Magic Reports Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results with Record-Breaking Revenues of $85.8 million - a 19% Year Over Year Growth

OR YEHUDA, Israel, Nov. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: MGIC), a global provider of end-to-end integration and application development platforms solutions and IT consulting services, announced today its financial results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended September 30, 2019.

Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2019

• Revenues for the third quarter increased 19% to $85.8 million compared to $72.1 million in the same period last year.
• Operating income for the third quarter increased 10% to $8.5 million compared to $7.7 million in the same period last year.
• Non-GAAP operating income for the third quarter increased 18% to $11.8 million compared to $10.0 million in the same period last year.
• Net income attributable to Magic's shareholders for the third quarter remained constant at $5.0 million, or $0.10 per fully diluted share compared to the same period last year. Net income was negatively impacted by an amount of $0.9 million compared to the same period last year resulting from acquisition related expenses of $0.6 million recorded in connection with mainly the acquisition of NetEffects Inc and the devaluation of the US Dollar versus the new Israeli shekel by $0.3 million.
• Non-GAAP net income attributable to Magic's shareholders for the third quarter increased 19% to $8.1 million, or $0.17 per fully diluted share, compared to $6.8 million, or $0.14 per fully diluted share, in the same period last year.

Financial Highlights for the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2019

• Revenues for the first nine months of 2019 increased 11% to $234.7 million compared to $212.1 million in the same period last year.
• Operating income for the first nine months of 2019 increased 7% to $25.0 million compared to $23.3 million in the same period last year.
• Non-GAAP operating income for the first nine months of 2019 increased 10% to $32.5 million compared to $29.5 million in the same period last year.
• Net income attributable to Magic's shareholders for the first nine months of 2019 decreased 1% to $15.1 million, or $0.29 per fully diluted share, compared to $15.3 million, or $0.33 per fully diluted share in the same period last year. Net income was negatively impacted by an amount of $2.4 million compared to the same period last year resulting from acquisition related expenses of $1.4 million recorded in connection with mainly the acquisition of Powwow and NetEffects and the devaluation of the US Dollar versus the new Israeli shekel by $1 million.
• Non-GAAP net income attributable to Magic's shareholders for the first nine months of 2019 increased 9% to $21.8 million, or $0.45 per fully diluted share, compared to $19.9 million, or $0.43 per fully diluted share, in the same period last year. Earnings per share for the first nine months of 2019 were negatively impacted by $0.04 per fully diluted share compared to the same period last year as a consequence of the Company’s private placement of 4.3 million shares in the third quarter of 2018 to Israeli institutional investors.
• Cash flow from operating activities for the first nine months of 2019 amounted to $32.7 million compared to $20.3 million in the same period last year.
• As of September 30, 2019, Magic’s net cash, cash equivalents, short and long-term bank deposits and marketable securities, offset by short and long-term financial liabilities amounted to $69.8 million.
• We are increasing our full-year revenue guidance to a range of $317-$320 million, from the previous revenue guidance of $313-$319 million, reflecting annual growth of 12% to 13%.

Guy Bernstein, Chief Executive Officer of Magic Software Enterprises, said:

“We are pleased to report Magic’s all-time best quarterly results with revenues of $86 million and operational profit of $12 million (on a non-GAAP basis), reflecting a double-digit growth of 19% and 18% year over year, respectively. This quarter’s results demonstrate Magic’s ability to consistently grow by leveraging its continued long engagement cycles with its existing and new customers, along with its fruitful M&A activity.”

“This quarter we welcome NetEffects Inc. to our software services portfolio. NetEffects, a US based company, specializes in IT staffing and recruiting. This acquisition supports our continuing efforts to maintain and upgrade our strong market position as a preferred one-stop-shop software services vendor.”

Conference Call Details

Magic’s management will host a conference call on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (5:00 p.m. Israel Daylight Time) to review and discuss Magic’s results.

To participate, please call one of the following teleconferencing numbers. Please begin placing your calls at least 10 minutes before the conference call commences. If you are unable to connect using the toll-free numbers, call the international dial-in number.

NORTH AMERICA: [phone]

UK: 0-800-917-5108

ISRAEL: 03-918-0609

ALL OTHERS: [phone]

For those unable to join the live call, a replay of the call will be available under the Investor Relations section of Magic’s website, www.magicsoftware.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: Non-GAAP gross profit, Non-GAAP operating income, Non-GAAP net income attributable to Magic’s shareholders and Non-GAAP basic and diluted earnings per share.

Magic believes that these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Magic's financial condition and results of operations. Magic's management uses these non-GAAP measures to compare the Company's performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses, for purposes of determining executive and senior management incentive compensation and for budgeting and planning purposes. These measures are used in financial reports prepared for management and in quarterly financial reports presented to the Company's board of directors. The Company believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing the Company's financial measures with other software companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors.

Management of the Company does not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company's financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgment by management about which expenses and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. In order to compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. Magic urges investors to review the reconciliation of its non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, which it includes in press releases announcing quarterly financial results, including this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company's business.

Non-GAAP measures used in this press release are included in the financial tables of this release. These non-GAAP measures exclude the following items:

• Amortization of purchased intangible assets and other related costs;
• In-process research and development capitalization and amortization;
• Equity-based compensation expenses;
• The related tax, non-controlling interests and redeemable non-controlling interest effects of the above items;
• Change in valuation of contingent consideration related to acquisitions; and
• Acquisition-related costs;

Reconciliation tables of the most comparable GAAP financial measures to the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are included in the financial tables of this release.

About Magic Software Enterprises

Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: MGIC) is a global provider of mobile and cloud-enabled application and business integration platforms.

For more information, visit www.magicsoftware.com.

Forward Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "will," “look forward”, "expect," "believe" and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements (although not all forward-looking statements include such words). These forward-looking statements, which may include, without limitation, projections regarding our future performance and financial condition, are made based on management’s current views and assumptions with respect to future events. Any forward-looking statement is not a guarantee of future performance and actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statement. These statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We operate in a changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks that may affect us. For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties as well as certain additional risks that we face, you should refer to the Risk Factors detailed in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018 and subsequent reports and filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Magic® is a registered trademark of Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. All other product and company names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and are the property of, and might be trademarks of, their respective owners.

Press Contact:
Noam Amir
Magic Software Enterprises
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MAGIC SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
U.S. Dollars in thousands (except per share data)
	Three months ended								Nine months ended
	September 30,								September 30,
		2019				2018				2019				2018
	Unaudited								Unaudited
Revenues	$	85,843			$	72,135			$	234,703			$	212,082
Cost of revenues		58,458				50,626				160,442				145,354
Gross profit		27,385				21,509				74,261				66,728
Research and development, net		2,235				1,281				6,277				4,399
Selling, marketing and general and
administrative expenses		16,654				12,521				43,062				39,071
Total operating costs and expenses		18,889				13,802				49,339				43,470
Operating income		8,496				7,707				24,922				23,258
Financial income (expenses), net		(622	)			(286	)			(828	)			161
Income before taxes on income		7,874				7,421				24,094				23,419
Taxes on income		1,380				1,475				4,897				4,885
Net income	$	6,494			$	5,946			$	19,197			$	18,534
Net income attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests		(1,045	)			(588	)			(3,057	)			(2,005	)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(491	)			(313	)			(995	)			(1,186	)
Net income attributable to Magic's shareholders	$	4,958			$	5,045			$	15,145			$	15,343
Net earnings per share attributable to Magic's shareholders :
Basic	$	0.10			$	0.10			$	0.29			$	0.33
Diluted	$	0.10			$	0.10			$	0.29			$	0.33
Weighted average number of shares used in
computing net earnings per share
Basic		48,897				48,799				48,888				45,926
					.
Diluted		48,991				48,959				48,985				46,075

Summary of Non-GAAP Financial Information
U.S. Dollars in thousands (except per share data)
		Three months ended										Nine months ended
		September 30,										September 30,
		2019					2018					2019					2018
		Unaudited					Unaudited					Unaudited					Unaudited
Revenues		$	85,843		100%		$	72,135		100%		$	234,703		100%		$	212,082		100%
Gross profit			28,908		33.7%			22,945		31.8%			78,492		33.4%			70,954		33.5%
Operating income			11,751		13.7%			9,967		13.8%			32,508		13.9%			29,494		13.9%
Net income attributable to
Magic's shareholders			8,079		9.4%			6,791		9.4%			21,822		9.3%			19,942		9.4%
Basic earnings per share		$	0.17				$	0.14				$	0.45				$	0.43
Diluted earnings per share		$	0.17				$	0.14				$	0.45				$	0.43

MAGIC SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES LTD.
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP AND NON-GAAP RESULTS
U.S. Dollars in thousands (except per share data)
					Three months ended								Nine months ended
					September 30,								September 30,
						2019				2018				2019				2018
					Unaudited								Unaudited
GAAP gross profit					$	27,385			$	21,509			$	74,261			$	66,728
Amortization of capitalized software and acquired technology						1,246				1,306				3,679				3,834
Amortization of other intangible assets						277				130				552				390
Stock-based compensation						-				-				-				2
Non-GAAP gross profit					$	28,908			$	22,945			$	78,492			$	70,954
GAAP operating income					$	8,496			$	7,707			$	24,922			$	23,258
Gross profit adjustments						1,523				1,436				4,231				4,226
Amortization of other intangible assets						2,039				1,441				4,859				4,374
Increase in valuation of contingent consideration
related to acquisitions						255				-				255				140
Capitalization of software development						(876	)			(809	)			(3,128	)			(2,702	)
Acquisition-related costs						314				-				1,294				-
Stock-based compensation						-				192				75				198
Non-GAAP operating income					$	11,751			$	9,967			$	32,508			$	29,494
GAAP net income attributable to Magic's shareholders					$	4,958			$	5,045			$	15,145			$	15,343
Operating income adjustments						3,255				2,260				7,586				6,236
Amortization expenses attributed to non-controlling interests
and redeemable non-controlling interests						(109	)			(341	)			(728	)			(1,072	)
Deferred taxes on the above items						(25	)			(173	)			(181	)			(565	)
Non-GAAP net income attributable to Magic's shareholders					$	8,079			$	6,791			$	21,822			$	19,942
Non-GAAP basic net earnings per share					$	0.17			$	0.14			$	0.45			$	0.43
Weighted average number of shares used in
computing basic net earnings per share						48,897				48,799				48,888				45,926
Non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share					$	0.17			$	0.14			$	0.45			$	0.43
Weighted average number of shares used in
computing diluted net earnings per share						48,991				48,971				48,980				46,079

MAGIC SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
U.S. Dollars in thousands
	September 30,			December 31,
	2019			2018
	Unaudited
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	76,889		$	87,126
Short-term bank deposits		11,262			16,881
Marketable securities		7,677			9,913
Trade receivables, net		96,323			90,274
Other accounts receivable and prepaid expenses		11,061			7,029
Total current assets		203,212			211,223
LONG-TERM RECEIVABLES:
Severance pay fund		3,572			3,284
Deferred tax assets		1,429			1,858
Operating lease right-of-use assets		9,524			-
Other long-term receivables		3,525			4,727
Other long-term deposits		2,286			1,636
Total long-term receivables		20,336			11,505
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET		3,642			3,072
IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND
GOODWILL, NET		174,115			136,485
TOTAL ASSETS	$	401,305		$	362,285
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Short-term debt	$	7,988		$	8,661
Trade payables		10,726			14,036
Accrued expenses and other accounts payable		25,895			24,458
Current maturities of operating lease liabilities		3,271			-
Liabilities due to acquisition activities		5,307			910
Deferred revenues and customer advances		10,074			4,857
Total current liabilities		63,261			52,922
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Long-term debt		20,374			19,388
Deferred tax liability		11,864			10,343
Long-term operating lease liabilities		6,191			-
Long-term liabilities due to acquisition activities		11,201			94
Accrued severance pay		4,367			3,934
Total non-current liabilities		53,997			33,759
REDEEMABLE NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS		30,296			27,235
EQUITY:
Magic Software Enterprises equity		248,016			243,956
Non-controlling interests		5,735			4,413
Total equity		253,751			248,369
TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY	$	401,305		$	362,285

MAGIC SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
U.S. Dollars in thousands
	For the nine months ended September 30,
		2019				2018
	Unaudited
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	19,197			$	18,534
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		10,037				9,501
Stock-based compensation		75				200
Amortization of marketable securities premium
and accretion of discount		147				165
Decrease (increase) in trade receivables, net		6,307				(3,328	)
Decrease (increase) in other long-term and short-term
accounts receivable and prepaid expenses		2,761				(5,107	)
Increase (decrease) in trade payables		(5,540	)			1,822
Change in value of loans		1,712				(1,274	)
Decrease in accrued expenses and
other accounts payable		(5,608	)			(2,226	)
Increase in deferred revenues		4,365				1,641
Change in deferred taxes, net		(758	)			349
Net cash provided by operating activities		32,695				20,277
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capitalized software development costs		(3,128	)			(2,702	)
Purchase of property and equipment		(1,057	)			(615	)
Cash paid in conjunction with acquisitions, net of acquired cash		(20,889	)			(3,545	)
Proceeds from maturity and sale of marketable securities		2,450				2,000
Investment in marketable securities		(202	)			-
Proceeds (Investment) from bank deposits, net		5,127				(760	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(17,699	)			(5,622	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of options by employees		69				238
Issuance of ordinary shares, net		(9	)			34,569
Dividend paid		(14,963	)			(13,541	)
Dividend paid to non-controlling interests		(400	)			(69	)
Dividend paid to redeemable non-controlling interests		(2,589	)			(2,074	)
Purchase of redeemable non-controlling interest		(1,237	)			-
Short-term and long-term loans received		878				575
Repayment of short-term and long-term loans		(7,681	)			(2,513	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(25,932	)			17,185
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		699				(1,159	)
Change in cash and cash equivalents		(10,237	)			30,681
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period		87,126				76,076
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period	$	76,889			$	106,757