Revenues increased 15% sequentially Equipment leasing revenues rose
88% sequentially HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Mitcham Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIND) (the "Company") today
announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 third quarter ended
October 31, 2009. The Company's total revenues for the third
quarter of fiscal 2010 were $14.5 million, approximately the same
as revenues in the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Revenues increased
by approximately $1.8 million when compared to revenues of $12.7
million for the second quarter of fiscal 2010. The Company reported
net income of $1.0 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the
third quarter of fiscal 2010 compared to net income of $2.7
million, or $0.27 per diluted share, for the third quarter of
fiscal 2009. This compares to a net loss of $1.0 million, or
$(0.10) per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2010. Fiscal
2010 third quarter results include a $730,000 charge to the
Company's provision for doubtful accounts. Bill Mitcham, the
Company's President and CEO, stated, "While our total revenues for
the third quarter were essentially flat with a year ago, they
increased on a sequential basis. Also, our core equipment leasing
revenues rose substantially from the second quarter of this year
despite a year over year decline. Our Seamap segment, as expected,
had another solid quarter, primarily due to a scheduled shipment on
our Polarcus contract and continued repair, service and spare parts
sales. "Despite continuing challenges in the oil and gas industry,
we see several positive developments which could benefit our
business for the remainder of this fiscal year and the beginning of
fiscal 2011. We are providing equipment for a number of projects in
South America, and our opportunities in that region are enhanced by
the opening of our new branch operations in Peru and Colombia. We
also continue to see good prospects in Southeast Asia. In the third
quarter, we delivered a GunLink 4000 system to Polarcus for the
third of their new-build vessels, the Samur. However, delivery of
the BuoyLink RGPS system for that vessel has slipped into the
fourth quarter of this fiscal year. We expect to deliver GunLink
4000 and BuoyLink RGPS systems to Polarcus for a fourth vessel, the
Alima, in the fourth quarter of this fiscal year. Also, prospects
for the upcoming winter season in Russia are anticipated to be much
better than last year based on an increasing number of inquiries,
bids and signed contracts. "With the renewal of our equipment lease
agreement with Sercel, which we announced last quarter, we continue
as the exclusive short-term rental agent for Sercel's DSU3 digital
sensor unit throughout the world, excluding China and parts of the
Commonwealth of Independent States. We are seeing substantial
interest in this equipment from a variety of new and existing
customers. Also, under this renewed agreement, we became the
exclusive short-term rental agent for all of Sercel's downhole
tools in North and South America, and we are adding 24 levels of a
new high temperature, high pressure Sercel downhole tool to our
lease pool before the end of this month. Overall, we are seeing
signs of improvement in several of our markets, especially
internationally, and believe we are well positioned to capitalize
on an expected recovery." THIRD QUARTER FISCAL 2010 RESULTS While
total revenues for the fiscal 2010 third quarter were approximately
equal to the third quarter a year ago, revenues rose 15% from the
second quarter of this fiscal year, driven primarily by improved
activity in North America. While activity in North America remains
generally subdued, the Company benefited from providing 9,000
stations of Sercel DSU-3 digital sensors to a large survey that was
conducted in the United States during the quarter. A significant
portion of the Company's revenues are generated from sources
outside the United States. Revenues from international customers
were approximately 63% of total revenues during the third quarter
of fiscal 2010, which is comparable to the same period last year.
Core revenues from equipment leasing, excluding equipment sales,
were $9.0 million compared to $10.0 million in the same period a
year ago, a 10% year over year decline. Leasing revenues were
impacted by weaker year over year demand for seismic equipment and
services due to the lower level of global oil and gas exploration
activity as compared to a year ago. However, core equipment leasing
revenues increased 88% from the second quarter of this fiscal year
as the Company benefited from a large job in the United States and
improving demand in other parts of the world. Sales of new seismic,
hydrographic and oceanographic equipment were $444,000 compared to
$1.8 million in the comparable period a year ago, and sales of
lease pool equipment were $808,000 compared to $333,000 in the
third quarter of fiscal 2009. Seamap equipment sales increased 78%
to $4.2 million from $2.4 million in the comparable period a year
ago, primarily due to the shipment for the Polarcus Samur. Seamap
sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 were 40% lower than in
the second fiscal quarter when the shipments to Polarcus began. The
Company delivered two GunLink 4000 fully distributed digital gun
controller systems and two BuoyLink RGPS tail buoy positioning
systems for the first two Polarcus vessels, the Nadia and the
Naila, during the second quarter of this fiscal year and, as
discussed above, delivered one GunLink system for the Polarcus
Samur during the third fiscal quarter. Delivery of the BuoyLink
RGPS system for the Samur has slipped into the fourth quarter.
Total gross profit in the fiscal 2010 third quarter was $6.2
million compared to $7.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal
2009, a 15% decline. The fiscal 2010 third quarter year over year
gross profit decline was primarily attributable to lower leasing
revenues and higher depreciation expense related to new lease pool
equipment that the Company acquired during fiscal 2009.
Sequentially, gross profit rose 85% in the third quarter of fiscal
2010 to $6.2 million from $3.3 million in the previous quarter.
Gross profit margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 was 42%
compared to 50% in the same period a year ago and to 26% in the
second quarter of this fiscal year. General and administrative
("G&A") costs for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 were $3.8
million compared to $3.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal
2009. During the third quarter, the Company recorded a $730,000
charge to provision for doubtful accounts. In the third quarter of
fiscal 2009, the Company recorded a $424,000 charge to provision
for doubtful accounts. Operating income for the third quarter of
fiscal 2010 was $1.4 million compared to $2.7 million in the
comparable period a year ago. The Company recorded provision for
income taxes of $388,000 in the fiscal 2010 third quarter compared
to an income tax benefit of $20,000 in the third quarter of fiscal
2009. The fiscal 2009 period includes a tax benefit of $0.9 million
resulting from the elimination of uncertain tax positions upon the
expiration of the period in which certain prior periods could be
examined by taxing authorities. EBITDA (earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization) for the third quarter was
$6.4 million, or 44% of total revenues, compared to $6.8 million,
or 47% of total revenues, in the same period last year. This
compares to EBITDA of $3.3 million, or 26% of total revenues, for
the second quarter of fiscal 2010. Adjusted EBITDA, which excludes
stock-based compensation expense, was $6.7 million, or 46% of total
revenues, in the third quarter compared to $7.3 million, or 50% of
total revenues, in the third quarter of last year and to $3.7
million, or 30% of total revenues, in the second quarter of this
fiscal year. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, which are not measures
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles ("GAAP"), are defined and reconciled to reported net
(loss) income, the most comparable GAAP measure, in Note A under
the accompanying financial tables. YEAR TO DATE RESULTS Total
revenues for the first nine months of fiscal 2010 were $37.8
million compared to $50.6 million in the first nine months of
fiscal 2009. Core equipment leasing revenues were $20.2 million for
the first nine months of fiscal 2010 versus $30.0 million for the
first nine months of fiscal 2009. Sales of new seismic,
hydrographic and oceanographic equipment for the first nine months
of fiscal 2010 were $2.8 million versus $7.0 million in the same
period a year ago. Sales of lease pool equipment were $978,000
compared to $2.7 million a year ago. Seamap equipment sales for the
first nine months of fiscal 2010 were $13.9 million compared to
$11.0 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2009. The Company
reported an operating loss for the first nine months of fiscal 2010
of $80,000 compared to operating income of $11.3 million in the
first nine months of fiscal 2009. Income before income taxes was
$22,000 for the first nine months of fiscal 2010 compared to $11.8
million in the same period a year ago. The Company recorded a
provision for income taxes of $86,000 in the first nine months of
fiscal 2010 compared to $3.1 million in the same period of fiscal
2009. The Company reported a net loss for the first nine months of
$64,000, or $(0.01) per share, compared to net income of $8.6
million, or $0.84 per diluted share, in the same period a year ago.
EBITDA for the first nine months of fiscal 2010 was $14.2 million,
or 38% of total revenues, compared to $23.6 million, or 47% of
total revenues, in the first nine months of fiscal 2009. Adjusted
EBITDA was $15.4 million, or 41% of total revenues, in the first
nine months of fiscal 2010 compared to $25.3 million, or 50 % of
total revenues, in the first nine months of last year. CONFERENCE
CALL The Company has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday,
December 9, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time to discuss its fiscal
2010 third quarter results. To access the call, please dial (480)
6299722 and ask for the Mitcham Industries call at least 10 minutes
prior to the start time. Investors may also listen to the
conference live on the Mitcham Industries corporate website,
http://www.mitchamindustries.com/, by logging on that site and
clicking "Investors." A telephonic replay of the conference call
will be available through December 16, 2009 and may be accessed by
calling (303) 5903030, and using the passcode 4186000#. A web cast
archive will also be available at http://www.mitchamindustries.com/
shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90
days. For more information, please contact Donna Washburn at
DRG&E at (713) 5296600 or email . Mitcham Industries, Inc., a
geophysical equipment supplier, offers for lease or sale, new and
"experienced" seismic equipment to the oil and gas industry,
seismic contractors, environmental agencies, government agencies
and universities. Headquartered in Texas, with sales and services
offices in Calgary, Canada; Brisbane, Australia; Singapore; Ufa,
Bashkortostan, Russia; Lima, Peru; Bogota, Colombia and the United
Kingdom and with associates throughout Europe, South America and
Asia, Mitcham conducts operations on a global scale and is the
largest independent exploration equipment lessor in the industry.
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
Section 27A of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts
included herein, including statements regarding the Company's
future financial position and results of operations, planned
capital expenditures, the Company's business strategy and other
plans for future expansion, the future mix of revenues and
business, future demand for the Company's services and general
conditions in the energy industry in general and seismic service
industry, are forward-looking statements. While management believes
that these forward-looking statements are reasonable when and as
made, actual results may differ materially from such
forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include possible decline in demand
for seismic data and our services; the effect of recent declines in
oil and natural gas prices on exploration activity; the effect of
uncertainty in financial markets on our customers' and our ability
to obtain financing; loss of significant customers; defaults by
customers on amounts due us; possible impairment of long-lived
assets; risks associated with our manufacturing operations; foreign
currency exchange risk; and other factors that are disclosed in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and available from the Company
without charge. Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance
on forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date of
this release and the Company undertakes no duty to update or revise
any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. - Tables to follow -
Contacts: Billy F. Mitcham, Jr., President & CEO Mitcham
Industries, Inc. 936-291-2277 Jack Lascar / Karen Roan Dennard Rupp
Gray & Easterly (DRG&E) 713-529-6600 MITCHAM INDUSTRIES,
INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands, except
per share data) October 31, January 31, 2009 2009 -----------
----------- (unaudited) ----------- ASSETS Current assets: Cash and
cash equivalents $6,400 $5,063 Restricted cash 483 969 Accounts
receivable, net 15,400 12,415 Current portion of contracts
receivable 872 836 Inventories, net 5,931 3,772 Costs incurred and
estimated profit in excess of billings on uncompleted contract 509
1,787 Income taxes receivable - 1,000 Deferred tax asset 1,521
1,682 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,241 1,535 -----
----- Total current assets 32,357 29,059 Seismic equipment lease
pool and property and equipment, net 64,888 64,251 Intangible
assets, net 2,742 2,744 Goodwill 4,320 4,320 Deferred tax asset
1,288 - Long-term portion of contracts receivable 3,217 3,806 Other
assets 55 47 --- --- Total assets $108,867 $104,227 ========
======== LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $5,850 $13,561 Current maturities - long-term debt
308 - Income taxes payable 1,678 - Deferred revenue 508 424 Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities 2,466 3,877 ----- -----
Total current liabilities 10,810 17,862 Non-current income taxes
payable 2,972 3,260 Deferred tax liability - 32 Long-term debt, net
of current maturities 11,345 5,950 ------ ----- Total liabilities
25,127 27,104 Shareholders' equity: Preferred stock, $1.00 par
value; 1,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding - -
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 20,000 shares authorized; 10,737 and
10,725 shares issued at October 31, 2009 and January 31, 2009,
respectively 107 107 Additional paid-in capital 75,460 74,396
Treasury stock, at cost (924 and 922 shares at October 31, 2009 and
January 31, 2009, respectively) (4,833) (4,826) Retained earnings
9,663 9,727 Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 3,343
(2,281) ----- ------ Total shareholders' equity 83,740 77,123
------ ------ Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $108,867
$104,227 ======== ======== MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (in thousands, except per
share data) (unaudited) For the Three Months For the Nine Months
Ended October 31, Ended October 31, --------------------
------------------- 2009 2008 2009 2008 ---- ---- ---- ----
Revenues: Equipment leasing $9,037 $10,043 $20,165 $29,916 Lease
pool equipment sales 808 333 978 2,738 Seamap equipment sales 4,241
2,385 13,882 10,952 Other equipment sales 444 1,787 2,787 6,971 ---
----- ----- ----- Total revenues 14,530 14,548 37,812 50,577 ------
------ ------ ------ Cost of sales: Direct costs - equipment
leasing 748 810 2,201 1,595 Direct costs -lease pool depreciation
4,610 3,781 13,127 11,094 Cost of lease pool equipment sales 473
143 570 1,375 Cost of Seamap and other equipment sales 2,534 2,554
8,645 10,511 ----- ----- ----- ------ Total cost of sales 8,365
7,288 24,543 24,575 ----- ----- ------ ------ Gross profit 6,165
7,260 13,269 26,002 Operating expenses: General and administrative
3,809 3,893 11,280 13,103 Provision for doubtful accounts 730 424
1,379 519 Depreciation and amortization 213 287 690 1,046 --- ---
--- ----- Total operating expenses 4,752 4,604 13,349 14,668 -----
----- ------ ------ Operating income (loss) 1,413 2,656 (80) 11,334
Other income (expenses): Interest, net (122) 36 (303) 409 Other,
net 123 29 405 37 --- --- --- --- Total other income 1 65 102 446
--- --- Income before income taxes 1,414 2,721 22 11,780 Benefit
(provision) for income taxes (388) 20 (86) (3,136) ---- --- ---
------ Net (loss) income $1,026 $2,741 $(64) $8,644 ====== ======
==== ====== Net (loss) income per common share: Basic $0.10 $0.28
$(0.01) $0.89 ===== ===== ====== ===== Diluted $0.10 $0.27 $(0.01)
$0.84 ===== ===== ====== ===== Shares used in computing net (loss)
income per common share: Basic 9,805 9,776 9,795 9,764 ===== =====
===== ===== Diluted 9,969 10,188 9,795 10,303 ===== ====== =====
====== MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands) (unaudited) For the Nine Months Ended
------------------------- October 31, ----------- 2009 2008 ----
---- Cash flows from operating activities: Net (loss) income $(64)
$8,644 Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash
provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization
13,912 12,258 Stock-based compensation 1,119 1,691 Provision for
doubtful accounts 1,379 518 Provision for inventory obsolescence 13
230 Gross profit from sale of lease pool equipment (408) (1,363)
Excess tax benefit from exercise of non-qualified stock options
(45) (96) Benefit from deferred income taxes (1,553) (190) Changes
in non-current income taxes payable (288) (598) Changes in working
capital items: Accounts receivable (2,186) (3,970) Contracts
receivable (36) (88) Inventories (1,468) (601) Prepaid expenses and
other current assets (268) (1,051) Income taxes receivable and
payable 3,073 (390) Costs incurred and estimated profit in excess
of billings on uncompleted 1,746 - contract Accounts payable,
accrued expenses, other current liabilities and deferred (1,339)
(4,885) revenue ------ ------ Net cash provided by operating
activities 13,587 10,109 ------ ------ Cash flows from investing
activities: Purchases of seismic equipment held for lease (18,828)
(24,620) Purchases of property and equipment (358) (488) Sale of
used lease pool equipment 978 2,738 --- ----- Net cash used in
investing activities (18,208) (22,370) ------- ------- Cash flows
from financing activities: Net proceeds from line of credit 5,300
8,400 Payments on borrowings - (1,500) Proceeds from (purchases of)
short- term investments 871 (1,413) Proceeds from issuance of
common stock upon exercise of stock options, net of (12) 184 stock
surrendered to pay taxes Excess tax benefit from exercise of
non-qualified stock options 45 96 --- --- Net cash provided by
financing activities 6,204 5,767 Effect of changes in foreign
exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents (246) (1,588) ----
------ Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,337
(8,082) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 5,063 13,884
----- ------ Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $6,400 $5,802
====== ====== Supplemental cash flow information: Interest paid
$461 $201 Income taxes paid $820 $3,314 Purchases of seismic
equipment held for lease in accounts payable at end of $4,577
$4,526 period MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. Reconciliation of Net (Loss)
Income to EBITDA (Unaudited) For the Three Months For the Nine
Months Ended Ended -------------------- ------------------- October
31, October 31, ----------- ----------- 2009 2008 2009 2008 ----
---- ---- ---- (in thousands) (in thousands) Net (loss) income
$1,026 $2,741 $(64) $8,644 Interest expense (income), net 122 (36)
303 (409) Depreciation and amortization 4,857 4,105 13,912 12,258
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 388 (20) 86 3,136 --- --- ---
----- EBITDA (1) 6,393 6,790 14,237 23,629 Stock-based compensation
279 528 1,119 1,691 --- --- ----- ----- Adjusted EBITDA (1) $6,672
$7,318 $15,356 25,320 ====== ====== ======= =======
_______________________________ (1) EBITDA is defined as net income
(loss) before (a) interest income, net of interest expense, (b)
provision for (or benefit from) income taxes and (c) depreciation,
amortization and impairment. Adjusted EBITDA excludes stock-based
compensation. We consider EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to be
important indicators for the performance of our business, but not
measures of performance calculated in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America
("GAAP"). We have included these non-GAAP financial measures
because management utilizes this information for assessing our
performance and as indicators of our ability to make capital
expenditures, service debt and finance working capital
requirements. The covenants of our revolving credit agreement
require us to maintain a minimum level of EBITDA. Management
believes that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are measurements that are
commonly used by analysts and some investors in evaluating the
performance of companies such as us. In particular, we believe that
it is useful to our analysts and investors to understand this
relationship because it excludes transactions not related to our
core cash operating activities. We believe that excluding these
transactions allows investors to meaningfully trend and analyze the
performance of our core cash operations. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and should not
be considered in isolation or as alternatives to cash flow from
operating activities or as alternatives to net income as indicators
of operating performance or any other measures of performance
derived in accordance with GAAP. In evaluating our performance as
measured by EBITDA, management recognizes and considers the
limitations of this measurement. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not
reflect our obligations for the payment of income taxes, interest
expense or other obligations such as capital expenditures.
Accordingly, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are only two of the
measurements that management utilizes. Other companies in our
industry may calculate EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA differently than
we do and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable with
similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Mitcham
Industries, Inc. Segment Operating Results (unaudited) For the
Three Months For the Nine Months Ended Ended --------------------
------------------- October 31, October 31, ----------- -----------
2009 2008 2009 2008 ---- ---- ---- ---- (in thousands) (in
thousands) Revenues: Equipment Leasing $10,289 $12,163 $23,930
$39,625 Seamap 4,360 2,601 14,215 11,208 Inter-segment sales (119)
(216) (333) (256) ---- ---- ---- ---- Total revenues 14,530 14,548
37,812 50,577 ------ ------ ------ ------ Cost of sales: Equipment
Leasing 6,254 6,118 18,444 19,089 Seamap 2,262 1,325 6,602 5,766
Inter-segment costs (151) (155) (503) (280) ---- ---- ---- ----
Total cost of sales 8,365 7,288 24,543 24,575 ----- ----- ------
------ Gross profit $6,165 $7,260 $13,269 $26,002 ====== ======
======= ======= DATASOURCE: Mitcham Industries, Inc. CONTACT: Billy
F. Mitcham, Jr., President & CEO of Mitcham Industries, Inc.,
+1-936-291-2277; or Jack Lascar, or Karen Roan, both of Dennard
Rupp Gray & Easterly (DRG&E), +1-713-529-6600, Mitcham
Industries, Inc. Web Site: http://www.mitchamindustries.com/
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