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Arotech Corporation Reports
Results
for the Second Quarter and First Six Months, 2010
First half revenues exceed $40
million - up 11% over 2009
First half earnings at $452,000 or $0.03 per share
August
10, 2010 - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqGM: ARTX), a provider
of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement
and homeland security markets, today reported results for the quarter
and six months ended June 30, 2010.
Second Quarter Results
Revenues for the second quarter reached $18.9 million, compared
to $16.0 million for the corresponding period in 2009, an increase
of 17.9% over the same period last year.
Gross profit for the quarter was
$5.6 million, or 29.7% of revenues, compared to $4.3 million, or
26.6% of revenues, for the corresponding period last year, a 3.1
point increase in the gross margin percentage.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes,
Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) for the quarter was $992,000,
compared to $335,000 for the corresponding period of 2009. Arotech
believes that information concerning EBITDA enhances overall understanding
of its current financial performance. Arotech computes adjusted
EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as reflected in the
table below.
The net income for the second quarter
was $360,000, or $0.03 basic profit per share, versus a net loss
of $(857,000), or $(0.06) basic loss per share, for the corresponding
period last year.
"We are very pleased with
the excellent results of our second quarter and first half, especially
in these difficult times in the world economy," said Arotech
Chairman and CEO Robert Ehrlich. "We look forward to our units
continuing to perform well in the second half, although we have
some reservations about the ability to maintain the type of performance
we achieved in the first half," noted Ehrlich. "Some orders
that we anticipate in simulation and batteries may, as the defense
establishments reorder their priorities, move from the second half
to the beginning of 2011.
However, we are very positive about
the long-term business prospects for our simulation and battery
divisions, and we have high expectations for our new family of armored,
bomb protected TIGERS," concluded Ehrlich.
First Six Months Results
Revenues for the first six months of 2010 reached $40.1 million,
compared to $36.1 million for the corresponding period last year,
an increase of 10.9% over the same period last year.
Gross profit for the first six
months of 2010 was $11.4 million, or 28.6% of revenues, compared
to $9.5 million, or 26.4% of revenues, for the corresponding period
last year, a 2.2 point increase in the gross margin percentage.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes,
Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) for the first six months
of 2010 was $2.3 million, compared to $1.8 million for the corresponding
period last year. Arotech believes that information concerning EBITDA
enhances overall understanding of its current financial performance.
Arotech computes adjusted EBITDA,
which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as reflected in the table
below.
The net income for the first six
months of 2010 was $452,000, or $.03 basic profit per share, versus
a net loss of $(1.3) million, or $(0.10) per share, for the corresponding
period last year.
Backlog
Backlog of orders totaled approximately $40.4 million as of June
30, 2010, as compared to $42.9 million at June 30, 2009 and $42.5
million as of March 31, 2010.
Cash Position at Quarter End
As of June 30, 2010, the Company had $1.8 million in cash and $1.9
million in restricted cash, as compared to December 31, 2009, when
the Company had $1.9 million in cash and $2.0 million in restricted
cash.
Short- and long-term borrowings
were $7.4 million at the end of the first six months of 2010 compared
to $8.2 million at the end of 2009. The Company also had $1.6 million
available in unused bank lines of credit at the Company's primary
bank in the U.S. at quarter end.
The Company had trade receivables
of $13.7 million as of June 30, 2010, compared to $14.0 million
as of December 31, 2009. The Company had a current ratio (current
assets/current liabilities) of 1.7 as of June 30, 2010 and December
31, 2009.
Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call Wednesday, August 11, 2010
at 9:00 am EDT. Those wishing to access the conference call should
dial 1-877-407-0778 (U.S.) or 1-201-689-8565 (international) a few
minutes before the 9:00 a.m. EDT start time. A replay of the conference
call will be available starting Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 11:30
am EDT until Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. The replay
telephone number is 1-877-660-6853 (U.S) and 1-201-612-7415 (international).
The replay ID pass code for both the call and the replay is 355009
and the account number is 286.
About Arotech Corporation
Arotech Corporation is a leading provider of quality defense and
security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland
security markets. Arotech provides multimedia interactive simulators/trainers,
lightweight armoring and advanced zinc-air and lithium batteries
and chargers. Arotech operates through three major business divisions:
Training and Simulation, Armor, and Battery and Power Systems.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware,
with corporate offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan and research, development
and production subsidiaries in Alabama, Michigan and Israel.
Except
for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in
this news release include forward-looking statements, as defined
in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements reflect management's current knowledge, assumptions,
judgment and expectations regarding future performance or events.
Although management believes that the expectations reflected in
such statements are reasonable, readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as they are
subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
results to vary materially. These risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, risks relating to: product and technology
development; the uncertainty of the market for Arotech's products;
changing economic conditions; delay, cancellation or non-renewal,
in whole or in part, of contracts or of purchase orders; dilution
resulting from issuances of Arotech's common stock upon conversion
or payment of its outstanding convertible debt, which would be increasingly
dilutive if and to the extent that the market price of Arotech's
stock decreases; and other risk factors detailed in Arotech's most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2009 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Arotech assumes no obligation to update the information in this
release. Reference to the Company's website above does not constitute
incorporation of any of the information thereon into this press
release.
Tables: AROTECH CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
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