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Jim McCubbin, EVP & CFO
Brett Maas or Dave Fore
WidePoint Corporation
Hayden IR
7926 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 520
(646) 536-7331
McLean, VA 22102
brett@haydenir.com
(703) 349-2577
 
jmccubbin@widepoint.com
 

WidePoint Corporation Reports Solid Year-over-Year Revenue Growth and
Margin Expansion in First Quarter of 2010

Q1 2010 Revenues Increase 10.1% Driven by Mobile Telecom Managed Services and Consulting Services;
Gross Margin Improves 250 basis points to 22.6%; Operating Margin Improves 40 basis points;
 and Net Income for Q1 2010 Up Over 86% vs. Prior Year
 
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — WidePoint Corporation (NYSE Amex: WYY), a specialist in wireless mobility management and cybersecurity solutions, today announced financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2010.

First Quarter 2010 Highlights
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Net revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 increased 10.1% to $11.2 million from $10.1 million in last year's comparable period.
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Growth was driven by a 9% year-over-year increase in Wireless Mobility Management segment revenue and a 19% increase in Consulting Services segment revenue.
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Gross profit increased 25% to approximately $2.6 million (22.6% gross margin), compared to $2.0 million (20.2% gross margin).
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Operating income was approximately $299,000, a 28% increase, compared to operating income of approximately $234,000 in last year's comparable period.
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Net income increased 85% to approximately $239,000, compared to net income of approximately $129,000, in last year's comparable period.

Corporate Activities
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In January 2010, WidePoint, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Advanced Response Concepts Corporation, consummated the acquisition of the assets and relationships of VUANCE, Inc.’s Government Solutions Division, which focuses on security solutions for locating, credentialing, and managing critical personnel and “first responders” in emergency management situations.

Steve Komar, CEO, WidePoint commented, “This quarter’s performance represents a solid start to the year as we grew revenue in all business segments and expanded our margins in the first quarter of 2010 over the first quarter of 2009. Our Wireless Mobility Management segment continues to gain traction within the federal government, and we are increasing our presence in state and local government entities as well, due to our proven ability to manage mobile phone assets to optimize environments while substantially reducing expenses. In addition, our Consulting Services segment benefited from a greater mix of higher-margin direct consulting services. While our CyberSecurity Solutions business posted nominal growth in Q1 2010, we expect this segment’s revenue to increase and accelerate as federal agencies and state and local jurisdictions strengthen their requirements for identity management and deploy technologies to secure their information technology infrastructure. ”

 
 

 

First Quarter Financial Results

Net revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased approximately $1.0 million, or 10.1%, to $11.2 million from $10.1 million in last year’s comparable period. This was primarily due to annual growth in the Wireless Mobility Management and Consulting Services segments, which increased 9% and 19%, respectively. CyberSecurity Solutions also increased modestly in the first quarter.

Gross profit for the quarter increased 25% to approximately $2.6 million, representing 22.6% gross margin, compared to $2.0 million (20.2% gross margin) last year. Total operating expenses increased 23.0% to $2.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 compared to $1.8 million for the year-ago period. Operating expenses as a percentage of sales increased approximately 200 basis points to 19.9% from 17.8% in the year-ago period, due to increases in both sales and marketing and in general and administrative expenses. Sales and marketing expenses increased with the addition of several new hires, tools, and service infrastructure improvements in the first quarter of 2010. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily attributable to costs associated with the newly acquired “frequent responder” security business, as were a non-recurring increase in legal expenses associated with that acquisition during the first quarter.

WidePoint reported operating income of approximately $299,000 in the first quarter, up approximately 27.7% from approximately $234,000 in the first quarter last year. Net income was approximately $239,000, or $0.004 per fully diluted share, up approximately 85.6% compared to net income of approximately $129,000, or $0.002 per fully diluted share, in the year-ago period.

WidePoint CFO Jim McCubbin added, “During the first quarter, which is traditionally our slowest quarter, we grew revenue by 10.1%, primarily in our Wireless Mobility Management and Consulting Services segments as we executed new contract awards and renewals and expanded work from our current customer base materially during the month of March.  Gross profit, for the quarter, increased by 23.5% year-over-year, primarily from higher-margins associated with improved economies of scale in our Wireless Mobility Management and CyberSecurity/PKI segments and a from a greater mix of higher-margin direct consulting services compared to lower margin software reselling in our consulting services segment. This led to improved operating and net margins, despite the higher cost of revenue and increased operating expenses, demonstrating the leverage in our operating model.”
 
Mr. McCubbin concluded, “We continue to expect to continue to grow our top-line and expand our profitability in 2010.  For 2010, management expects to:

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Increase consolidated revenues by 20-30%
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Continue to expand gross margins and operating margins. Management has targeted gross margins in the range of 22-26% and operating margins in the range of 6-8%
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Maintain or decrease selling, general and administrative costs as a percent of total revenue
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Accelerate the growth rate of net income.”

 
 

 

Conference Call Information
 
A conference call and live webcast will take place at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on  Monday, May 17, 2010. Anyone interested in participating should call 1-877-941-2069 if calling within the United States or 1-480-629-9713 if calling internationally. There will be a playback available until May 24, 2010. To listen to the playback, please call 1-800-406-7325 if calling within the United States or 1-303-590-3030 if calling internationally. Please use pin number 4293918 for the replay.
 
The call will also be accompanied live by webcast over the Internet and accessible at http://viavid.net/dce.aspx?sid=000074C6.
 
About WidePoint
 
WidePoint is a specialist in providing wireless mobility management and cybersecurity solutions utilizing its advanced information technology products and services. WidePoint has several wholly owned subsidiaries holding major government and commercial contracts including, Operational Research Consultants, Inc., iSYS, LLC, Protexx, Advanced Response Concepts, Inc., and WidePoint IL. WidePoint enables organizations to deploy fully compliant IT services in accordance with government-mandated regulations and advanced system requirements. For more information, visit http://www.widepoint.com.
 
Safe-Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), including all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the company, its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things: (i) the company's financing plans; (ii) trends affecting the company's financial condition or results of operations; (iii) the company's growth strategy and operating strategy; (iv) the declaration and payment of dividends; and (v) the risk factors disclosed in the Company's periodic reports filed with the SEC. The words "may," "would," "will," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "intend" and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including the risk factors disclosed in the company's Forms 10-K and 10-Q filed with the SEC.
 
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WIDEPOINT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheet
   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
 
 
(unaudited)
 
Assets       
Current assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 3,349,382     $ 6,238,788  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $52,650 and $52,650, respectively
    6,775,176       7,055,525  
Unbilled accounts receivable
    1,774,440       1,334,455  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    376,184       359,563  
Total current assets
    12,275,182       14,988,331  
Property and equipment, net
    520,412       538,811  
Goodwill
    10,399,737       9,770,647  
Other Intangibles, net
    1,574,282       1,381,580  
Other assets
    64,890       75,718  
Total assets
  $ 24,834,503     $ 26,755,087  
                 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
Short term note payable
  $ 55,117     $ 102,074  
Accounts payable
    4,797,985       7,120,168  
Accrued expenses
    2,412,789       2,304,995  
Deferred revenue
    650,365       768,504  
Short-term portion of long-term debt
    529,799       520,855  
Short-term portion of deferred rent
    45,992       54,497  
Short-term portion of capital lease obligation
    95,155       112,576  
Total current liabilities
    8,587,202       10,983,669  
Deferred income tax liability
    353,004       313,782  
Long-term debt, net of current portion
    469,273       604,048  
Fair Value of Earnout Reserve
    300,000        
Deferred rent, net of current portion
    21,760       7,312  
Capital lease obligation, net of current portion
    56,142       67,632  
Total liabilities
  $ 9,787,381     $ 11,976,443  
                 
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 110,000,000 shares authorized; 61,375,333 and 61,375,333 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
    61,375       61,375  
Stock warrants
    24,375       24,375  
Additional paid-in capital
    67,903,574       67,894,394  
Accumulated deficit
    (52,942,202 )     (53,181,500 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    15,047,122       14,778,644  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 24,834,503     $ 26,755,087  

 
 

 
 
WIDEPOINT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statement of Operations
 
   
Three Months
 
   
Ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(unaudited)
 
Revenues, net
  $ 11,163,056     $ 10,135,382  
Cost of sales (including amortization and depreciation of $226,285 and $243,136, respectively)
    8,639,221       8,092,280  
                 
Gross profit
    2,523,835       2,043,102  
                 
Sales and marketing
    343,007       229,466  
General and administrative (including share-based compensation expense of $29,180 and $30,730, respectively)
    1,831,811       1,536,271  
Depreciation expense
    49,734       43,007  
                 
Income from operations
    299,283       234,358  
                 
Interest income
    6,614       14,088  
Interest expense
    (27,377 )     (80,299 )
                 
                 
Net income before income tax expense
    278,520       168,147  
Deferred income tax expense
    39,222       39,222  
                 
Net income
  $ 239,298     $ 128,925  
                 
Basic earnings (loss) per share
  $ 0.003     $ 0.002  
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
    61,375,333       58,294,514  
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
  $ 0.004     $ 0.002  
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
    62,974,353       59,302,205  

 
 

 

WIDEPOINT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

   
Three Months
Ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
(unaudited)
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net income
  $ 239,298     $ 128,925  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Deferred income tax expense
    39,222       39,222  
Depreciation expense
    72,978       57,258  
Amortization
    203,041       228,885  
Amortization of deferred financing costs
    2,911       842  
Share-based compensation expense
    29,180       30,730  
                 
Changes in assets and liabilities (net of business combinations):
               
Accounts receivable and unbilled accounts receivable
    (159,636 )      208,064  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    25,379       53,033  
Other assets
    7,917       15,007  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    (2,633,815 )     1,593,103  
Deferred revenue
    (118,139 )     (167,730 )
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
    (2,291,664 )     2,187,339  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Purchase of asset/subsidiary, net of cash Acquired
    (370,000 )      
Purchase of property and equipment
    (10,904 )     (7,726 )
Software development costs
    (14,324 )     (11,682 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (395,228 )     (19,408 )
                 
Cashflows from financing activities:
               
Borrowings on notes payable
           
Principal payments on notes payable
    (173,603 )     (2,160,205 )
Principal payments under capital lease Obligation
    (28,911 )     (30,158 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
          3,750  
Costs related to renewal fee for line of credit
          (12,000 )
Net cash used in financing activities
    ( 202,514 )     (2,198,613 )
                 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (2,889,406 )     (30,682 )
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    6,238,788       4,375,426  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 3,349,382     $ 4,344,744  
                 
Supplemental cash flow information:
               
Cash paid for interest
  $ 25,281     $ 228,416