MTS Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Year over Year Quarterly Revenues Increased 10% and Operating Income Increased 170%; Earnings per Share for the Six Month Period Increased 110% to $0.17; Generated $1 Million of Free Cash Flow during the First Six Months of 2012
RA'ANANA, Israel, August 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
MTS - Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. (Nasdaq Capital Market: MTSL), a global provider of business support systems (BSS) for comprehensive telecommunication management, telecommunications expense management (TEM) solutions and customer care & billing (CC&B) solutions, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2012.
Revenues for the second quarter of 2012 were $3.3 million, compared with $3.0 million in revenues during the same quarter last year and revenues of $3.0 million in the first quarter of 2012. The Company's operating profit was $517,000 in the second quarter of 2012 compared to an operating profit of $191,000 for the second quarter of 2011 and $280,000 in the first quarter of 2012. Net income for the second quarter was $460,000 or $0.10 per diluted share, compared with net income of $229,000 or $0.05 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011 and $310,000 or $0.07 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2012. Revenues for the six month period ended June 30, 2012 were $6.3 million, compared with $5.8 million for the comparable period in 2011. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $770,000 or $0.17 per diluted share, compared with net income of $362,000 or $0.08 per diluted share in the comparable period in 2011.
As of June 30, 2012, we had cash and marketable securities of $4.3 million as compared to $3.4 million as at December 31, 2011. During the six month period ended June 30, 2012 we had positive operating cash flow of $1.0 million, as compared to positive operating cash flow of $535,000 during the six month period ended June 30, 2011.
"Our second quarter results represent continued improvements in our financial results and indicators as a result of our efforts to develop our Telecom Expense Management opportunities through partners, new customer acquisitions and expanding our existing customer base," said Eytan Bar, CEO of MTS.
"In addition, our company's Billing and Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) activity as a managed service has grown and we were able to sign an additional managed service agreement with a new MVNO in the U.S. and we see other opportunities in this market. We are looking forward to improving both our top and bottom line performance," concluded Mr. Bar.
About MTS
Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. (MTS) is a worldwide provider of innovative products and services for comprehensive telecom expense management (TEM) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions, telecom billing solutions used by telecommunication service providers and mobile virtual network operators and enablers (MVNO/MVNE) solutions used by mobile service providers.
The MTS TEM Suite solution enables enterprises to gain visibility and control of strategic fixed and mobile telecom assets, services and IT security policies that drive key business processes and crucial competitive advantage. The MTS cloud, consulting and managed services solutions -- including integrated management of invoices, assets, wireless, optimization, usage, mobile device management (MDM), procurement, help desk and bill payment ,along with dashboards and reporting tools -- provide professionals at every level of the organization with rapid access to concise, actionable data.
MTS's solutions for telecommunication service providers are used worldwide by wireless and wireline service providers for interconnect billing, partner revenue management and for charging and invoicing their customers. MTS provides MVNE service to allow quick launch of new MVNO initiatives in a pay as you grow and revenue share models. In addition, MTS has pre-configured solutions to support emerging carriers of focused solutions (e.g. IPTV, VoIP, WiMAX, MVNO) to rapidly install a full-featured and scalable solution.
Headquartered in Israel, MTS markets its solutions through wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States, Hong Kong and The Netherlands as well as through OEM partnerships with Siemens, Phillips, NEC and other vendors. MTS shares are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market (symbol MTSL). For more information please visit the MTS web site: http://www.mtsint.com.
Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks in product development plans and schedules, rapid technological change, changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary rights of the Company and its competitors, risk of operations in Israel, government regulations, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
U.S. dollars in thousands
June 30, December 31,
2012 2011
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 4,192 $ 3,269
Restricted cash 242 45
Restricted marketable securities 127 127
Trade receivables, net 684 854
Other accounts receivable and prepaid expenses 143 88
Inventories 7 5
Total current assets 5,395 4,388
LONG-TERM ASSETS:
Severance pay fund 655 619
Other investments 4 6
Deferred income taxes 31 31
Total long-term assets 690 656
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET 204 161
OTHER ASSETS:
Goodwill 3,479 3,479
Other intangible assets, net 873 1,050
Total other assets 4,352 4,529
Total assets $ 10,641 $ 9,734
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
U.S. dollars in thousands (exceptshare and per share data)
June 30, December 31,
2012 2011
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Trade payables $ 254 $ 326
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 2,566 2,354
Deferred revenues 1,937 2,025
Liabilities of discontinued operations 435 435
Total current liabilities 5,192 5,140
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES -
Accrued severance pay 805 762
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Share capital 13 13
Additional paid-in capital 19,811 19,773
Treasury shares (29) (29)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (15) (19)
Accumulated deficit (15,136) (15,906)
Total shareholders' equity 4,644 3,832
Total liabilities and shareholders'
equity $ 10,641 $ 9,734
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)
Six months ended Three months ended
June 30, June 30,
2012 2011 2012 2011
Revenues:
Product sales $ 1,753 $ 2,007 $ 921 $ 994
Services 4,511 3,828 2,359 2,044
Total revenues 6,264 5,835 3,280 3,038
Cost of revenues:
Product sales 618 581 351 268
Services 1,613 1,320 795 719
Total cost of revenues 2,231 1,901 1,146 987
Gross profit 4,033 3,934 2,134 2,051
Operating expenses:
Research and
development, net of
grants from the OCS 704 945 330 470
Selling and marketing 1,043 1,026 519 518
General and
administrative 1,489 1,768 768 872
Total operating expenses 3,236 3,739 1,617 1,860
Operating profit 797 195 517 191
Financial income
(expenses), net (21) 90 (53) 31
Capital gain on sale of
investment - 78 - 1
Income before taxes on
income 776 363 464 223
Tax on income (benefit),
net 6 1 4 (6)
Net income $ 770 $ 362 $ 460 $ 229
Net Income per share:
Basic and diluted net
income per Ordinary
share $ 0.17 $ 0.08 $ 0.10 $ 0.05
Weighted average number
of Ordinary shares used
in computing basic and
diluted net income per
share 4,459,057 4,459,057 4,459,057 4,459,057
Company Contact:
Alon Mualem
CFO
Tel: +972-9-7777-540
Email: Alon.Mualem@mtsint.com
SOURCE MTS-MER Telemanagement Solutions Ltd
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