PR Newswire
VANCOUVER, March 28, 2017
VANCOUVER, March 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) ("UrtheCast" or the "Company") today announces financial results for the three and twelve months ended on December 31, 2016.
Strong Growth in Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Year-Over-Year
The Company is pleased to report fiscal 2016 non-IFRS revenues of $49.9 million, a 95% increase over fiscal 2015 non-IFRS revenue of $25.5 million. IFRS revenue for the year was $112.3 million as compared to $36.5 million reported in the prior year. Similarly, the Company's non-IFRS adjusted EBITDA was positive $5.6 million in the year compared to a loss of $12.9 million in the same period in 2015, amounting to an $18.6 million dollar improvement year-over-year to adjusted EBITDA. At December 31, 2016, the Company had total cash balances of $15.6 million and working capital of $18.9 million.
CFO Transition and Guidance
As announced on February 21, 2017, Mr. Sai Chu will be appointed Chief Financial Officer effective March 29, 2017. At this time, UrtheCast re-affirms its preliminary view for 2017 of growing non-IFRS revenues and expanding adjusted EBITDA margins over 2016 with similar seasonality to that of 2016.
Revenues in Earth Observation Growing by 115% Year-Over-Year
Revenues in the Company's Earth observation (EO) business in the 2016 fiscal year grew by 115% compared with fiscal 2015, growing from $7.1 million to $15.2 million (non-IFRS reporting). This triple-digit growth in the EO business is primarily due to the continued acceptance of the high-resolution imagery offering from the Deimos-2 satellite.
Impairment Charge for ISS Cameras
During the quarter, the Company recorded an additional non-cash asset impairment charge of $3.1 million for the Company's two EO cameras aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This resulted in a total non-cash impairment charge in fiscal 2016 of $10.9 million.
As the Company was unsuccessful in negotiating a new agreement with its ISS partner following the termination of the original agreement effective December 31, 2016, the deferred revenue liability associated with the ISS cameras was written off at December 31, 2016. This non-cash write-off was recognized as revenue of $40.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. This was offset by an acceleration of depreciation on the barter assets to reflect the reduced useful life. Following the termination of the agreement with the Company's ISS partner on December 31, 2016, the Company's financial statements will no longer require barter accounting for this partnership.
The Company continues to seek to monetize the ISS cameras through alternative means, including licensing arrangements or an asset sale.
Business Highlights
Earth Observation Update
UrtheDaily Update
OptiSAR Progress
Financing and Liquidity
"We're really pleased with the progress the Company is making across the board", said Wade Larson, UrtheCast's President and CEO. "Growing EO revenue, a strengthened balance sheet, programmatic and technological progress on our development programs, significant customer signings on both OptiSAR and UrtheDaily, and an improved outlook going forward on both top-line revenue and adjusted EBITDA."
SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following table provides selected financial information of the Company, which was derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||
| | 2016 | | 2015 | | 2016 | | 2015 | |
Revenue | $ | 57,476 | $ | 13,267 | $ | 111,252 | $ | 36,519 | |
Other operating income | | 229 | | 139 | | 985 | | 4,615 | |
| | 57,705 | | 13,406 | | 112,237 | | 41,134 | |
Operating costs | | | | | | | | | |
Direct costs, selling, general and | | | | | | | | | |
| administrative expenses | | 13,126 | | 14,505 | | 56,021 | | 35,239 |
Research expenditures | | 842 | | 5,351 | | 4,915 | | 15,668 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 46,851 | | 7,407 | | 66,128 | | 13,410 | |
Asset impairment | | 3,085 | | 2,505 | | 10,865 | | 2,505 | |
Share-based payments | | 702 | | 1,015 | | 2,594 | | 3,312 | |
| | 64,606 | | 30,783 | | 140,523 | | 70,134 | |
Operating loss | | (6,901) | | (17,377) | | (28,286) | | (29,000) | |
Acquisition costs | | - | | - | | - | | (5,325) | |
Net finance costs | | (353) | | (344) | | (1,989) | | (620) | |
Loss on derivative financial instruments | | (803) | | - | | (1,578) | | - | |
Foreign exchange (loss) gain | | 506 | | (540) Werbung Mehr Nachrichten zur Urthecast Aktie kostenlos abonnieren
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