WidePoint Corporation Reports First Quarter 2012 Results

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WidePoint Corporation (NYSE Amex: WYY), a specialist in cloud-based telecommunications life-cycle and trusted cybersecurity management solutions, today announced financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2012.

First Quarter 2012 Highlights

• Net revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 increased 30.1% to $13.7 million from $10.5 million in last year's comparable period.
• Telecommunications life-cycle management segment revenue increased 30.7% to $7.3 million from $5.6 million in last year's comparable period.
• Cybersecurity's trusted identity solutions revenue increased 72.6% to $2.2 million from $1.3 million in last year's comparable period.
• IT consulting services and products revenues increased 14.7% to $4.2 million from $3.7 million in last year's comparable period.
• Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA was approximately $743,000 compared to a loss of $(245,000), an improvement of $988,000, in last year's comparable period.
• Income from operations was approximately $128,000 compared to a loss from operations of approximately $(505,000), an improvement of $633,000, in last year's comparable period.
• Net income was approximately $57,000, compared to net loss of approximately $(317,000), an improvement of $374,000 from last year's comparable period, which included a $203,000 one-time income tax benefit in that prior period.

Steve Komar, CEO, WidePoint, commented, "In the first quarter of 2012, we successfully built on the groundwork we laid in 2011 to expand the reach of our telecommunications life-cycle management capabilities beyond the federal marketplace, vis-à-vis the acquisition of Avalon Global Solutions, and we benefited from the release of a number of cybersecurity programs that had been stalled in procurement pipelines. Our successful efforts to secure new telecommunications life-cycle management contracts with the State of Nevada, the Western States Contracting Alliance, and the State of Utah in April, along with an accelerating trend of contract awards from existing customers in early 2012, including several new commercial client wins during the quarter, further support our long-term strategy to continue to leverage and broaden our customer base and our market reach." Komar further added, "Several initiatives we are focusing on in 2012 include further expanding our commercial market footprint, enhancing our cloud-based trusted device and identity assurance solutions, providing expanded security and mobile device management offerings to our mobile telecommunications life-cycle management customers, and expanding our geographic reach in support of our international client demands. We believe that these key initiatives will increasingly and favorably differentiate our capabilities from those of our competitors."

First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Net revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2012 increased $3.2 million, or 30.1%, to $13.7 million from $10.5 million in last year's comparable period. These increases were materially a result of revenue growth in all of our segments, driven by additional revenues generated from customers from the asset purchase of Avalon Global Solutions on December 31, 2011. The increases were primarily due to several factors:

• Telecommunications life-cycle management segment revenue increased approximately 30.7% to $7.3 million, an increase of $1.7 million for first quarter of 2012 compared to $5.6 million for the first quarter of 2011. The increase was predominantly the result of additional revenues generated by the acquired customers of Avalon Global Solutions that became effective on December 31, 2011.
• Cybersecurity managed solutions segment revenue increased 72.6% to $2.2 million, an increase of $0.9 million for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $1.3 million for the first quarter of 2011.  This increase was primarily due to additional revenues driven by rising demand for trusted identity assurance credentialing services driven by government mandates requiring credentials to be utilized for access to certain federal government sites, by continued expansion in support of the Transportation Workers Identification Credentialing (TWIC) program, and by additional work with various states in support of "First Responders" initiatives and other credentialing initiatives.
• IT Consulting Services and Products segment increased 14.7% to approximately $4.2 million, an increase of $0.5 million for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $3.7 million for the first quarter of 2011. The increase was primarily due to additional revenues generated by the acquired customers of Avalon Global Solutions as well as internal growth in our commercial customer base.

Gross profit in the first quarter of 2012 was up approximately 84% from $3.3 million, or 24.3% of revenues, as compared to gross profit of $1.8 million, or 17% of revenues, for the first quarter of 2011. Gross profit excluding amortization and depreciation expense in cost of sales was approximately $3.8 million, or 28% of revenues, as compared to gross profit excluding amortization and depreciation expense in cost of sales of $2.1 million, or 20% of revenues, for the first quarter of 2011. Long term, management anticipates gross profit as a percentage of revenues should increase as cost of sales as a percentage of revenues decreases, resulting from a greater mix of higher margin services.

WidePoint reported income from operations of approximately $128,000 in the first quarter of 2012 compared to loss from operations of approximately $(504,000) in the first quarter of 2011. Net income was approximately $57,000 in the first quarter of 2012, compared to net loss of approximately $(317,000), in the first quarter of 2011, which included a one-time $203,000 income tax benefit during that prior year period.

WidePoint CFO Jim McCubbin commented, "In the first quarter we witnessed growth driven materially from revenues associated with customers we acquired from the asset acquisition of AGS at the end of last year and from revenue generated from accelerating demand for our credentialing services. Also, we saw a solid sequential improvement in gross margin from the prior quarter, and we will continue to focus on growing these margins and delivering other higher margin services to exploit the leveraging opportunity in our financial model. However, as we have cautioned in the past, our revenues and operating results may vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter. That said, we continue to target revenues in fiscal 2012 in the range of $55-$65 million, and we expect our gross margins will continue to expand into the mid-to high-20's percentage range and to grow beyond that as we expand and win additional higher margin services revenues."

Conference Call Information

A conference call and live webcast will take place at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Anyone interested in participating should call 1-877-941-4774 if calling within the United States or 1-480-629-9760 if calling internationally. There will be a playback available until May 29, 2012. To listen to the playback, please call 1-877-870-5176 if calling within the United States or 1-858-384-5517 if calling internationally. Please use pin number 4536019 for the replay. The call will also be accompanied live by webcast over the Internet and accessible at http://viavid.net/dce.aspx?sid=00009725.

About WidePoint
WidePoint is a specialist in providing cloud-based telecommunications life-cycle and trusted identity cybersecurity management solutions, utilizing its advanced information technology products and services. WidePoint has several wholly owned subsidiaries holding major government and commercial contracts. WidePoint enables organizations to deploy fully compliant IT services in accordance with government-mandated regulations and advanced system requirements. For more information, visit http://www.widepoint.com.

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