EXTON, PA — (Marketwire) — 12/14/11 — WPCS International Incorporated (NASDAQ: WPCS), a leader in design-build engineering services for communications infrastructure, today announced financial results for the fiscal year 2012 second quarter ended October 31, 2011. For the second quarter, WPCS reported revenue of $28.2 million compared to $23.2 million for the same period a year ago, which represents an increase of approximately 21%.
In the second quarter, WPCS generated EBITDA of approximately $371,000 compared to an EBITDA loss of $1.3 million for the same period a year ago. WPCS defines EBITDA in the traditional sense of earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization but in addition, WPCS has incurred one-time charges for the loss from discontinued operations and the strategic alternatives effort as well as non-cash charges from acquisition related earn-out costs and goodwill impairments. These charges are also excluded from the EBITDA calculation so that the company can provide a more meaningful perspective on the improved results for the continuing operations.
In regards to net income for the second quarter, WPCS reported a net loss of approximately $1.7 million or $0.24 per diluted share, which includes one-time charges of $908,000 related to the loss from discontinued operations and $77,000 associated with the strategic alternatives effort. The net loss for the second quarter ended October 31, 2011 compares to a net loss of $6.0 million or $0.86 per diluted share for the same period a year ago.
For the six months ended October 31, 2011, WPCS reported revenue of $51.7 million compared to $46.5 million for the same period a year ago, which represents an increase of approximately 11%. In the six months of this fiscal year, WPCS has generated EBITDA of approximately $1.5 million compared to an EBITDA loss of $1.6 million for the same period a year ago. For the six months ended October 31, 2011, WPCS reported a net loss of approximately $1.7 million or $0.24 per diluted share which includes the $1.3 million loss from discontinued operations and $141,000 associated with the strategic alternatives effort. This compares to a net loss of $6.3 million or $0.91 per diluted share for the same period a year ago.
Andrew Hidalgo, CEO of WPCS, commented, “We are very pleased to announce that we achieved a consecutive quarter of EBITDA profitability. This recent performance continues to reaffirm that we are focused on returning to profitability levels we have generated historically prior to a difficult fiscal year 2011. We continue to see a strong level of bid activity and ample opportunities for growth. The year over year improvement in EBITDA is substantial and we are ahead of last year-s revenue even after the divestiture of two operation centers. We continue to maintain a healthy balance sheet with $5.2 million in cash, $14.6 million in working capital and a net tangible asset value of $20.9 million or $3.01 per diluted share. We recently reduced our debt to $2.4 million and we are in the process of renegotiating our forbearance agreement with Bank of America while we finalize arrangements with a new senior lender. The management team is focused on improving our financial performance and we remain optimistic that fiscal year 2012 will be financially successful.”
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About WPCS International Incorporated:
WPCS is a design-build engineering company that focuses on the implementation requirements of communications infrastructure. The company provides its engineering capabilities including wireless communication, specialty construction and electrical power to the public services, healthcare, energy and corporate enterprise markets worldwide. For more information, please visit
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This press release includes financial measures that are not in accordance with GAAP, consisting of EBITDA and net tangible asset value. Management uses EBITDA to evaluate the Company-s operating and financial performance in light of business objectives, for planning purposes, when publicly providing our business outlook and to facilitate period-to-period comparisons. Management uses net tangible asset value to evaluate the strength of the Company-s balance sheet. WPCS believes that these measures are useful to investors because they enhance investors- ability to review the Company-s business from the same perspective as our management and to facilitate comparisons of this period-s results with prior periods. Non-GAAP measures are used by some investors when assessing the ongoing operating and financial performance of our Company. These financial measures are not in accordance with GAAP and may differ from non-GAAP methods of accounting and reporting used by other companies. The presentation of the additional information should not be considered a substitute for net income or loss or net income or loss per diluted share prepared in accordance with GAAP. The primary material limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP measures as compared to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are (i) they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in our industry, and (ii) they exclude financial information that some may consider important in evaluating our performance. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, WPCS has included a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited)
(1) Reconciliation of Non-GAAP EBITDA:
(2) Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Net Tangible Asset Value:
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