Evertz Technologies Limited (TSX:ET), the leader in Software Defined Video
Network ("SDVN") technology, today reported its results for the fourth quarter
and year ended April 30, 2014.
Fiscal 2014 Highlights
-- Record annual revenue of $325.5 million
-- Fully diluted earnings per share of $0.85
-- Continued growth in R&D with a gross investment of $60.2 million
-- Net earnings of $63.5 million for the year
-- Annual dividends during the year of $2.04 per share, including a special
dividend of $1.40 per share
Fourth Quarter 2014 Highlights
-- Revenue $87.2 million up 33% from Q4 2013
-- Net Earnings $14.8 million up $6.6 million from Q4 2013
Selected Financial Information
Consolidated Statement of Earnings Data
(in thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
Q4'14 YE'14 Q4'13 YE'13
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Revenue $ 87,237 $ 325,524 $ 65,415 $ 316,305
Gross margin 49,083 186,186 37,079 181,866
Earnings from operations 18,538 83,163 10,522 86,758
Net earnings 14,754 63,539 8,133 65,163
Fully-diluted earnings per share $ 0.20 $ 0.85 $ 0.11 $ 0.88
Selected Financial Information
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
(in thousands of dollars)
Q4 ' 14 YE ' 13
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Cash and instruments held for
trading $ 101,956 $ 220,668
Working capital 273,914 352,164
Total assets 401,280 465,307
Shareholders' equity 333,478 406,797
Revenue
For the quarter ended April 30, 2014, revenues were $87.2 million as compared to
revenues of $65.4 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2013. For the quarter,
revenues in the United States/Canada region were $43.2 million, an increase of
$9.8 million or 29% when compared to the same quarter last year. The
International region had revenues of $44.1 million, an increase of $12.0 million
or 37% when compared to the same quarter last year.
For the year ended April 30, 2014, sales were $325.5 million, an increase of
$9.2 million or 3% as compared to sales of $316.3 million for the prior year.
Gross Margin
For the quarter ended April 30, 2014 gross margin was $49.1 million compared to
$37.1 million in the same quarter last year. Gross margin percentage was
approximately 56.3% compared to 56.7% in the quarter ended April 30, 2013.
For the year ended April 30, 2014, gross margin was $186.2 million as compared
to $181.9 million for the year ended April 30, 2013. Gross margin percentage was
approximately 57.2% for the year ended April 30, 2014 compared to 57.5% for the
prior year.
Earnings
For the quarter ended April 30, 2014 net earnings were $14.8 million up 81% when
compared to $8.1 million in the corresponding period last year.
For the year ended April 30, 2014, net earnings were $63.5 million as compared
to $65.2 million in the corresponding period last year.
For the quarter ended April 30, 2014, earnings per share on a fully-diluted
basis were $0.20, up 82% when compared to $0.11 in the same period in 2013.
For the year ended April 30, 2014, earnings per share on a fully-diluted basis
were $0.85 as compared to $0.88 in the same period in 2013.
Operating Expenses
For the quarter ended April 30, 2014 selling and administrative expenses were
$15.0 million compared to $14.0 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2013.
For the year ended April 30, 2014, selling and administrative expenses were
$55.2 million compared to $53.1 million for the year ended April 30, 2013.
For the quarter ended April 30, 2014 gross research and development expenses
increased by $1.7 million or 11% as compared to the corresponding period in
2013. Gross research and development expenses represented approximately 19.6% of
revenue for the quarter ended April 30, 2014.
For the year ended April 30, 2014, gross research and development expenses
increased by 14% or $7.3 million as compared to the prior year. Research and
development expenses represented approximately 18.5% of sales.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company's working capital as at April 30, 2014 was $273.9 million as
compared to $352.2 million on April 30, 2013.
Cash and instruments held for trading were $102.0 million as at April 30, 2014
as compared to $220.7 million on April 30, 2013.
Cash used for operations was $1.3 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2014
as compared to cash provided of $11.3 million for the quarter ended April 30,
2013. Before taking into account taxes and the changes in non-cash working
capital, the Company generated $17.5 million from operations for the quarter
ended April 30, 2014 compared to $11.8 million for the same period last year.
Cash provided by operations was $35.5 million for the 2014 fiscal year as
compared to cash provided by operations of $89.6 million for the 2013 fiscal
year. Before taking into account taxes and the changes in non-cash working
capital, the Company generated $74.2 million from operations for fiscal 2014 as
compared to $78.6 million for fiscal 2013.
The Company generated $9.1 million in investing activities largely a result of
proceeds from the disposal of instruments held for trading of $12.2 million,
offset by purchases in capital assets of $3.1 million during the quarter ended
April 30, 2014, compared to $4.1 million in capital assets purchased for the
quarter ended April 30, 2013.
The Company generated cash from investing activities of $1.5 million for the
year ended April 30, 2014 which was predominantly from proceeds upon disposal of
instruments held for trading for $12.2 million offset by cash used for the
acquisition of capital assets of $10.8 million, compared to cash used of $14.6
million for the year ended April 30, 2013.
For the quarter ended April 30, 2014, the Company used cash in financing
activities of $11.4 million which was principally a result of the payment of
dividends of $11.9 million offset by the issuance of capital stock of $0.4
million.
For the year ended April 30, 2014, the Company used cash from financing
activities of $144.2 million, which was principally driven dividends paid of
$152.0 million which included a special dividend of $104.0 million and offset by
the issuance of capital stock pursuant to the Company Stock Option Plan of $8.2
million.
Shipments and Backlog
At the end of May 2014, purchase order backlog was in excess of $67 million and
shipments during the month of May 2014 were $28 million.
Dividend Declared
Evertz Board of Directors declared a dividend on June 11, 2014 of $0.16 per share.
The dividend is payable to shareholders of record on June 20, 2014 and will be
paid on or about June 27, 2014.
Selected Consolidated Financial Information
(in thousands of dollars, except earnings per share and percentages)
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Three month periods Twelve month periods
ended ended
April 30, April 30,
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2014 2013 2014 2013
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Revenue $ 87,237 $ 65,415 $ 325,524 $ 316,305
Cost of goods sold 38,154 28,336 139,338 134,439
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Gross margin 49,083 37,079 186,186 181,866
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Gross margin % 56.3% 56.5% 57.2% 57.5%
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Expenses
Selling and administrative 14,966 13,988 55,162 53,106
General 1,509 1,076 6,874 5,366
Research and development 17,063 15,349 60,196 52,851
Investment tax credits (3,259) (3,609) (12,292) (13,178)
Foreign exchange loss (gain) 266 (247) (6,917) (3,037)
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30,545 26,557 103,023 95,108
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18,538 10,522 83,163 86,758
Finance income 281 807 2,001 2,383
Finance costs (123) (290) (398) (559)
Other income and expenses 76 (8) 38 264
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Earnings before income taxes 18,772 11,031 84,804 88,846
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Provision for (recovery of)
income taxes
Current 5,142 2,536 24,529 21,816
Deferred (1,124) 362 (3,264) 1,867
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4,018 2,898 21,265 23,683
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Net earnings for the period $ 14,754 $ 8,133 $ 63,539 $ 65,163
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Net earnings attributable to
non-controlling interest $ 55 $ 23 $ 404 $ 573
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Net earnings attributable to
shareholders 14,699 8,110 63,135 64,590
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Net earnings for the period $ 14,754 $ 8,133 $ 63,539 $ 65,163
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Earnings per share
Basic $ 0.20 $ 0.11 $ 0.85 $ 0.88
Diluted $ 0.20 $ 0.11 $ 0.85 $ 0.88
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Selected Consolidated Financial Information
(in thousands of dollars)
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April 30, April 30, April 30,
2014 2013 2012
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Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 101,956 $ 208,658 $ 173,665
Instruments held for trading - 12,010 12,004
Trade and other receivables 87,981 53,813 59,864
Prepaid expenses 4,704 3,274 1,942
Inventories 134,561 111,619 109,211
Income tax receivable 1,735 7,233 11,695
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330,937 396,607 368,381
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Assets held for sale - 3,781 3,781
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Property, Plant and Equipment 51,831 46,637 41,190
Goodwill 18,269 17,724 17,507
Intangible assets 243 558 1,005
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$ 401,280 $ 465,307 $ 431,864
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Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables $ 44,888 $ 36,237 $ 37,034
Provisions 1,624 1,104 809
Deferred revenue 10,096 6,712 4,460
Current portion of long term
debt 415 390 401
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57,023 44,443 42,704
Long term debt 1,372 1,539 1,875
Deferred taxes 6,468 9,590 7,331
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64,863 55,572 51,910
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Equity
Capital stock 92,931 81,453 67,458
Share based payment reserve 10,217 10,727 14,320
Accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss) 2,966 (1,063) (906)
Retained earnings 227,364 315,680 297,545
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230,330 314,617 296,639
Total equity attributable to
shareholders 333,478 406,797 378,417
Non-controlling interest 2,939 2,938 1,537
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336,417 409,735 379,954
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$ 401,280 $ 465,307 $ 431,864
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Forward-Looking Statements
The report contains forward-looking statements reflecting Evertz's objectives,
estimates and expectations. Such forward looking statements use words such as
"may", "will", "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "plan", "intend", "project",
"continue" and other similar terminology of a forward-looking nature or
negatives of those terms.
Although management of the Company believes that the expectations reflected in
such forward-looking statements are reasonable, all forward-looking statements
address matters that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors. Accordingly, there are or will be a number of significant factors which
could cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or
industry results to be materially different from any future results performance
or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call with financial analysts to discuss the
results on June 11, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (EDT). Media and other interested parties
are invited to join the conference call in listen-only mode. The conference call
may be accessed by dialing 1-416-849-6166 or toll-free (North America)
1-866-250-6267.
For those unable to listen to the live call, a rebroadcast will also be
available until July 11, 2014. The rebroadcast can be accessed at 1-416-915-1035
or toll-free 1-866-245-6755. The pass code for the rebroadcast is 886048.
About Evertz
Evertz Technologies Limited (TSX:ET) designs, manufactures and markets video and
audio infrastructure solutions for the television, telecommunications and
new-media industries. The Company's solutions are purchased by content creators,
broadcasters, specialty channels and television service providers to support
their increasingly complex multi-channel digital and high definition television
("HDTV") broadcast environments and by telecommunications and new-media
companies. The Company's products allow its customers to generate additional
revenue while reducing costs through the more efficient signal routing,
distribution, monitoring and management of content as well as the automation of
previously manual processes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Evertz Technologies Limited
Anthony Gridley
Chief Financial Officer
(905) 335-7580
ir@evertz.com
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