Operational Highlights - Quarter and Year-to-Date
- Industry upgrades continue to drive consolidated revenue growth:
- Third quarter revenue grew 10% and year to date total revenue increased 36% as compared to the same periods of the prior year.
- Third quarter service revenues increased 32% and year to date service revenues more than doubled as compared to the same periods of the prior year.
- The Company expanded its immersive product offerings in the third quarter with the announcement of a new Seismos flooring product line and securing first commercial installation.
- Announced agreement to produce new crime drama series, Endangered, in
South Africa . - Completed first two acquisitions following initial public offering (the “IPO”):
Unbounded Media Corporation (“Unbounded”), completed in third quarter, which adds production service capabilities toStrong Studios group; and- Innovative Cinema Solutions (“ICS”), completed subsequent to close of third quarter, adding scale to
Strong Technical Services group.
Third Quarter 2023 Financial Review (Compared to Third Quarter 2022)
- Revenue grew 10.3% to
$10.9 million compared to$9.9 million in the third quarter of 2022, as demand from the Company’s cinema customers continued to strengthen. In addition,Strong Global Entertainment recognized revenue from its first Seismos flooring product line during the quarter. The Company has been increasing the scope of its services and adding resources to better support its customers and to increase market share in cinema services. Revenue from installation services increased 68% for the quarter and screen sales increased 16%. - Gross profit increased to
$2.8 million , or 25.8% of revenues, compared to$2.4 million , or 23.9% of revenue in the third quarter of 2022. Gross profit from service revenue increased to 21.8% of revenue for the third quarter of 2023 compared to 10.0% of revenues for the third quarter of 2022. - Income from operations was
$0.2 million compared to$0.5 million in the third quarter of 2022, as increased gross profit was offset by increased selling, general and administrative expenses, including costs of operating as a stand-alone public company. - Net income was breakeven, as compared to
$0.7 million or$0.13 per basic and diluted share in the prior year. The reduction in net income was primarily due to increased selling, general and administrative costs offsetting improved gross margins. - Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (“EBITDA”) decreased to
$0.5 million as compared to$0.7 million in the prior year, primarily as a result of increased selling, general and administrative expenses in the quarter as the Company continues to execute on its acquisition strategy.
Conference Call
A conference call to discuss the Company’s 2023 third quarter financial results will be held on
A replay of the webcast will be available following the conclusion of the live broadcast and accessible on the Company’s website.
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Use of Non-GAAP Measures
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures of performance defined in accordance with GAAP. However, Adjusted EBITDA is used internally in planning and evaluating the Company’s operating performance. Accordingly, management believes that disclosure of these metrics offers investors, bankers and other stakeholders an additional view of the Company’s operations that, when coupled with the GAAP results, provides a more complete understanding of the Company’s financial results.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) or to net cash from operating activities as measures of operating results or liquidity. The Company’s calculation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, and the measures exclude financial information that some may consider important in evaluating the Company’s performance.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as substitutes for analysis of the Company’s results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are: (i) they do not reflect the Company’s cash expenditures, or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments, (ii) they do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, the Company’s working capital needs, (iii) EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on the Company’s debt, (iv) although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements, (v) they do not adjust for all non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in the Company’s statements of cash flows, (vi) they do not reflect the impact of earnings or charges resulting from matters management considers not to be indicative of the Company’s ongoing operations, and (vii) other companies in the Company’s industry may calculate these measures differently than the Company does, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.
Management believes EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period by isolating the effects of some items that vary from period to period without any correlation to core operating performance or that vary widely among similar companies. These potential differences may be caused by variations in capital structures (affecting interest expense), tax positions (such as the impact on periods or companies of changes in effective tax rates or net operating losses) and the age and book depreciation of facilities and equipment (affecting relative depreciation expense). The Company also presents EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because (i) management believes these measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in the Company’s industry, (ii) management believes investors will find these measures useful in assessing the Company’s ability to service or incur indebtedness, and (iii) management uses EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA internally as benchmarks to evaluate the Company’s operating performance or compare the Company’s performance to that of its competitors.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to the historical information included herein, this press release contains “forward-looking statements” that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “seek,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “aim,” “should,” “will” “would,” or the negative of these words or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Further, certain forward-looking statements are based on assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. These and other risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the final prospectus related to the public offering filed with the
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Assets | |||||||
Current assets: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,110 | $ | 3,615 | |||
Accounts receivable, net | 7,443 | 6,148 | |||||
Inventories, net | 3,597 | 3,389 | |||||
Other current assets | 1,337 | 4,547 | |||||
Total current assets | 15,487 | 17,699 | |||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,522 | 4,607 | |||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 4,695 | 237 | |||||
Finance lease right-of-use asset | 1,004 | 606 | |||||
Film and television programming rights, net | 8,205 | 1,501 | |||||
Intangible assets, net | - | 6 | |||||
2,049 | 882 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 32,962 | $ | 25,538 | |||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | |||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 3,576 | $ | 4,106 | |||
Accrued expenses | 7,326 | 4,486 | |||||
Payable to | 1,818 | 1,861 | |||||
Short-term debt | 2,777 | 2,510 | |||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 37 | 36 | |||||
Current portion of operating lease obligations | 278 | 64 | |||||
Current portion of finance lease obligations | 203 | 105 | |||||
Deferred revenue and customer deposits | 1,515 | 1,769 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 17,530 | 14,937 | |||||
Operating lease obligations, net of current portion | 4,478 | 234 | |||||
Finance lease obligations, net of current portion | 814 | 502 | |||||
Long-term debt, net of current portion | 169 | 126 | |||||
Deferred income taxes | 120 | 529 | |||||
Other long-term liabilities | 525 | 6 | |||||
Total liabilities | 23,636 | 16,334 | |||||
Equity: | |||||||
Common stock, no par value | - | - | |||||
Additional paid-in-capital | 15,589 | - | |||||
Accumulated deficit | (807 | ) | - | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (5,456 | ) | (5,024 | ) | |||
Net parent investment | - | 14,228 | |||||
Total equity | 9,326 | 9,204 | |||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 32,962 | $ | 25,538 |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
Net product sales | $ | 7,994 | $ | 7,690 | $ | 23,609 | $ | 22,076 | |||||||
Net service revenues | 2,926 | 2,213 | 15,100 | 6,370 | |||||||||||
Total net revenues | 10,920 | 9,903 | 38,709 | 28,446 | |||||||||||
Total cost of products | 5,809 | 5,541 | 17,579 | 16,233 | |||||||||||
Total cost of services | 2,289 | 1,991 | 8,779 | 5,538 | |||||||||||
Total cost of revenues | 8,098 | 7,532 | 26,358 | 21,771 | |||||||||||
Gross profit | 2,822 | 2,371 | 12,351 | 6,675 | |||||||||||
Selling and administrative expenses: | |||||||||||||||
Selling | 500 | 498 | 1,652 | 1,723 | |||||||||||
Administrative | 2,139 | 1,368 | 9,983 | 4,138 | |||||||||||
Total selling and administrative expenses | 2,639 | 1,866 | 11,635 | 5,861 | |||||||||||
Gain on disposal of assets | - | - | 1 | - | |||||||||||
Income from operations | 183 | 505 | 717 | 814 | |||||||||||
Other (expense) income: | |||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | (88 | ) | (31 | ) | (206 | ) | (82 | ) | |||||||
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss) | 126 | 518 | (183 | ) | 646 | ||||||||||
Other income, net | 18 | 11 | 16 | 15 | |||||||||||
Total other income (expense) | 56 | 498 | (373 | ) | 579 | ||||||||||
Income before income taxes | 239 | 1,003 | 344 | 1,393 | |||||||||||
Income tax expense | (205 | ) | (233 | ) | (349 | ) | (417 | ) | |||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 34 | $ | 770 | $ | (5 | ) | $ | 976 | ||||||
Net income (loss) per share: | |||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.16 | |||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.16 |
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended | |||||||
2023 | 2022 | ||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | (5 | ) | $ | 976 | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: | |||||||
(Recovery of) provision for doubtful accounts | (32 | ) | 10 | ||||
Benefit from obsolete inventory | (47 | ) | - | ||||
Provision for warranty | 131 | 9 | |||||
Depreciation and amortization | 2,438 | 521 | |||||
Amortization and accretion of operating leases | 48 | 52 | |||||
Deferred income taxes | (430 | ) | (116 | ) | |||
Stock-based compensation expense | 890 | 97 | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts receivable | (1,223 | ) | (395 | ) | |||
Inventories | (158 | ) | (556 | ) | |||
Current income taxes | 154 | 503 | |||||
Other assets | (7,864 | ) | 1,133 | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 5,549 | (3,572 | ) | ||||
Deferred revenue and customer deposits | (257 | ) | (420 | ) | |||
Operating lease obligations | (57 | ) | (50 | ) | |||
Net cash used in operating activities | (863 | ) | (1,808 | ) | |||
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||
Capital expenditures | (288 | ) | (197 | ) | |||
Acquisition of programming rights | (511 | ) | (407 | ) | |||
Net cash used in investing activities | (799 | ) | (604 | ) | |||
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||
Principal payments on short-term debt | (358 | ) | (228 | ) | |||
Principal payments on long-term debt | (27 | ) | (20 | ) | |||
Borrowings under credit facility | 6,790 | - | |||||
Repayments under credit facility | (4,483 | ) | - | ||||
Payments on finance lease obligations | (99 | ) | - | ||||
Proceeds from initial public offering | 2,411 | - | |||||
Payments of withholding taxes for net share settlement of equity awards | (117 | ) | - | ||||
Net cash transferred (to) from parent | (3,001 | ) | 1,285 | ||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,116 | 1,037 | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 41 | 70 | |||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | (505 | ) | (1,305 | ) | |||
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period | 3,615 | 4,494 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | $ | 3,110 | $ | 3,189 |
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 34 | $ | 770 | $ | (5 | ) | $ | 976 | ||||||
Interest expense, net | 88 | 31 | 206 | 82 | |||||||||||
Income tax expense | 205 | 233 | 349 | 417 | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 129 | 154 | 2,438 | 521 | |||||||||||
EBITDA | 456 | 1,188 | 2,988 | 1,996 | |||||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | 124 | 25 | 890 | 97 | |||||||||||
IPO related expenses | - | - | 475 | - | |||||||||||
Unbounded acquisition related expenses | 42 | - | 42 | - | |||||||||||
Foreign currency transaction (gain) loss | (126 | ) | (518 | ) | 183 | (646 | ) | ||||||||
Severance and other | 7 | - | 7 | - | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 503 | $ | 695 | $ | 4,585 | $ | 1,447 |
Source:
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