BROKEN ARROW, Okla., Dec. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEY), today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2015.

"We recorded positive results for fiscal year 2015, with revenue and EBITDA gains of 22% and 97%, respectively," said David Humphrey, President and CEO of ADDvantage Technologies. "This success was driven primarily by our expansion into the telecommunications equipment sector as the Company benefited from a full fiscal year of Nave Communications sales."

"We recently observed a general weakness in our industry, which negatively impacted our fourth quarter sales. Despite these lower sales in the fourth quarter, we remained profitable across both the Cable TV and Telco segments. The general industry weakness has carried over into our fiscal first quarter of 2016, and we will most likely experience a continuing decline in revenue for both the Cable TV and Telco segments," continued Mr. Humphrey.

"As we have demonstrated previously, our lean business structure has the capacity to expand and contract quickly in line with future sales opportunities. This flexibility, combined with the Company's successful transition into the telecommunications equipment distribution market, is expected to allow us to overcome these challenges in market demand and remain profitable in 2016. We believe that both segments of our business provide a solid foundation to be profitable and generate positive cash flows as we continue to invest in our existing segments and to identify and execute strategic acquisitions in the broader telecommunication industry," concluded Mr. Humphrey.

Results for the three months ended September 30, 2015

Consolidated sales decreased 21% to $9.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared with $12.1 million for the same period ended September 30, 2014. The decrease in sales resulted from a $1.3 million and $1.2 million decrease in sales in the Cable TV segment and Telco segment, respectively, compared to the same period last year.

Consolidated operating, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $0.7 million, or 20%, to $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $3.3 million for the same period last year. This decrease was due to $0.6 million in Telco segment expenses, and $0.1 million in Cable TV segment expenses.

Income from continuing operations for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was $0.2 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, compared with a gain from continuing operations of $0.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the same period of 2014.

Consolidated EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was $0.8 million compared with $1.2 million for the same period ended September 30, 2014.

Results for the year ended September 30, 2015

Consolidated sales increased 22% to $43.7 million for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015 compared with $35.9 million for the same period ended September 30, 2014. The increase in sales was due to an increase in the Telco segment of $9.6million primarily resulting from the acquisition of Nave Communications in February 2014, and was partially offset by a $1.8 million decrease in sales in the Cable TV segment.

Consolidated operating, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $2.2 million, or 21%, to $12.7 million for the year ended September 30, 2015 from $10.5 million for the same period last year. This increase was primarily due to $2.7 million in Telco segment expenses as a result of the Nave Communications acquisition, and offset by a $0.5 million decrease in expenses for the Cable TV segment.

Income from continuing operations for the year ended September 30, 2015 was $1.5 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, compared with $0.7 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the same period of 2014.

Consolidated EBITDA for the year ended September 30, 2015 was $3.8 million compared with $1.9 million for the same period ended September 30, 2014.

Cash and cash equivalents were $6.1 million as of September 30, 2015, compared with $5.3 million as of September 30, 2014. As of September 30, 2015, the Company had inventory of $23.6 million compared with $22.8 million as of September 30, 2014.

Earnings Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call today, Tuesday, December 15(th), at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time featuring remarks by David Humphrey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dave Chymiak, Chief Technology Officer, and Scott Francis, Chief Financial Officer.

The conference call will be available via webcast and can be accessed through the Investor Relations section of ADDvantage's website, www.addvantagetechnologies.com. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download any necessary software to listen to the Internet broadcast. The dial-in number for the conference call is 888-364-3109 (domestic) or 719-457-2645 (international). All dial-in participants must use the following code to access the call: 304131. Please call at least five minutes before the scheduled start time.

For interested individuals unable to join the conference call, a replay of the call will be available through December 29, 2015 at 877-870-5176 (domestic) or 858-384-5517 (international). Participants must use the following code to access the replay of the call: 304131. An online archive of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for 30 days following the call.

About ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc.

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. supplies the cable television (Cable TV) and telecommunications industries with a comprehensive line of new and used system-critical network equipment and hardware from a broad range of leading manufacturers. The equipment and hardware ADDvantage distributes is used to acquire, distribute, and protect the communications signals carried on fiber optic, coaxial cable and wireless distribution systems, including television programming, high-speed data (Internet) and telephony. In addition, ADDvantage operates a national network of technical repair centers focused primarily on Cable TV equipment and recycles surplus and obsolete Cable TV and telecommunications equipment.

ADDvantage operates through its subsidiaries, Tulsat, Tulsat-Atlanta, Tulsat-Arizona, Tulsat-Nebraska, Tulsat-Texas, NCS Industries, ComTech Services and Nave Communications. For more information, please visit the corporate web site at www.addvantagetechnologies.com.

The information in this announcement may include forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, which address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from these statements. A complete discussion of these risks and uncertainties is contained in the Company's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

EBITDA is a supplemental, non-GAAP financial measure. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Management believes providing EBITDA in this release is useful to investors' understanding and assessment of the Company's ongoing continuing operations and prospects for the future and it is a used by the financial community to evaluate the market value of companies considered to be in similar businesses. Since EBITDA is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, it should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net earnings as an indicator of operating performance. EBITDA, as calculated in the table below, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. In additions, EBITDA is not necessarily a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs.

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                                ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

                               CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                                            (UNAUDITED)


                                                      Three Months Ended            Twelve Months Ended
                                                                                      September 30,
                                                         September 30,

                                                         2015               2014        2015               2014
                                                         ----               ----        ----               ----

    Sales                                          $9,627,532        $12,131,986 $43,733,620        $35,888,692

    Cost of sales                                   6,548,565          7,840,979  28,434,731         24,283,236
                                                    ---------          ---------  ----------         ----------

    Gross profit                                    3,078,967          4,291,007  15,298,889         11,605,456

    Operating, selling,
     general and                                    2,641,663          3,320,846  12,722,679         10,508,357
        administrative expenses
                                                                                                         ---

    Operating income                                  437,304            970,161   2,576,210          1,097,099

    Interest expense                                   69,716             86,803     305,310            217,910
                                                       ------             ------     -------            -------

    Income before income
     taxes                                            367,588            883,358   2,270,900            879,189

    Provision for income
     taxes                                            157,000            264,000     773,000            220,000
                                                      -------            -------     -------            -------

    Income from continuing
     operations                                       210,588            619,358   1,497,900            659,189


    Discontinued operations:

    Loss from discontinued operations, net
      of tax
                                                            -                 -          -          (36,211)

    Loss on sale of discontinued
      operations, net of tax
                                                            -                 -          -         (629,835)
                                                          ---               ---        ---          --------

    Discontinued
     operations, net of tax                                 -                 -          -         (666,046)


    Net income (loss)                                $210,588           $619,358  $1,497,900           $(6,857)
                                                     ========           ========  ==========            =======


    Earnings (loss) per share:

        Basic

            Continuing operations                       $0.02              $0.06       $0.15              $0.07

            Discontinued operations                         -                 -          -            (0.07)
                                                          ---               ---        ---             -----

        Net income (loss)                               $0.02              $0.06       $0.15            $(0.00)
                                                        =====              =====       =====             ======

        Diluted

            Continuing operations                       $0.02              $0.06       $0.15              $0.07

            Discontinued operations                         -                 -          -            (0.07)
                                                          ---               ---        ---             -----

        Net income (loss)                               $0.02              $0.06       $0.15            $(0.00)
                                                        =====              =====       =====             ======

    Shares used in per share calculation:

        Basic                                      10,063,563         10,041,206  10,055,552         10,021,431

        Diluted                                    10,063,563         10,041,206  10,055,552         10,049,440



                            Three Months Ended September 30, 2015  Three Months Ended September 30, 2014
                            -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------

                                           Cable TV                                 Telco                  Total             Cable TV            Telco            Total
                                           --------                                 -----                  -----             --------            -----            -----


    Operating income                                      $397,392                                 $39,912          $437,304            $624,338         $345,823           $970,161

    Depreciation                                            82,254                                  26,858           109,112              73,546           27,937            101,483

    Amortization                                                 -                                206,451           206,451                   -         158,739            158,739
                                                               ---                                -------           -------                 ---         -------            -------

    EBITDA                                                $479,646                                $273,221          $752,867            $697,884         $532,499         $1,230,383
                                                          ========                                ========          ========            ========         ========         ==========


                                 Year Ended September 30, 2015          Year Ended September 30, 2014
                                 -----------------------------          -----------------------------

                                           Cable TV                                 Telco                   Total            Cable TV            Telco             Total
                                           --------                                 -----                  -----             --------            -----            -----


    Operating income (loss)                             $2,210,414                                $365,796        $2,576,210          $1,492,100       $(395,001)        $1,097,099

    Depreciation                                           296,876                                 111,827           408,703             293,353           66,926            360,279

    Amortization                                                 -                                825,805           825,805                   -         481,722            481,722
                                                               ---                                -------           -------                 ---         -------            -------

    EBITDA (a)                                          $2,507,290                              $1,303,428        $3,810,718          $1,785,453         $153,647         $1,939,100
                                                        ==========                              ==========        ==========          ==========         ========         ==========

(a) The Telco segment for the twelve months ended September 30, 2014 includes acquisition-related costs of $0.6 million related to the acquisition of Nave Communications.



               ADDVANTAGE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.

                   CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                           (UNAUDITED)


                                                        September 30,

                                                        2015             2014
                                                        ----             ----

    Assets

    Current assets:

        Cash and cash equivalents                 $6,110,986       $5,286,097

        Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $250,000 and

                     $200,000, respectively        4,286,377        6,393,580

        Income tax receivable                              -         220,104

        Inventories, net of allowance for excess and obsolete

            inventory of $2,756,628 and
             $2,156,628, respectively             23,600,996       22,780,523

        Prepaid expenses                             153,454          174,873

        Deferred income taxes                      1,776,000        1,416,000
                                                   ---------        ---------

    Total current assets                          35,927,813       36,271,177


    Property and equipment, at cost:

        Land and buildings                         7,218,678        7,208,679

        Machinery and equipment                    3,415,164        3,244,153

        Leasehold improvements                       151,957          206,393
                                                     -------          -------

    Total property and
     equipment, at cost                           10,785,799       10,659,225

    Less: Accumulated
     depreciation                                (4,584,796)     (4,191,516)
                                                  ----------       ----------

    Net property and equipment                     6,201,003        6,467,709


    Intangibles, net of
     accumulated amortization                      5,799,473        6,625,278

    Goodwill                                       3,910,089        3,910,089

    Other assets                                     134,678          131,428
                                                     -------          -------


    Total assets                                 $51,973,056      $53,405,681
                                                 ===========      ===========



    Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

    Current liabilities:

        Accounts payable                          $1,784,482       $2,880,761

        Accrued expenses                           1,358,681        1,809,878

        Income tax payable                           122,492                -

        Notes payable - current
         portion                                     873,752          845,845

        Other current liabilities                    982,094          983,269
                                                     -------          -------

    Total current liabilities                      5,121,501        6,519,753


        Notes payable, less current
         portion                                   4,366,130        5,240,066

        Deferred income taxes                        286,000          267,000

        Other liabilities                          1,064,717        1,942,889
                                                   ---------        ---------

    Total liabilities                             10,838,348       13,969,708


    Shareholders' equity:

        Common stock, $.01 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized;

            10,564,221 and 10,541,864 shares issued, respectively;

            10,063,563 and 10,041,206
             shares outstanding,
             respectively                            105,642          105,419

        Paid in capital                          (5,112,269)     (5,312,881)

        Retained earnings                         47,141,349       45,643,449
                                                  ----------       ----------

        Total shareholders' equity
         before treasury stock                    42,134,722       40,435,987


        Less: Treasury stock,
         500,658 shares, at cost                 (1,000,014)     (1,000,014)
                                                  ----------       ----------

    Total shareholders' equity                    41,134,708       39,435,973
                                                  ----------       ----------


    Total liabilities and
     shareholders' equity                        $51,973,056      $53,405,681
                                                 ===========      ===========

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