Magal Security Systems announced its financial results for the three and nine months periods ended September 30, 2016.
Magal Security Systems annouced its financial result for the three and nine months periods ended September 30, 2016.
THIRD QUARTER 2016 RESULTS
Revenues in the third quarter of 2016 were $21.3 million, an increase of 25.5% compared with revenues of $17 million in the third quarter of 2015 and an increase of 56.6% compared with revenues of $13.6 million in the prior quarter.
Gross profit in the third quarter of 2016 was $10.9 million, or 51.1% of revenues, compared with gross profit of $8.4 million or 49.6% of revenues in the third quarter of 2015 and gross profit of $6.1 million, or 44.5% of revenues, in the prior quarter. The variance in the gross margin was due to the mix of projects and products sold in the quarter.
Operating expenses in the third quarter increased to $9.3 million compared to $7.2 million in the third quarter of 2015. The majority of the increase was due to increased expenses following the Aimetis acquisition.
Operating income in the third quarter of 2016 was $1.6 million compared to operating income of $1.3 million in the third quarter of 2015 and an operating loss of $2.2 million in the prior quarter.
Net income in the third quarter of 2016 was $0.6 million, or $0.04 per share, compared to net income of $0.9 million, or $0.05 per share, in the third quarter of 2015 and a net loss of $2 million or ($0.12) per share in the prior quarter of 2016.
Cash, short term deposits and restricted deposits, net of bank debt, as of September 30, 2016, was $21.2 million, or $1.29 per share, compared with cash and short term deposits, net of current bank debt, of $31.1 million, or $1.90 per share, at December 31, 2015. On April 1, 2016, Senstar, Magal's wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary acquired Aimetis for approximately $15.2 million in cash.
Cash and cash equivalents, do not reflect the proceeds from the Company's rights offering which concluded on September 30, 2016. The Company sold 6,170,386 shares in the offering and received $23.8 million in proceeds in early October 2016.
MANAGEMENT COMMENT
Commenting on the results, Mr. Saar Koursh, CEO of Magal, said, "We are pleased with these results, growing our top line and demonstrating a fair profitability level. These results support our expectations that the second half of 2016 will be better than the first half. In particular, we saw broad strength across our product portfolio as well as within our focus region, in North America. We see further potential in this region, with investments in critical sites and border security."
"We are strongly encouraged by the support of our shareholders who participated in our rights offering, which significantly strengthened our balance sheet. This will enable us to take advantage of many of the opportunities we are seeing in our end markets," continued Mr. Koursh