average grant date fair value of each RSU was $9.00 per unit. The grant date fair value of the RSUs was $1.5 million, which will be charged to expense over the next four years as the restrictions lapse. Compensation expense for the RSUs was determined based on the closing market price of the Company’s stock on the date of grant applied to the total number of units that are anticipated to fully vest. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock upon vesting. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had unrecognized compensation expense of $3.2 million relating to RSUs that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.0 years.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $0.1 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.6 years.

As of December 31, 2021, there were 376,466 RSUs and 8,625 RSAs outstanding. As of December 31, 2021, no nonqualified stock options were outstanding.

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Loss Per Common Share

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Loss Per Common Share

10. Loss Per Common Share

The following table summarizes the calculation of net loss and weighted average common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding for purposes of the computation of loss per share (in thousands, except share and per share data):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Net loss	$	(6,768	)	$	(1,050	)
Less: Loss allocable to unvested restricted stock		—			—
Loss attributable to common shareholders for    diluted earnings per share	$	(6,768	)	$	(1,050	)
Weighted average number of common share equivalents:
Common shares used in basic loss per share		12,919,673			13,571,510
Common share equivalents outstanding related to    stock options and RSUs		—			—
Total weighted average common shares and common    share equivalents used in diluted loss per share		12,919,673			13,571,510
Loss per share:
Basic	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.08	)
Diluted	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.08	)

For the calculation of diluted loss per share for the three months ended December 31, 2021, 376,466 non-vested RSUs were excluded in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding since their impact on diluted loss per share was antidilutive. For the calculation of diluted loss per share for the three months ended December 31, 2020, 38,800 stock options and 315,375 non-vested RSUs were excluded in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding since their impact on diluted loss per share was antidilutive.

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

11. Commitments and Contingencies

Contingent Consideration

In connection with its acquisitions of Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc. (“Quantum”) and the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology business, the Company recorded contingent purchase price payments, or contingent consideration, that may be owed in the future. For both acquisitions, the contingent payments are based on future receipt of contract awards and the resulting revenue derived from such contracts. The Company reviews and assesses the fair value of its contingent earn-out liabilities on a quarterly basis. The determination of fair value is inherently unpredictable since it requires estimates and projections of future revenue, including the size, length, timing and, in the case of Quantum, the extent of gross profits earned under its future contracts. As a result, the Company anticipates fair value adjustments to these liabilities over the respective earn-out periods, and these adjustments will result in either charges or credits to the Company’s operating expenses when the fair value of the contingent consideration increases or decreases, respectively.

The Company recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $7.7 million in connection with its July 2018 acquisition of Quantum. Contingent payments, if any, may be paid in the form of cash or Company stock and will be derived from eligible revenue generated during a four-year earn-out period ending July 2022. The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.5 million over the four-year earn-out period. In fiscal year 2020, the Company made a cash earn-out payment of $0.1 million to the former shareholders of Quantum. In September 2021 and October 2021, the Company made additional cash earn-out payments of $1.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively, to the former shareholders of Quantum. The payments were primarily attributable to revenue earned on Quantum’s $10 million contract with the CBP to provide a technology solution to the Department of Homeland Security. At September 30, 2021, the contingent earn-out liability was valued at $0.8 million related to projected future eligible revenue. During the three months ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded an adjustment of $0.6 million to decrease the earn-out liability to an estimated value of $0.2 million. The decrease for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily the result of timing in securing a potential second contract with the CBP caused by federal budget delays.

The Company recorded an initial contingent earn-out liability of $4.3 million in connection with its November 2018 acquisition of all the intellectual property and related assets of the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology. Contingent cash payments, if any, will be derived from eligible revenue generated during a five-and-a-half year earn-out period ending in May 2024. In order for revenue to be considered eligible, sales contracts must be entered into during the first four years of the earn-out period ending in November 2022. The maximum amount of contingent payments is $23.2 million over the five-and-a-half year earn-out period. At September 30, 2021, the contingent earn-out liability was valued at $4.4 million. During the three months ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded an adjustment of $1.9 million to decrease the earn-out liability to an estimated value of $2.5 million. The decrease for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was the result of the Company's decision not to provide a bid on a proposal from an oil and gas producer to

manufacture a large-scale seabed permanent reservoir monitoring system under the terms and conditions presented. No earnout-payments have been made to date on the acquisition.

Contingent Compensation Costs

In connection with the acquisition of Aquana, LLC ("Aquana") in July 2021, the Company is subject to additional contingent cash payments to the former members of Aquana over a six-year earn-out period. The contingent payments, if any, will be derived from certain eligible revenue generated during the earn-out period from products and services sold by Aquana. There is no maximum limit to the contingent cash payments that could be made. The merger agreement with Aquana requires the continued employment of a certain key employee and former member of Aquana for the first four years of the six year earn-out period in order for any of Aquana’s former members to be eligible for any earn-out payments. Due to the continued employment requirement, no liability has been recorded for the estimated fair value of contingent earn-out payments for this transaction. Earn-outs achieved, if any, will be recorded as compensation expense when incurred.

Operating Leases

The Company leases office space and certain equipment for terms of seven years or less. Rent expense was approximately $0.1 million for each of the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. See Note 7 for additional information.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is involved in various pending legal actions in the ordinary course of its business. Management is unable to predict the ultimate outcome of these actions, because of the inherent uncertainty of such actions. However, management believes that the most probable, ultimate resolution of current pending matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

12. Segment Information

The Company reports and evaluates financial information for its operating segments: Oil and Gas Markets, Adjacent Markets and Emerging Markets segments. The Oil and Gas Markets segment products include wireless seismic data acquisition systems, reservoir characterization products and services, and traditional seismic exploration products such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wire, connectors, cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices and various other seismic products. The Adjacent Markets segment products include imaging equipment, water meter products, remote shut-off valves and Internet of Things (loT) platform, offshore cables, and seismic sensors used for vibration monitoring and geotechnical applications such as mine safety applications and earthquake detection. The Emerging Markets segment provides seismic products targeted at the border and perimeter security markets.

The following table summarizes the Company’s segment information (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Revenue:
Oil and Gas Markets	$	9,654		$	12,763
Adjacent Markets		8,171			6,900
Emerging Markets		137			8,797
Corporate		29			—
Total	$	17,991		$	28,460
Income (loss) from operations:
Oil and Gas Markets	$	(4,170	)	$	(5,986	)
Adjacent Markets		1,208			1,260
Emerging Markets		(820	)		6,479
Corporate		(3,104	)		(3,212	)
Total	$	(6,886	)	$	(1,459	)

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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

13. Income Taxes

Consolidated income tax expense was $0.1 million for each of the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company is currently unable to record any tax benefits from the tax losses it incurs in the U.S., Canada and Russian Federation due to the uncertainty surrounding its ability to utilize such losses in the future to offset taxable income.

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Risks and Uncertainties

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]

Risks and Uncertainties

14. Risks and Uncertainties

Concentration of Credit Risk

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had combined trade accounts and financing receivables from three customers of $8.1 million, $5.5 million and $3.0 million, respectively. During the three months ended December 31 2021, revenue recognized from these three customers was $4.6 million, $0.7 million and $3.2 million, respectively.

COVID-19 Pandemic

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the globe and has negatively impacted worldwide economic activity, including the global demand for oil and natural gas, and continues to create challenges in the Company’s markets. In addition to measures the Company has taken voluntarily, the government authorities in the Company’s markets have taken actions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, including travel restrictions, border closings, restrictions on public gatherings, stay-at-home orders and other quarantine and isolation measures. Following the initial outbreak of the virus, the Company experienced disruptions in its supply chain, a reduction in demand for certain products, cancellation of rental contracts and difficulty with field employees and salespeople traveling domestically and abroad to conduct the Company’s business. COVID-19 continues to pose the risk that the Company or its employees, contractors, suppliers and customers may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period of time. The effort to vaccinate the global population appears to be reducing the effects of COVID-19, but new mutations of the virus has allowed the continued spread of COVID–19. COVID-19 and the related mitigation measures have disrupted the Company’s supply chain, resulting in longer lead times in materials available from suppliers and extended the shipping time for these materials to reach the Company’s facilities. If COVID–19 continues to spread or the response to contain the COVID–19 pandemic is unsuccessful, the Company could experience a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. On September 4, 2021, OSHA issued a previously announced emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) requiring employers with 100 or more employees to require vaccination of their employees or, alternatively, require weekly COVID-19 testing and wearing of face coverings for employees; however, on January 13, 2022 the United States Supreme Court stayed implementation of the ETS. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will now review the substantive validity of the ETS, with a potential final review against the United States Supreme Court. The Company is actively monitoring the status of the ETS and is prepared to comply if needed.

Decrease in Oil Commodity Price Levels

Demand for many of the Company’s products and the profitability of its operations depend primarily on the level of worldwide oil and gas exploration activity. Prevailing oil and gas prices, with an emphasis on crude oil prices, and market expectations regarding potential changes in such prices significantly affect the level of worldwide oil and gas exploration activity. During periods of improved energy commodity prices, the capital spending budgets of oil and natural gas operators tend to expand, which results in increased demand for our customers services leading to increased demand in the Company’s products. Conversely, in periods when these energy commodity prices deteriorate, capital spending budgets of oil and natural gas operators tend to contract causing demand for the Company’s products to weaken. Historically, the markets for oil and gas have been volatile and are subject to wide fluctuations in response to changes in the supply of and demand for oil and gas, market uncertainty and a variety of additional factors that are beyond its control. These factors include the level of consumer demand, regional and international economic conditions, weather conditions, domestic and foreign governmental regulations (including those related to climate change), price and availability of alternative fuels, political conditions, instability and hostilities in the Middle East and other significant oil-producing regions, increases and decreases in the supply of oil and gas, the effect of worldwide energy conservation measures and the ability of OPEC to set and maintain production levels and prices of foreign imports.

Sustained low oil prices or the failure of oil prices to rise in the future and the resulting downturns or lack of growth in the energy industry and energy‑related business, could have a negative impact on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. In light of the decline in oil prices caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, oil and gas exploration and production ("E&P") companies experienced a significant reduction in cash flows, which resulted in reductions in their capital spending budgets for oil and gas exploration-focused activities, including seismic data acquisition activities. Demand for the sale of the Company's seismic products targeted at customers in its Oil and Gas Markets segment, which has historically accounted for the majority of its revenue, significantly declined during fiscal year 2020, and both product sales and rental revenue diminished during the first half of fiscal year 2021 as a result of significant uncertainty in the outlook for oil and gas exploration. Recently crude oil prices have increased, which should result in higher cash flows for E&P companies. The Company believes E&P companies are allocating their increased levels of cash flow toward debt reduction and shareholder reward initiatives, such as stock buy-back programs and dividend payments. The Company expects low demand for its Oil and Gas Markets segment products until E&P companies redirect their cash flows towards investments in exploration activities, especially seismic exploration. Any material changes in oil and gas prices or other market trends, like slowing growth of the global economy, could adversely impact seismic exploration activity and would likely affect the demand for the Company's products and could materially and adversely affect its results of operations and liquidity.

Generally, imbalances in the supply and demand for oil and gas will affect oil and gas prices and, in such circumstances, demand for the Company’s oil and gas products may be adversely affected when world supplies exceed demand.

A portion of the Company's oil and gas product manufacturing is conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiary Geospace Technologies Eurasia LLC, which is based in the Russian Federation. The Company's oil and gas business could be directly affected by political and economic conditions in the Russian Federation, including the current geopolitical instability involving the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Syria. United States sanctions against Russia have been expanded to preclude the export of oil and gas equipment anywhere in the world that involve persons designated under the sanctions and to include projects in which persons subject to the sanctions have a 33% ownership interest or a majority of voting interests. Together, these changes make it more difficult for the Company to support projects that have the potential to produce oil involving Russian energy companies. Furthermore, if an exporter is unable to determine whether its equipment will be used in such projects, the export is prohibited. In fiscal year 2021, the Company imported $1.2 million of products from Geospace Technologies Eurasia LLC for resale elsewhere in the world. If imports of these products from the Russian Federation are restricted by government regulation, the Company may be forced to find other sources for the manufacture of these products at potentially higher costs. The U.S. government and several other countries have threatened further severe economic and other sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine. Boycotts, protests, unfavorable regulations, additional governmental sanctions and other actions in the region could also adversely affect the Company's ability to operate profitably. Delays in obtaining governmental approvals can affect the Company's ability to timely deliver its products pursuant to contractual obligations, which could result in the Company being liable to it's customers for damages. The risk of doing business in the Russian Federation and other economically or politically volatile areas could adversely affect the Company's operations and earnings.

Certain of the Company's manufacturing capabilities could be at risk if the U.S. puts economic sanctions on Russia or if relations between the U.S. and Russia deteriorate.

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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated balance sheet of Geospace Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) at September 30, 2021 was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements at that date. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021 and the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were prepared by the Company without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows were made. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for a full year or of future operations.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America were omitted pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2021.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company considers many factors in selecting appropriate operational and financial accounting policies and controls, and in developing the estimates and assumptions that are used in the preparation of these financial statements. The Company continually evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debt reserves, collectability of rental revenue, inventory obsolescence reserves, self-insurance reserves, product warranty reserves, useful lives of long-lived assets, impairment of long-lived assets and intangible assets, contingent consideration and deferred income tax assets. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. While management believes current estimates are reasonable and appropriate, actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original or remaining maturity at the time of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At December 31, 2021, cash and cash equivalents included $4.5 million held by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries and branch offices. If the Company were to repatriate the cash held by its foreign subsidiaries, it could be required to accrue and pay taxes on any amount repatriated.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the FASB issued guidance on simplifying the accounting for income taxes. The guidance eliminates certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. Certain amendments within the guidance are required to be applied on a retrospective basis for all periods presented; others are to be applied using a modified retrospective approach with a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings, if any, as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is adopted; and yet others are to be applied using either basis. All other amendments not specified in the guidance should be applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. An entity that elects to early adopt in an interim period should reflect any adjustments as of the beginning of the annual period that includes that interim period. Additionally, an entity that elects early adoption must adopt all the amendments in the same period. The Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. The adoption of this guidance did not have any impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued guidance surrounding credit losses for financial instruments that replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in generally accepted accounting principles. The new impairment model requires immediate recognition of estimated credit losses expected to occur for most financial assets and certain other financial instruments. For available-for-sale debt securities with unrealized losses, credit losses will be recognized as allowances rather than reductions in the amortized cost of the securities. As a small reporting company, the Company must adopt this standard no later than the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The standard’s provisions will be applied as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first effective reporting period. The Company intends to

adopt this standard during the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 and is continuing to evaluate the impact of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements.  

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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Summary of Revenue from the Sale of Products and Performance of Services Under Contracts with Customers Excludes All Revenue Earned from Rental Contracts by Operating Segments

For each of the Company’s operating segments, the following table presents revenue only from the sale of products and the performance of services under contracts with customers (in thousands). Therefore, the table excludes all revenue earned from rental contracts.

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Oil and Gas Markets
Traditional exploration product revenue	$	580	$	997
Wireless exploration product revenue		3,758		10,029
Reservoir product revenue		427		29
Total revenue		4,765		11,055
Adjacent Markets
Industrial product revenue		5,014		4,407
Imaging product revenue		3,116		2,463
Total revenue		8,130		6,870
Emerging Markets
Revenue		137		8,797
Total	$	13,032	$	26,722

Summary of Revenue from the Sale of Products and Services Under Contracts with Customers Excludes All Revenue Earned from Rental Contracts by Geographic Areas

For each of the geographic areas where the Company operates, the following table presents revenue (in thousands) from the sale of products and services under contracts with customers. The table excludes all revenue earned from rental contracts:

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Asia	$	4,678	$	11,373
Canada		398		407
Europe		1,311		1,175
United States		6,019		13,364
Other		626		403
Total	$	13,032	$	26,722

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Short-term Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Summary of Short-Term Investments

The Company’s short-term investments were composed of the following (in thousands):

	As of December 31, 2021 (in thousands)
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	7,649	$	—	$	(24	)	$	7,625

	As of September 30, 2021 (in thousands)
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	9,511	$	—	$	(15	)	$	9,496

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Company's Short-Term Investment and Contingent Consideration by Valuation Hierarchy

The following tables present the fair value of the Company’s short-term investments and contingent consideration by valuation hierarchy and input (in thousands):

	As of December 31, 2021
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets  (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable (Level 3)			Totals
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	—	$	7,625	$	—		$	7,625
Total assets	$	—	$	7,625	$	—		$	7,625
Contingent consideration liabilities:
Current portion		—		—		(247	)		(247	)
Non-current portion		—		—		(2,523	)		(2,523	)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	(2,770	)	$	(2,770	)

	As of September 30, 2021
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable (Level 3)			Totals
Short-term investments:
Corporate bonds	$	—	$	9,496	$	—		$	9,496
Total assets	$	—	$	9,496	$	—		$	9,496
Contingent consideration liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	(6,017	)	$	(6,017	)
Total liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	(6,017	)	$	(6,017	)

Changes in Fair Value of Company Level 3 Financial Instruments

The following table summarizes changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

Balance at October 1, 2021	$	6,017
Fair value adjustments		(2,440	)
Payment of contingent consideration		(807	)
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	2,770
Balance at October 1, 2020	$	10,962
Fair value adjustments		(697	)
Payment of contingent consideration		—
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	10,265

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Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Receivables [Abstract]

Trade Accounts Receivable, Net

Trade accounts receivable, net (excluding notes receivable) are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Trade accounts receivable	$	11,151		$	12,635
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(419	)		(428	)
Total	$	10,732		$	12,207

Financing Receivables

Financing receivables are reflected in the following table (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Promissory notes	$	9,132		$	5,432
Sales-type leases		1,481			2,464
Total financing receivables	$	10,613			7,896
Unearned income:
Sales-type leases		—			(6	)
Total unearned income		—			(6	)
Total financing receivables, net of unearned income		10,613			7,890
Less current portion		(8,507	)		(4,952	)
Non-current notes receivable	$	2,106		$	2,938

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Inventories (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Finished goods	$	21,271		$	19,368
Work in process		5,241			8,247
Raw materials		43,324			43,620
Obsolescence reserve		(36,593	)		(36,936	)
		33,243			34,299
Less current portion		19,919			16,196
Non-current portion	$	13,324		$	18,103

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Leases (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Summary of Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities

Maturities of the operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 were as follows: (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2022 (remainder)	$	193
2023		270
2024		278
2025		186
2026		130
Thereafter		225
Future minimum lease payments		1,282
Less interest		(107	)
Present value of minimum lease payments		1,175
Less current portion		(150	)
Long-term portion	$	1,025

Summary of Lease Costs

Lease costs recognized in the consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Right-of-use operating lease costs	$	68	$	38
Short-term lease costs		44		74
Total	$	112	$	112

Summary of Other Information Related to Operating Leases

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	70		$	42
Weighted average remaining lease term	5.3 years			1.3 years
Weighted average discount rate		3.25	%		5.00	%

Rental Equipment

Rental equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Rental equipment, primarily wireless recording equipment	$	94,194		$	95,827
Accumulated depreciation and impairment		(58,379	)		(56,922	)
	$	35,815		$	38,905

Future Minimum Lease Payment

Future minimum lease payment due to the Company as of December 31, 2021 on these two leases were as follows (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2022 (remainder)	$	147
2023		136
2024		128
2025		131
2026		132
Thereafter		11
	$	685

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The Company’s consolidated goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Weighted-
	Average
	Remaining Useful
	Lives (in years)	December 31, 2021			September 30, 2021
Goodwill		$	5,072		$	5,072
Other intangible assets:
Developed technology	14.9	$	6,475		$	6,475
Customer relationships	0.7		3,900			3,900
Trade names	1.8		2,022			2,022
Non-compete agreements	0.7		186			186
Total other intangible assets	8.2		12,583			12,583
Accumulated amortization			(5,779	)		(5,333	)
		$	6,804		$	7,250

Future Estimated Amortization Expense of Other intangible Assets

As of December 31, 2021, future estimated amortization expense of other intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2022 (remainder)	$	1,231
2023		768
2024		395
2025		381
2026		374
Thereafter		3,655
	$	6,804

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Loss Per Common Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Calculation of Net Loss and Weighted Average Common Shares and Common Equivalent Shares Outstanding for Computation of Loss Per Share

The following table summarizes the calculation of net loss and weighted average common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding for purposes of the computation of loss per share (in thousands, except share and per share data):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Net loss	$	(6,768	)	$	(1,050	)
Less: Loss allocable to unvested restricted stock		—			—
Loss attributable to common shareholders for    diluted earnings per share	$	(6,768	)	$	(1,050	)
Weighted average number of common share equivalents:
Common shares used in basic loss per share		12,919,673			13,571,510
Common share equivalents outstanding related to    stock options and RSUs		—			—
Total weighted average common shares and common    share equivalents used in diluted loss per share		12,919,673			13,571,510
Loss per share:
Basic	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.08	)
Diluted	$	(0.52	)	$	(0.08	)

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Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of Company's Segment Information

The following table summarizes the Company’s segment information (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Revenue:
Oil and Gas Markets	$	9,654		$	12,763
Adjacent Markets		8,171			6,900
Emerging Markets		137			8,797
Corporate		29			—
Total	$	17,991		$	28,460
Income (loss) from operations:
Oil and Gas Markets	$	(4,170	)	$	(5,986	)
Adjacent Markets		1,208			1,260
Emerging Markets		(820	)		6,479
Corporate		(3,104	)		(3,212	)
Total	$	(6,886	)	$	(1,459	)

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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents held by foreign subsidiaries and branch offices	$ 4.5
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adopted	true
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adoption date	Oct. 01, 2021
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, immaterial effect	true
Accounting Standards Update [Extensible Enumeration]	us-gaap:AccountingStandardsUpdate201912Member

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Revenue Recognition - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Unbilled receivables	$ 1,051,000					$ 1,051,000
Deferred contract liabilities	0					0
Deferred contract costs	0					0
Revenue	13,032,000		$ 26,722,000
Cost of revenue	16,289,000		21,735,000
Value of notes with customer	10,613,000					$ 7,896,000
Secured Promissory Note
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Value of notes with customer	$ 3,700,000				$ 10,000,000.0
Term of the notes	9 months				3 years
Monthly principal and interest payments	$ 400,000				$ 300,000
Frequency of payments					monthly
Product
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue		$ 12,500,000	0
Cost of revenue			0
Partially financed product sale					$ 12,500,000
Payments received from customer	7,200,000
Deferred Contract Liability
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	0		0
Cost of revenue	0		0
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP")
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Awarded contract amount				$ 10,500,000
Increase in contract amount				$ 300,000
Revenue recognized under the contract	100,000		$ 8,800,000
Unbilled receivables	1,100,000
Revenue for unsatisfied performance obligations	$ 100,000

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Revenue Recognition - Additional Information (Details 1)	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date: 2022-01-01
Revenue Remaining Performance Obligation Expected Timing Of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Unsatisfied performance obligation, expected timing of satisfaction, period	1 year

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Revenue Recognition - Summary of Revenue from the Sale of Products and Performance of Services Under Contracts with Customers Excludes All Revenue Earned from Rental Contracts by Operating Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 13,032	$ 26,722
Operating Segments
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	13,032	26,722
Operating Segments | Oil and Gas Markets
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	4,765	11,055
Operating Segments | Oil and Gas Markets | Traditional Exploration Product Revenue
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	580	997
Operating Segments | Oil and Gas Markets | Wireless Exploration Product Revenue
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	3,758	10,029
Operating Segments | Oil and Gas Markets | Reservoir Product Revenue
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	427	29
Operating Segments | Adjacent Markets
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	8,130	6,870
Operating Segments | Adjacent Markets | Industrial Product Revenue
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	5,014	4,407
Operating Segments | Adjacent Markets | Imaging Product Revenue
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	3,116	2,463
Operating Segments | Emerging Markets
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 137	$ 8,797

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Revenue Recognition - Summary of Revenue from the Sale of Products and Services Under Contracts with Customers Excludes All Revenue Earned from Rental Contracts by Geographic Areas (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 13,032	$ 26,722
Operating Segments
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	13,032	26,722
Operating Segments | Asia
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	4,678	11,373
Operating Segments | Canada
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	398	407
Operating Segments | Europe
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	1,311	1,175
Operating Segments | United States
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	6,019	13,364
Operating Segments | Other
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 626	$ 403

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Short-term Investments - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Realized gains (losses)	$ (7,000)	$ 0
Short-term investments maturity due within one year	6,700,000
Short-term investments maturity due between January 2023 to March 2023	$ 900,000

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Short-term Investments - Summary of Short-Term Investments (Details) - Corporate Bonds - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 7,649	$ 9,511
Unrealized Losses	(24)	(15)
Estimated Fair Value	$ 7,625	$ 9,496

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Fair Value of Company's Short-Term Investment and Contingent Consideration by Valuation Hierarchy (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Current portion contingent consideration liabilities	$ (247)	$ (807)
Non-current portion contingent consideration liabilities	(2,523)	(5,210)
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total assets	7,625	9,496
Current portion contingent consideration liabilities	(247)
Non-current portion contingent consideration liabilities	(2,523)	(6,017)
Total liabilities	(2,770)	(6,017)
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable (Level 2)
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total assets	7,625	9,496
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable (Level 3)
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Current portion contingent consideration liabilities	(247)
Non-current portion contingent consideration liabilities	(2,523)	(6,017)
Total liabilities	(2,770)	(6,017)
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Corporate bonds
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total assets	7,625	9,496
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Corporate bonds | Significant Other Observable (Level 2)
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 7,625	$ 9,496

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Changes in Fair Value of Company Level 3 Financial Instruments (Details) - Nonrecurring - Significant Unobservable (Level 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance	$ 6,017	$ 10,962
Fair value adjustments	(2,440)	(697)
Payment of contingent consideration	(807)
Balance	$ 2,770	$ 10,265

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Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables - Trade Accounts Receivable, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Current trade accounts receivable
Trade accounts receivable	$ 11,151	$ 12,635
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(419)	(428)
Total	$ 10,732	$ 12,207

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Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables - Financing Receivables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Total financing receivables	$ 10,613	$ 7,896
Total unearned income		(6)
Total financing receivables, net of unearned income	10,613	7,890
Less current portion	(8,507)	(4,952)
Non-current notes receivable	2,106	2,938
Promissory Notes
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Total financing receivables	9,132	5,432
Sales-type Lease
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Total financing receivables	$ 1,481	2,464
Total unearned income		$ (6)

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Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Value of notes with customer	$ 10,613,000		$ 7,896,000
Term of sales-type lease	6 months
Future minimum lease payments	$ 1,500,000
Interest income related to lease	6,000
Secured Promissory Note
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Value of notes with customer	$ 3,700,000	$ 10,000,000.0
Term of the notes	9 months	3 years
Monthly principal and interest payments	$ 400,000	$ 300,000
Frequency of payments		monthly
Manufactured Rental Equipment
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Promissory notes receivable maximum interest rate	8.00%
Promissory notes receivable maturity month and year	2023-07
Product
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Partially financed product sale		$ 12,500,000

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Inventories - Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Finished goods	$ 21,271	$ 19,368
Work in process	5,241	8,247
Raw materials	43,324	43,620
Obsolescence reserve	(36,593)	(36,936)
Total	33,243	34,299
Less current portion	(19,919)	(16,196)
Non-current portion	$ 13,324	$ 18,103

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Inventories - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Raw materials include semi-finished goods and component parts	$ 21.6	$ 22.7
Finished goods and raw materials fully reserved	$ 24.1	$ 23.3

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Leases - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) OperatingRightOfUseAsset PropertyLeases	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Leases [Line Items]
Rental revenue	$ 4,959,000	$ 1,738,000
Future minimum lease payments to be received	$ 685,000
Number of operating rental revenue property lease | PropertyLeases	2
Equipment
Leases [Line Items]
Trade accounts receivables included lease receivables	$ 6,000,000.0
Rental revenue	4,900,000	$ 1,700,000
Future minimum lease payments to be received	500,000
Property
Leases [Line Items]
Rental revenue	$ 29,000
Maximum | Equipment
Leases [Line Items]
Lease term	6 months
Austin, Texas
Leases [Line Items]
Number of operating right-of use asset related to leased facility | OperatingRightOfUseAsset	2
Calgary | Property
Leases [Line Items]
Lease term	5 years
Lease commenced	2021-11
Bogota | Property
Leases [Line Items]
Lease term	1 year
Lease commenced	2021-12

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Leases - Summary of Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Leases [Abstract]
2022 (remainder)	$ 193
2023	270
2024	278
2025	186
2026	130
Thereafter	225
Future minimum lease payments	1,282
Less interest	(107)
Present value of minimum lease payments	1,175
Less current portion	(150)	$ (225)
Long-term portion	$ 1,025	$ 1,009

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Leases - Summary of Lease Costs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Right-of-use operating lease costs	$ 68	$ 38
Short-term lease costs	44	74
Total	$ 112	$ 112

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Leases - Summary of Other Information Related to Operating Leases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$ 70	$ 42
Weighted average remaining lease term	5 years 3 months 18 days	1 year 3 months 18 days
Weighted average discount rate	3.25%	5.00%

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Leases - Rental Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Rental Equipment [Abstract]
Rental equipment, primarily wireless recording equipment	$ 94,194	$ 95,827
Accumulated depreciation and impairment	(58,379)	(56,922)
Rental equipment, net	$ 35,815	$ 38,905

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Leases - Future Minimum Lease Payment (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
2022 (remainder)	$ 147
2023	136
2024	128
2025	131
2026	132
Thereafter	11
Total	$ 685

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 5,072	$ 5,072
Total other intangible assets	12,583	12,583
Accumulated amortization	(5,779)	(5,333)
Other intangible assets, net	$ 6,804	7,250
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Lives (in years)	8 years 2 months 12 days
Developed Technology
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total other intangible assets	$ 6,475	6,475
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Lives (in years)	14 years 10 months 24 days
Customer Relationships
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total other intangible assets	$ 3,900	3,900
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Lives (in years)	8 months 12 days
Trade Names
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total other intangible assets	$ 2,022	2,022
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Lives (in years)	1 year 9 months 18 days
Non-compete Agreements
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total other intangible assets	$ 186	$ 186
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Lives (in years)	8 months 12 days

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 5,072		$ 5,072
Other intangible assets	12,583		$ 12,583
Amortization expense	446	$ 433
Aquana, LLC | Adjacent Markets
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	700
Other intangible assets	600
Aquana, LLC | Emerging Markets
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	4,300
Other intangible assets	4,200
Aquana, LLC | Oil and Gas Markets
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Other intangible assets	$ 2,000

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Future Estimated Amortization Expense Of Other intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
2021 (remainder)	$ 1,231
2022	768
2023	395
2024	381
2025	374
Thereafter	3,655
Other intangible assets, net	$ 6,804	$ 7,250

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Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Nonqualified stock options unvested and outstanding	0
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share unvested and outstanding	376,466
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) | 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares issued	161,850
Weighted average grant date fair value of the restricted stock | $ / shares	$ 9.00
Grant date fair value of restricted stock | $	$ 1.5
Restricted stock restriction period	4 years
Restricted stock units vesting rights	Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock upon vesting.
Unrecognized compensation expense | $	$ 3.2
Expected period for recognition of unrecognized compensation expense	3 years
Restricted Stock Awards
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense | $	$ 0.1
Expected period for recognition of unrecognized compensation expense	7 months 6 days
Share unvested and outstanding	8,625

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Loss Per Common Share - Calculation of Net Loss and Weighted Average Common Shares and Common Equivalent Shares Outstanding for Computation of Loss Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net loss	$ (6,768)	$ (1,050)
Loss attributable to common shareholders for diluted earnings per share	$ (6,768)	$ (1,050)
Weighted average number of common share equivalents:
Common shares used in basic loss per share	12,919,673	13,571,510
Total weighted average common shares and common share equivalents used in diluted loss per share	12,919,673	13,571,510
Loss per share:
Basic	$ (0.52)	$ (0.08)
Diluted	$ (0.52)	$ (0.08)

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Loss Per Common Share - Additional Information (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Stock Options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Number of stock excluded from calculation of weighted average shares outstanding		38,800
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Number of stock excluded from calculation of weighted average shares outstanding	376,466	315,375

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Nov. 13, 2018	Jul. 27, 2018	Oct. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Non-current contingent consideration					$ 5,210	$ 2,523
Cash contingent earn-out payments						807
Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration						(2,440)	$ (697)
Rent expense under Operating Leases						$ 100	$ 100
Maximum
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating lease term						7 years
Quantum
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Non-current contingent consideration			$ 7,700
Contingent cash payments earn-out period			4 years
Contingent payments earn-out period ending month and year			2022-07
Contingent payments maximum earn out amount			$ 23,500
Cash contingent earn-out payments				$ 800	1,400			$ 100
Contingent earn-out liability					800
Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration						$ 600
Estimated fair value of earn-out liability						200
Quantum | CBP
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Awarded contract amount						10,000
Optoseis Technology
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Non-current contingent consideration		$ 4,300
Contingent cash payments earn-out period		5 years 6 months
Contingent payments earn-out period ending month and year		2024-05
Contingent payments maximum earn out amount		$ 23,200
Contingent earn-out liability					$ 4,400
Change in estimated fair value of contingent consideration						1,900
Estimated fair value of earn-out liability						$ 2,500
Aquana, LLC
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Contingent cash payments earn-out period	6 years

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Segment Information - Summary of Company's Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 17,991	$ 28,460
Income (loss) from operations	(6,886)	(1,459)
Operating Segments | Oil and Gas Markets
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	9,654	12,763
Income (loss) from operations	(4,170)	(5,986)
Operating Segments | Adjacent Markets
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	8,171	6,900
Income (loss) from operations	1,208	1,260
Operating Segments | Emerging Markets
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	137	8,797
Income (loss) from operations	(820)	6,479
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	29
Income (loss) from operations	$ (3,104)	$ (3,212)

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income tax expense	$ 77	$ 58

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Risks and Uncertainties - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Customer	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 13,032	$ 26,722
Geospace Technologies Eurasia LLC
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest or majority of voting interests subject to sanctions	33.00%
Imported product for resale.			$ 1,200
Customer one
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade accounts and financing receivables	$ 8,100
Customer two
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade accounts and financing receivables	5,500
Customer three
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Trade accounts and financing receivables	$ 3,000
Customer Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of customers | Customer	3
Sales Revenue, Net | Customer Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of customers | Customer	3
Sales Revenue, Net | Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables | Customer Concentration Risk | Customer one
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,600
Sales Revenue, Net | Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables | Customer Concentration Risk | Customer two
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	700
Sales Revenue, Net | Trade Accounts and Financing Receivables | Customer Concentration Risk | Customer three
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 3,200