Sierra Monitor Corporation (OTCBB: SRMC), a Cleantech focused company that delivers information technology for environment measurement and control by developing specialized embedded software that is deployed on proprietary hardware platforms, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.
Financial Highlights
-- Achieved first quarter sales of $2.9 million -- Increased FieldServer product sales approximately 11% in the first quarter -- Reported first quarter net loss of $73,106 -- Ended first quarter with a strong balance sheet, approximately $1.8 million of cash on hand and no bank debt
Business Highlights
-- Received third purchase order for Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Monitors and Flame Detectors to be installed in the China National Oil Corporation, Puguang Gas Field in the Sichuan Province of south eastern China. Sierra Monitor's detection products are used in numerous locations along gas collection pipelines connecting gas wells to the Puguang gas processing plant. -- Shipped first order of life safety gas and flame monitoring equipment for use by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO). The products will be used to replace aging fire and gas detection systems at three on-shore locations in the Bab Field. -- Booked a $350,000 order for future delivery of interface devices for fire detection on two new U.S. Navy ships. -- Received an order from an existing variable frequency drive (VFD) customer to design and manufacture two new interface cards for a new VFD format utilizing specialized building automation.
First Quarter 2010 Financial Results
Total sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 were $2,903,080, compared to $3,270,056 reported for the same period of 2009.
Sierra Monitor posted GAAP net loss of $73,106, or $0.01 per share (basic and diluted), for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, compared to GAAP net income of $4,063, or $0.00 per share (basic and diluted) for the same period of 2009.
Sierra Monitor posted non-GAAP net loss of $27,766, or $0.00 per share (basic and diluted), for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, compared to non-GAAP net income of $100,551 or $0.01 per share (basic and diluted) for the same period of 2009.
"After a challenging year in 2009, Sierra Monitor entered the first quarter of 2010 with a lower backlog than we had in the first quarter of 2009," said Gordon Arnold, president and chief executive officer. "While our first quarter operating results are disappointing, our order booking levels improved, resulting in an increase in total backlog of over $900,000. Based on our current revenue forecast and our improved backlog, we anticipate returning to profitability in the second quarter of 2010."
Cash Position
Sierra Monitor had $1,800,765 in cash and no debt at March 31, 2010. Receivables at March 31, 2010 were $1,621,709. The Company's Days Sales Outstanding in Accounts Receivable (DSO's) was 46 days.
About Sierra Monitor Corporation
Sierra Monitor delivers information technology for environment measurement and control by developing specialized embedded software that is deployed on proprietary hardware platforms. Embedded software enables data transfer between subsystems using protocol and physical medium translation. Proprietary hardware platforms allow the Company to increase its value proposition while protecting intellectual property.
The Company's vision is to capitalize on the expanding worldwide demand for Cleantech knowledge-based products and services that improve operational performance, productivity, efficiency and safety in building automation, industrial and military applications, while reducing demands on resources and energy consumption.
Sierra Monitor's hardware platforms include original equipment modules for installation in customer devices and controllers, gateway boxes generally used by integrators for M2M protocol translation, and multi-component safety systems generally focused on gas and fire detection.
By providing an intelligent interface, the Company's products enable various machines, devices, systems and people to reliably communicate useful information for the measurement and control of various environments including buildings, plants, and factories. By delivering the data on various communications levels, including Ethernet, internet, LONworks, Profibus and others, the Company's products make it possible for data to be accessed at more appropriate levels, such as network operations centers, control rooms or remote locations.
Sierra Monitor is an established supplier of safety and environmental instruments with more than 16,000 installations worldwide.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements relating to Sierra Monitor's expected return to profitability in the second quarter and ability to take advantage of future opportunities. Forward-looking statements in this release are generally identified by words, such as "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," "would," "guidance," "projects" and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the results of Sierra Monitor to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including, among others, the continuing impact of perceived or actual weakening of economic conditions on customers' and prospective customers' spending on Sierra Monitor products and services; quarterly fluctuations in Sierra Monitor's revenues or other operating results; periodic fluctuations in product mix resulting in significant variation of profit margins, risks related to the introduction of new products and market acceptance of such products; customization and deployment delays or errors associated with Sierra Monitor's products; impact of long sales and implementation cycles for certain products; and competitors' release of competitive products and other actions. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of Sierra Monitor are included in risks described in Sierra Monitor's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, Sierra Monitor's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These filings are available on the web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov. Sierra Monitor does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in this release.
Table A SIERRA MONITOR CORPORATION Statements of Operations (unaudited) For the three months ended March 31, 2010 2009 ------------ ------------- Net sales $ 2,903,080 $ 3,270,056 Cost of goods sold 1,224,042 1,419,469 ------------ ------------- Gross profit 1,679,038 1,850,587 Operating expenses Research and development 483,022 480,502 Selling and marketing 831,976 861,021 General and administrative 486,239 502,292 ------------ ------------- 1,801,237 1,843,815 ------------ ------------- Income (loss) from operations (122,199) 6,772 Interest income 1,047 - ------------ ------------- Income (loss) before income taxes (121,152) 6,772 Income tax provision (benefit) (48,046) 2,709 ------------ ------------- Net income (loss) $ (73,106) $ 4,063 ============ ============= Net income (loss) available to common shareholders per common share Basic $ (0.01) $ 0.00 ============ ============= Diluted $ (0.01) $ 0.00 ============ ============= Weighted-average number of common shares used in per share computations: Basic 11,438,212 11,428,212 ============ ============= Diluted 11,438,212 11,774,366 ============ ============= See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim condensed financial statements. Table B SIERRA MONITOR CORPORATION Balance Sheets Assets March 31, December 31, 2010 2009 ------------- ------------- (unaudited) (1) Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,800,765 $ 2,203,018 Trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of approximately $83,000 and $70,000 respectively 1,621,709 1,354,775 Inventories, net 2,136,694 1,892,313 Prepaid expenses 227,047 240,204 Income tax deposit 5,048 - Deferred income taxes - current 314,108 259,855 ------------- ------------- Total current assets 6,105,371 5,950,165 Property and equipment, net 217,153 238,377 Other assets 151,480 167,615 ------------- ------------- Total assets $ 6,474,004 $ 6,356,157 Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 699,093 $ 523,763 Accrued compensation expenses 353,305 372,035 Other current liabilities 114,745 73,351 Income taxes payable - 34,251 ------------- ------------- Total current liabilities 1,167,143 1,003,400 Deferred tax liability 14,575 14,575 ------------- ------------- Total liabilities 1,181,718 1,017,975 Commitments and contingencies Shareholders' equity: Common stock, $0.001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 11,438,212 shares issued and outstanding, respectively 11,438 11,438 Additional paid-in capital 3,622,412 3,595,202 Retained earnings 1,658,436 1,731,542 ------------- ------------- Total shareholders' equity 5,292,286 5,338,182 ------------- ------------- Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 6,474,004 $ 6,356,157 ============= ============= See accompanying notes to the condensed financial statements. (1) Derived from December 31, 2009 audited financial statements.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
The accompanying news release dated May 10, 2010 contains non-GAAP financial measures. Table C reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures in that news release to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures include non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP profit (loss) from operations and related non-GAAP profit (loss) as a percentage of revenue, non-GAAP net profit (loss) and basic and diluted non-GAAP net profit (loss) per share.
Sierra Monitor continues to provide all information required in accordance with GAAP and does not suggest or believe non-GAAP financial measures should be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations from these results should be carefully evaluated. Sierra Monitor believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its operating results primarily because they exclude amounts the Company does not consider part of ongoing operating results when assessing the overall Company performance.
We believe that our non-GAAP financial measures facilitate the comparison of results for current periods with results for past periods. We exclude the following items from non-GAAP financial measures:
Depreciation and Amortization of Tangible and Intangible Assets
In accordance with GAAP, depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible assets includes depreciation of purchased capital assets and amortization of intangible assets including third party approval fees. We exclude these amounts from our internal measures for budget and planning purposes.
Provision for Bad Debt Expense
We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts which is analyzed on a periodic basis to ensure that it is adequate to the best of management's knowledge. We exclude these amounts from our internal measures for budget and planning purposes.
Provision for Inventory Losses
We evaluate our inventories for excess or obsolescence on a quarterly basis. Inventories identified as slow moving or obsolete are determined based on historical experience and current product demand. The quarterly analysis is used to adjust the provision for inventory losses. We exclude the provision for inventory losses from our internal measures for budget and planning purposes.
Share-based Compensation Expense
Our non-GAAP financial measures exclude share-based compensation expenses, which consist of expenses for stock options. While share-based compensation is an expense affecting our results of operations, management excludes share-based compensation from our budget and planning process. For these reasons we exclude share-based compensation expenses from our non-GAAP financial measures. We compute weighted average dilutive shares using the methods required by GAAP for both GAAP and non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share.
Sierra Monitor refers to these non-GAAP financial measures in evaluating and measuring the performance of our ongoing operations and for planning and forecasting in future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate our internal comparisons to historical operating results. We are reporting non-GAAP financial measures because we believe that the inclusion of comparative numbers provides consistency in our financial reporting. We compute non-GAAP financial measures using the same consistent method from quarter to quarter and year to year.
Sierra Monitor believes that non-GAAP measures have significant limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with Sierra Monitor's financial results as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate Sierra Monitor's financial results in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations from these results should be carefully evaluated. Because of these limitations, Sierra Monitor qualifies the use of non-GAAP financial information in a statement when non-GAAP information is presented. In addition, the exclusion of the charges and expenses indicated above from the non-GAAP financial measures presented does not indicate an expectation by Sierra Monitor management that similar charges and expenses will not be incurred in subsequent periods.
Table C Sierra Monitor Corporation Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) (Unaudited) For the three months ended March 31, 2010 2009 ------------ ------------ GAAP Net Income (Loss) $ (73,106) $ 4,063 Depreciation and amortization 64,883 76,386 Provision for bad debt expense 7,500 2,500 Provision for inventory losses - (8,000) Deferred income taxes (54,253) - Stock based compensation expense 27,210 25,602 ------------ ------------ Total adjustments to GAAP net income (loss) 45,340 96,488 Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) $ (27,766) $ 100,551 Non-GAAP Net income (loss) per share: Basic $ (0.00) $ 0.01 Diluted $ (0.00) $ 0.01 Weighted-average number of shares used in per share computations: Basic 11,438,212 11,428,212 Diluted 11,438,212 11,774,366
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