SMTC CORPORATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 27th, 2015
Reports revenue of $53.4 million, compared to $55.5 million in the prior year.
Reports gross profit of 5.8% compared to 8.2% in the prior year. When excluding the effects of the unrealized portion of foreign exchange on derivative financial instruments, adjusted gross profit was 7.3% compared to 9.9% in the prior year. Also included in gross profit was a realized foreign exchange loss on derivative instruments of $1.2 million compared to a loss of $0.1 million in the prior year.
Reports a net loss of $1.3 million compared to a net loss of $0.8 million in the prior year.
Reports $1.0 million or 1.9% in adjusted EBITDA after absorbing $0.5 million in professional fees (described below) and severance compared to prior year of $2.1 million or 3.7%.
Positive cash flow from operations of $4.8 million compared to $0.7 million in the prior year.
Debt, net of cash of $12.8 million, compared to $21.0 million in the third quarter of 2014; a reduction of $8.2 million.
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - October 27, 2015 - SMTC Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTX), a global electronics manufacturing services provider, today announced third quarter 2015 unaudited results.
Chief Executive Officer Sushil Dhiman stated, 'We experienced margin challenges during the quarter due to product mix, additional costs related to new customer production ramp and realized foreign exchange losses on derivative instruments. However, I am pleased with our new customer revenue of $13.1 million this quarter and respective year to date revenue of $24.9 million. These new customers continue to ramp and are expected to fully replace the revenues lost from two long standing customers by the year end. We are continuing to add to a healthy sales funnel and our new customer wins are expected to contribute to revenue growth in 2016.'
Reports gross profit of $3.1 million compared to $4.6 million in the prior year. The decrease was due to lower revenue, product mix and initial investments required to ramp new customer revenue. This was partially offset by reduced direct labor and overhead charges.
Reports a net loss of $1.3 million compared to a net loss of $0.8 million in the prior year. This was mitigated with a reduction in administrative expenses, which were reduced by $0.4 million or 9.1% over prior year. Administrative expenses also included $0.4 million in professional services related to the merger and acquisition activities. These expenses may or may not occur in the future.
Chief Financial Officer Jim Currie stated 'Strong cash flow from operations and inventory turns improvement has allowed us to reduce our net debt by over $8 million in the last twelve months.'
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Gross Profit are non-GAAP measures. Adjusted EBITDA is computed as net income from continuing operations excluding depreciation, restructuring charges, unrealized foreign exchange gains/losses on derivative financial instruments, stock based compensation, interest and income tax expense. SMTC Corporation has provided in this release a non-GAAP calculation of adjusted EBITDA as supplemental information regarding the operational performance of SMTC's core business. A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net earnings (loss) is included in the attachment. Adjusted Gross Profit is computed as gross profit excluding unrealized gains or losses on derivative financial instruments. A reconciliation of adjusted gross profit to gross profit is included in the attachment. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing SMTC's financial results to assess operational performance and liquidity as well as to provide a consistent method of comparison to historical periods and to the performance of competitors and peer group companies. SMTC believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing SMTC's performance and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods. SMTC believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because it allows for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics we use in making operating decisions and because investors and analysts use it to help assess the health of our business. Non-GAAP measures are subject to limitations as these measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. Because of these limitations, investors should consider adjusted EBITDA and adjusted gross profit along with other financial performance measures, including revenue, gross profit and net income, as reflected in SMTC's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP.
Note for Investors: The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements which involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by their use of forward-looking terminology such as 'believes,' 'expect,' 'may,' 'should,' 'would,' 'will,' 'intends,' 'plans,' 'estimates,' 'anticipates' and similar words, and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expectations, intentions or strategies of SMTC. For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ from forward looking statements include the challenges of managing quickly expanding operations and integrating acquired companies, fluctuations in demand for customers' products and changes in customers' product sources, competition in the EMS industry, component shortages, and others risks and uncertainties discussed in SMTC's most recent filings with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of the date hereof and SMTC assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
Blair McInnis Tom Reilly
Corporate Controller Director of Marketing
Telephone: (408) 934.7040 Telephone: (408) 934.7055
Email: blair.mcinnis@smtc.com Email: publicrelations@smtc.com
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss(Unaudited)
Three months ended Nine months ended
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except number of shares and per share amounts) | September 27, 2015 | September 28, 2014 (1) | September 27, 2015 | September 28, 2014 (1) |
Revenue | $ 53,425 | $ 55,528 | $ 159,880 | $ 171,535 |
Cost of sales | 50,309 | 50,964 | 147,706 | 156,427 |
Gross profit | 3,116 | 4,564 | 12,174 | 15,108 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 4,035 | 4,479 | 11,661 | 13,226 |
Gain on sale of property,plant and equipment | (1) | 23 | 2 | 23 |
Restructuring charges | - | 187 | - | 1,366 |
Operating earnings (loss) | (918) | (125) | 511 | 493 |
Interest expense | 300 | 470 | 914 | 1,337 |
Loss before income taxes | (1,218) | (595) | (403) | (844) |
Income tax expense (recovery) | ||||
Current | 152 | 129 | 481 | 574 |
Deferred | (27) | 34 | (86) | 32 |
125 | 163 | 395 - | 606 | |
Net loss, also being comprehensive loss | $ (1,343) | $ (758) | $ (798) | $ (1,450) |
Basic loss per share | $ (0.08) | $ (0.05) | $ (0.05) | $ (0.09) |
Diluted loss per share | $ (0.08) | $ (0.05) | $ (0.05) | $ (0.09) |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding | ||||
Basic | 16,417,276 | 16,417,276 | 16,417,276 | 16,417,274 |
Diluted | 16,417,276 | 16,417,276 | 16,417,276 | 16,417,274 |
(1) As revised, see Note 2 in the financial statements included in Form 10-Q |
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