EX-99.1 2 d759036dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

NEWS RELEASE

7007 Pinemont Drive

Houston, TX 77040 USA

Contact: Rick Wheeler

President and CEO

TEL: 713.986.4444

FAX: 713.986.4445

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES REPORTS FISCAL YEAR 2019 THIRD

QUARTER AND NINE-MONTH RESULTS

OBX Nodal Recording Equipment Rentals Drive

Third Quarter and Nine-Month Results

Houston, Texas – August 8, 2019 – Geospace Technologies (NASDAQ: GEOS) today announced that it narrowed its net loss to $3.7 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, on revenue of $22.9 million for its third quarter ended June 30, 2019. This compares with a net loss of $4.8 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, on revenue of $21.3 million for the third quarter of the prior year.

For the nine months ended June 30, 2019, the company recorded revenue of $66.9 million compared to revenue of $55.2 million during the prior year period. The company reported a net loss of $8.8 million, or $0.66 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $19.0 million, or $1.43 per diluted share for the prior year period.

Walter R. (“Rick”) Wheeler, President and CEO of Geospace Technologies said, “In our third fiscal quarter, we experienced continued growth in customer demand for the rental of our OBX ocean-bottom nodal seismic recording systems. As a result, the three-month and nine-month periods ended June 30, 2019 experienced increases in revenue of 7% and 21%, respectively, compared to the same periods last year. Furthermore, revenue reached its highest level for a third quarter period since fiscal year 2014, and nine-month revenue reflects a three-year consecutive run of sequential increases.”

Wheeler continued, “Although demand for both our traditional and wireless land products has yet to improve within the oil and gas markets segment, we are nonetheless very pleased to announce the receipt of an order for 5,000 stations of our recently introduced wireless GCL-1 land recorder, which we expect to deliver to a European contractor in our fourth quarter. Our compact GCL recorder functions entirely without wires or connectors and defines the absolute pinnacle of reliability and ease of operations for land-based seismic surveys.”


Oil and Gas Markets Segment

Combined revenue from the oil and gas markets segment totaled $14.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019. For the nine-month period, revenue from this segment was $44.1 million. This revenue reflects respective increases of 17% and 39% over the equivalent three-month and nine-month periods a year ago. In both periods, higher revenues were the direct result of increased rentals of the company’s OBX marine nodal recording systems. At June 30, 2019, the company had approximately 28,000 OBX stations in its rental fleet, most of which were utilized on performing rental contracts with multiple seismic contractors. The company’s rental fleet capital investments for the nine months ended June 30, 2019 were $28.7 million including unfinished units in process. Based upon discussions with both new and existing customers about future long-term rental commitments for additional OBX stations, management is evaluating the necessity of further expanding the OBX rental fleet in fiscal year 2020 to satisfy this anticipated growth in demand.

Revenue from the company’s traditional seismic products in the third fiscal quarter totaled $2.1 million, a decrease of 17% from last year’s third quarter. The reduction was primarily the result of lower product repair revenue. For the nine months ended June 30, 2019, revenue from these products totaled $8.9 million, a decrease of 7% compared to last year’s first nine months. The decrease was largely due to lower sales of specialty sensors and was partially offset by higher demand for traditional marine products and greater support services revenue.

The company’s wireless seismic products produced revenue of $11.9 million and $32.8 million for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2019, respectively. This revenue reflects respective increases of 50% and 87% over the comparative periods last year. The increases for both periods are the result of substantial increases in rental revenue from the company’s OBX ocean bottom marine nodal systems. The revenue increase for the nine-month period was partially offset by a reduction in revenue from the sale of its land based GSX wireless products.

Revenue from the company’s reservoir seismic products totaled $447,000 in the third quarter, a decrease of 76% from the third quarter a year ago. For the nine-months ended June 30, 2019, revenue from these products totaled $2.4 million, a decrease of 46% from the same period in the previous year. In both periods, the reductions were driven by lower sales of the company’s borehole tools and fewer reservoir related services. Management does not expect significant revenue from these products unless and until the company is engaged for the delivery of a permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) system. In November of 2018, the company extended its PRM product offerings through the exclusive acquisition of the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology, which management believes enhances its opportunities for potential PRM contracts. Although no such contracts are currently up for award, management believes a tender for a PRM system is likely in the foreseeable future, based upon its ongoing technical discussions with parties expressing an interest in utilizing the company’s technology. If a PRM contract were awarded to the company, management would not expect to earn any revenue from such a contract until fiscal year 2020 or later.

Adjacent Markets Segment

Revenue from the company’s adjacent markets segment totaled $8.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, a reduction of 6% from the same period last year. The reduction was primarily due to lower demand for its graphics imaging equipment and water meter cable and connector products. For the nine-month period ended June 30, 2019, revenue from this segment totaled $22.1 million, a decrease of 4% from the same period of the previous year. The decrease reflects lower demand during the period for


the company’s water meter related products, partially offset by increases in its industrial sensor and thermal film sales. Although the company has experienced slight reductions in revenue from its water meter and certain other adjacent markets products in fiscal year 2019, management does not believe that these declines reflect a long-term trend in the demand for these products, and instead believes this segment continues to pose growth opportunities and stable revenue for the company.

Emerging Markets Segment

Revenue from the company’s emerging markets segment totaled $11,000 and $0.1 million respectively for the three- and nine-month periods ended June 30, 2019. This market segment is comprised solely of products and services offered by the company’s Quantum Technology Sciences subsidiary (“Quantum”), which focuses on specialty products incorporating seismic acoustic technology to monitor, protect, and secure physical borders and perimeters in both domestic and international markets. Because Geospace acquired Quantum in July of 2018, there are no available prior year comparisons. Management does not anticipate significant revenue contributions from Quantum in the immediate future but does believe its ongoing efforts in the design, manufacture, and deployment of this progressive technology are creating opportunities for meaningful revenue in the future from its border and perimeter security solutions.

Balance Sheet and Liquidity

As of June 30, 2019, Geospace had $15.6 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments. The company also preserved a borrowing availability of $23.4 million under its bank credit agreement with no borrowings outstanding. As a result, the company’s total liquidity as of June 30, 2019 was $39 million. Capital expenditures for the nine months ended June 30, 2019 totaled $30.2 million, including the $28.7 million expansion of the company’s rental fleet. The company expects total fiscal year 2019 capital expenditures to be approximately $37 million.

In addition, the company owns unencumbered property and real estate in both domestic and international locations. In June 2019, the company entered into a contract to sell one of its Houston, Texas properties to the occupying tenant at a purchase price of $8.6 million, the closing of which occurred on August 1, 2019. After deducting selling expenses, the company estimates the gain on sale of this asset will be $7 million, and the company will report the results of this real estate transaction in its financial results for the fourth quarter ending September 30, 2019. The sold property had no strategic role in the company’s ongoing operations.

Wheeler concluded, “While demand for both our traditional and wireless land-based products remains muted due to lower requests for seismic services from our onshore clients, demand for our ocean-bottom OBX marine nodes has never been higher. The present-day focus of many E&P companies is to discover new reserves and extensions near their existing offshore infrastructure, and the superior image quality and operational efficiencies afforded by the OBX make this much easier. As such, we believe demand for our OBX nodes will remain high for some time to come, and we will continue to prudently invest in choice opportunities presented to us. Independently, our broadening of PRM products with OptoSeis, and our deepened penetration into border and perimeter security products through Quantum each represent strategic diversifications that create a separate set of opportunities and potential financial rewards. We believe several of these opportunities could manifest in the very near future, and that our strong balance sheet gives us ample means to accomplish their success.”


Conference Call Information

Geospace Technologies will host a conference call to review its fiscal year 2019 third quarter financial results on August 9, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9 a.m. Central). Participants can access the call at (866) 342-8591 (US) or (203) 518-9713 (International). Please reference the conference ID: GEOSQ319 prior to the start of the conference call. A replay will be available for approximately 60 days and may be accessed through the Investor tab of our website at www.geospace.com.

About Geospace Technologies

Geospace principally designs and manufactures seismic instruments and equipment. We market our seismic products to the oil and gas industry 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 and offshore cables.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “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 results and success of our transactions with Quantum and the OptoSeis® technology, the adoption and sale of our products in various geographic regions, potential tenders for PRM systems, future demand for OBX systems, 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 best 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” and elsewhere in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other cautionary language in such Annual Report, any subsequent Quarterly Report on the Form 10-Q, or in our other periodic reports, provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements. Such examples include, but are not limited to, the failure of the Quantum or OptoSeis® technology transactions to yield positive operating results, decreases in commodity price levels, 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, lack of further orders for our OBX systems, failure of our Quantum products to be adopted by the border and security perimeter market, and infringement or failure to protect intellectual property. The occurrence of the events described in these risk factors and elsewhere in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or in our other periodic reports could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and


financial position, and actual events and results of operations may vary materially from our current expectations. We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that we may make from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.


GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
     June 30, 2019     June 30, 2018     June 30, 2019     June 30, 2018  

Revenue:

        

Products

   $ 12,153     $ 13,270     $ 34,457     $ 40,454  

Rental

     10,720       8,000       32,414       14,707  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     22,873       21,270       66,871       55,161  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cost of revenue:

        

Products

     10,508       12,956       32,967       40,117  

Rental

     4,775       3,637       12,873       9,336  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of revenue

     15,283       16,593       45,840       49,453  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     7,590       4,677       21,031       5,708  

Operating expenses:

        

Selling, general and administrative

     6,050       4,551       17,493       14,465  

Research and development

     4,246       2,537       11,315       8,125  

Bad debt expense

     629       2,725       599       3,081  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     10,925       9,813       29,407       25,671  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (3,335     (5,136     (8,376     (19,963
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

        

Interest expense

     (28     (94     (85     (285

Interest income

     446       257       898       799  

Foreign exchange gains (losses), net

     (1     264       185       (85

Other, net

     (54     (34     (183     (88
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income, net

     363       393       815       341  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (2,972     (4,743     (7,561     (19,622

Income tax expense (benefit)

     700       53       1,257       (617
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (3,672   $ (4,796   $ (8,818   $ (19,005
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss per common share:

        

Basic

   $ (0.27   $ (0.36   $ (0.66   $ (1.43
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ (0.27   $ (0.36   $ (0.66   $ (1.43
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

        

Basic

     13,405,504       13,266,316       13,381,789       13,244,242  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     13,405,504       13,266,316       13,381,789       13,244,242  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands except share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

     June 30, 2019     September 30, 2018  

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 15,598     $ 11,934  

Short-term investments

     —         25,471  

Trade accounts receivable, net

     14,739       14,323  

Financing receivables

     3,584       4,258  

Inventories

     17,003       18,812  

Property held for sale

     1,329       —    

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     1,117       1,856  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     53,370       76,654  

Non-current financing receivables, net

     1,708       4,740  

Non-current inventories

     32,265       31,655  

Rental equipment, net

     60,155       39,545  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     32,196       33,624  

Goodwill

     5,007       4,343  

Other intangible assets, net

     10,497       8,006  

Deferred income tax assets, net

     237       246  

Prepaid income taxes

     72       54  

Other assets

     212       213  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 195,719     $ 199,080  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable trade

   $ 4,700     $ 4,106  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     4,923       6,826  

Deferred revenue

     3,941       3,752  

Income tax payable

     36       51  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     13,600       14,735  

Contingent earn-out liabilities

     12,055       7,713  

Deferred income tax liabilities

     40       45  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     25,695       22,493  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

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

     —         —    

Common stock, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 13,632,041 and

    

13,600,541 shares issued and outstanding

     136       136  

Additional paid-in capital

     88,112       86,116  

Retained earnings

     97,136       105,954  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (15,360     (15,619
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     170,024       176,587  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 195,719     $ 199,080  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Nine Months Ended  
     June 30, 2019     June 30, 2018  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net loss

   $ (8,818   $ (19,005

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net provided by (cash used) in operating activities:

    

Deferred income tax benefit

     (22     (37

Rental equipment depreciation

     9,703       7,475  

Property, plant and equipment depreciation

     3,012       3,105  

Impairment of long-lived assets

     —         488  

Amortization of intangible assets

     1,228       —    

Accretion of discounts on short-term investments

     (9     31  

Stock-based compensation expense

     1,781       1,833  

Bad debt expense

     599       3,081  

Inventory obsolescence expense

     3,013       4,001  

Gross profit from sale of used rental equipment

     (244     (4,966

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     (90     (25

Realized loss on short-term investments

     66       1  

Effects of changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Trade accounts receivable

     (82     (3,932

Income tax receivable

     —         262  

Inventories

     (4,036     (5,702

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     162       (1,186

Prepaid income taxes

     9       41  

Accounts payable trade

     601       1,437  

Accrued expenses and other

     (927     505  

Deferred revenue

     198       512  

Income tax payable

     (11     8  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     6,133       (12,073
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

     (1,426     (1,005

Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment

     130       200  

Investment in rental equipment

     (28,728     (2,511

Proceeds from the sale of used rental equipment

     3,388       4,333  

Purchases of short-term investments

     —         (11,162

Proceeds from the sale of short-term investments

     25,606       20,163  

Business acquisition

     (1,819     —    

Payments for damages related to insurance claim

     (650     (1,970

Proceeds from insurance claim

     1,166       900  

Increase in insurance claim receivable

     —         849  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in (provided by) investing activities

     (2,333     9,797  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

     215       19  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     215       19  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     (351     (285
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     3,664       (2,542

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of fiscal year

     11,934       15,092  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of fiscal period

   $ 15,598     $ 12,550  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

    

Cash paid for interest

   $ 85     $ 285  

Cash paid (refunded) for income taxes

     1,249       (649


GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

SUMMARY OF SEGMENT REVENUE AND OPERATING LOSS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended      Six Months Ended  
     June 30, 2019      June 30, 2018      June 30, 2019      June 30, 2018  

Oil and Gas Markets segment revenue:

           

Traditional exploration products

   $ 2,150      $ 2,582      $ 8,904      $ 9,559  

Wireless exploration products

     11,852        7,890        32,778        17,560  

Reservoir products

     447        1,873        2,440        4,552  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     14,449        12,345        44,122        31,671  

Adjacent Markets segment revenue:

           

Industrial product revenue

     5,363        5,674        13,046        14,061  

Imaging product revenue

     2,871        3,104        9,082        8,997  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     8,234        8,778        22,128        23,058  

Emerging Markets segment revenue:

           

Border and perimeter security product revenue

     11        —          145        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Corporate

     179        147        476        432  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue

   $ 22,873      $ 21,270      $ 66,871      $ 55,161  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
     June 30, 2019     June 30, 2018     June 30, 2019     June 30, 2018  

Operating income (loss):

        

Oil and Gas Markets segment

   $ (280   $ (4,122   $ 451     $ (15,552

Adjacent Markets segment

     1,717       1,428       4,350       3,841  

Emerging Markets segment

     (1,388     —         (3,760     —    

Corporate

     (3,384     (2,442     (9,417     (8,252
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating loss

   $ (3,335   $ (5,136   $ (8,376   $ (19,963