BEDFORD, Mass., July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Aware, Inc.
(NASDAQ: AWRE), a leading supplier of biometrics software and
services, today reported financial results for its second quarter
ended June 30, 2020.
Revenue for the second quarter of 2020 was $1.9 million compared to $3.0 million in the same quarter last year.
Operating loss in the second quarter of 2020 was $3.7 million compared to operating loss of
$1.2 million in the second quarter of
2019.
The decrease in revenue in the current three-month period as
compared to the corresponding period last year was primarily due to
lower license and services revenue associated with implementation
and procurement delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The higher
operating loss in the current three-month period as compared to the
corresponding period last year resulted primarily from the
aforementioned decrease in revenue and an increase in operating
expenses, including previous investments in sales and engineering
resources driving growth in new product areas and expenses related
to turnover of executive administrative personnel and COVID-19.
Net loss in the second quarter of 2020 was $3.1 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, which compares to a net
loss of $0.9 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the same period a
year ago.
Revenue for the first six months of 2020 was $5.4 million compared to $6.7 million in the same six-month period last
year. Operating loss for the first six months of 2020 was
$5.0 million compared to operating
loss of $1.2 million in the same
six-month period last year. The 2020 decrease in revenue was
primarily due to lower services revenue, resulting from delays in a
major project that is expected to resume in the second half of this
year. The higher operating loss in the current six-month
period as compared to the corresponding period last year was
primarily the result of lower revenues, previously mentioned
investments in sales and engineering, and non-recurring first half
expenses. Approximately $1.2
million of unusual expenses were incurred, $0.8 million of which was due to recruiting fees
and severance payments, and over $0.2
million stemmed from COVID-19 related charges, including
remote working costs and bad debt from disrupted
businesses.
Net loss for the first six months of 2020 was $4.2 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, which compares to a net
loss of $0.7 million or $0.03 per diluted share, in the same period a
year ago.
"Amidst a continually changing and challenging environment, I am
encouraged by our customers' acknowledgement of the value and
support for Aware's Knomi® mobile biometric offering for digital
onboarding and other remote touchless transactions, as they
overcome disruptions caused by the pandemic," said Bob Eckel, Aware's chief executive
officer. "Our subscription-based business continues to grow,
even against the backdrop of delayed procurements and postponed
government programs temporarily impacting our licensing and
services offerings."
"Aware's future is bright and we continue to invest in the
business and increase stockholder value. We have added
significant engineering and sales resources to drive new growth,
while simultaneously investing $0.5
million to reduce the number of outstanding shares as a
commitment to improving value while growing the business," Mr.
Eckel continued.
"As we look to the future, our positioning is strong having
established a secure remote work process and cloud infrastructure,
enabling a seamless virtual working environment. While we
anticipate continued procurement delays caused by the COVID-19
pandemic, I am buoyed by Aware's comprehensive offering lineup and
confirmation from our growing list of partners, resellers, and
identity leaders pushing forward with Aware's biometric frameworks
and platforms. Biometric enablement will be a key component
of next generation solutions born out of these challenges."
About Aware
Aware is a leading provider of productized
biometrics software products, solutions and services to
governments, system integrators, and commercial organizations and
solution providers globally. Our comprehensive portfolio of
biometric solutions are based on innovative, robust products
designed explicitly for ease of integration including
customer-managed and integration ready biometric frameworks,
platforms, SDK's and services. They fulfill a broad range of
functions critical to secure biometric enrollment, authentication,
identity and transactions including face, fingerprint, iris, and
voice capture modalities, sample quality assurance, data
compliance, capture hardware peripheral and system abstraction,
centralized data processing and workflow, subsystem connectivity,
and biometric matching algorithms. The products and solutions apply
biometrics to enable identity-centric security and
know-your-customer ("KYC") solutions for applications including
financial institutions, retail, banking and payments, healthcare,
border management, credentialing and access control, intelligence
and defense, and law enforcement. Aware is a publicly held company
(Nasdaq: AWRE) based in Bedford,
Massachusetts.
See Aware's website for more information about our biometrics
software products.
Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements
regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties,
such as estimates or projections of future revenue, earnings and
non-recurring charges, and the growth of the biometrics markets.
Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by
such statements.
Risk factors related to our business include, but are not
limited to: i) our operating results may fluctuate significantly
and are difficult to predict; ii) we derive a significant portion
of our revenue from government customers, and our business may be
adversely affected by changes in the contracting or fiscal policies
of those governmental entities; iii) a significant commercial
market for biometrics technology may not develop, and if it does,
we may not be successful in that market; iv) we derive a
significant portion of our revenue from third party channel
partners; v) the biometrics market may not experience significant
growth or our products may not achieve broad acceptance; vi) we
face intense competition from other biometrics solution providers;
vii) our business is subject to rapid technological change; viii)
our software products may have errors, defects or bugs which could
harm our business; ix) our business may be adversely affected by
our use of open source software; x) we rely on third party software
to develop and provide our solutions and significant defects in
third party software could harm our business; xi) part of our
future business is dependent on market demand for, and acceptance
of, the cloud-based model for the use of software: xii) our
operational systems and networks and products may be subject to an
increasing risk of continually evolving cybersecurity or other
technological risks which could result in the disclosure of company
or customer confidential information, damage to our reputation,
additional costs, regulatory penalties and financial losses; xiii)
our intellectual property is subject to limited protection; xiv) we
may be sued by third parties for alleged infringement of their
proprietary rights; xv) we must attract and retain key personnel;
xvi) we rely on single sources of supply for certain components
used in our hardware products; xvii) our business may be affected
by government regulations and adverse economic conditions; xviii)
we may make acquisitions that could adversely affect our results,
xix) we may have additional tax liabilities; and xx) we believe the
effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will likely have an adverse
impact on our revenue over the next several quarters.
We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section
titled Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2019
and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Aware and Knomi are registered trademarks of Aware, Inc. Any
other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their
respective owners.
AWARE,
INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands,
except per share data)
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
Three Months
Ended
June 30,
|
|
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software licenses
|
|
$409
|
|
$1,189
|
|
$2,381
|
|
$2,725
|
Software maintenance
|
|
1,382
|
|
1,320
|
|
2,741
|
|
2,675
|
Services
|
|
99
|
|
503
|
|
287
|
|
1,344
|
Total
revenue
|
|
1,890
|
|
3,012
|
|
5,409
|
|
6,744
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and
expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of services
|
|
164
|
|
321
|
|
334
|
|
839
|
Research and development
|
|
2,422
|
|
2,091
|
|
4,694
|
|
3,851
|
Selling and marketing
|
|
1,180
|
|
909
|
|
2,466
|
|
1,736
|
General and administrative
|
|
1,825
|
|
874
|
|
2,963
|
|
1,595
|
Total costs and
expenses
|
|
5,591
|
|
4,195
|
|
10,457
|
|
8,021
|
Patent related
income
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
49
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
loss
|
|
(3,701)
|
|
(1.183)
|
|
(5,048)
|
|
(1,228)
|
Interest
income
|
|
19
|
|
278
|
|
167
|
|
553
|
Loss before provision
for (benefit from) income taxes
|
|
(3,682)
|
|
(905)
|
|
(4,881)
|
|
(675)
|
Provision for (benefit
from) income taxes
|
|
(541)
|
|
33
|
|
(680)
|
|
35
|
Net loss
|
|
($3,141)
|
|
($938)
|
|
($4,201)
|
|
($710)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share –
basic
|
|
($0.15)
|
|
($0.04)
|
|
($0.20)
|
|
($0.03)
|
Net loss per share –
diluted
|
|
($0.15)
|
|
($0.04)
|
|
($0.20)
|
|
($0.03)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average
shares – basic
|
|
21,470
|
|
21,537
|
|
21,495
|
|
21,551
|
Weighted-average
shares – diluted
|
|
21,470
|
|
21,537
|
|
21,495
|
|
21,551
|
AWARE,
INC.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In
thousands)
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
June
30,
2020
|
|
December
31,
2019
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
$44,951
|
|
$47,742
|
Accounts and unbilled
receivables, net
|
|
4,415
|
|
5,802
|
Property and equipment,
net
|
|
3,844
|
|
3,755
|
Long-term tax
receivable
|
|
691
|
|
-
|
All other assets,
net
|
|
265
|
|
256
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$54,166
|
|
$57,555
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses
|
|
$2,154
|
|
$1,283
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
2,961
|
|
2,837
|
Total stockholders'
equity
|
|
49,051
|
|
53,435
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity
|
|
$54,166
|
|
$57,555
|
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