Note 8 - Leases

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Leases Disclosure [Text Block]

8. 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 March 31, 2023, 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 March 31, 2023 were as follows: (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2023 (remainder)	$	147
2024		278
2025		186
2026		130
2027		134
2028		91
Future minimum lease payments		966
Less interest		(64	)
Present value of minimum lease payments		902
Less current portion		(248	)
Non-current portion	$	654

Lease costs recognized in the consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022		March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
Right-of-use operating lease costs	$	68	$	68	$	136	$	136
Short-term lease costs		90		52		132		96
Total	$	158	$	120	$	268	$	232

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):

	Six Months Ended
	March 31, 2023			March 31, 2022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	123		$	119
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)		4.3			5.1
Weighted average discount rate		3.25	%		3.25	%

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

As Lessor

Equipment

The Company leases equipment to customers which generally range from daily rentals to minimum rental periods of up to one year. All of the Company’s current leasing arrangements, which the Company acts as lessor, are classified as operating leases. The majority of the Company’s rental revenue is generated from its marine-based wireless seismic data acquisition systems.

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 March 31, 2023, the Company’s trade accounts receivables included lease receivables of $9.7 million.

Rental revenue related to leased equipment for the three and six months ended March 31, 2023 was $13.6 million and $25.1 million, respectively.  Rental revenue related to leased equipment for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022 was $3.1 million and $8.0 million, respectively.

Future minimum lease obligations due from the Company’s leasing customers on operating leases executed as of  March 31, 2023 were $21.1 million, all of which is expected to be due within the next 12 months.

Rental equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

	March 31, 2023			September 30, 2022
Rental equipment, primarily wireless recording equipment	$	79,479		$	83,887
Accumulated depreciation and impairment		(58,900	)		(55,688	)
	$	20,579		$	28,199

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 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 currently on a month-to-month basis.

Rental revenue related to these two property leases for the three and six months ended March 31, 2023 was $52,000 and $98,000, respectively.  Rental revenue related to these two properties for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022 was $51,000 and $81,000, respectively.

Future minimum lease payments due to the Company as of March 31, 2023 on the lease in Canada was as follows (in thousands):

For fiscal years ending September 30,
2023 (remainder)	$	62
2024		128
2025		131
2026		132
2027		11
	$	464