EX-99.1 2 ex_386756.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 ex_386756.htm

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contacts:

 

RF Industries, Ltd.

Peter Yin

SVP/ CFO 

(858) 549-6340 

rfi@rfindustries.com 

 

MKR Investor Relations

Todd Kehrli

Analyst/ Investor Contact 

(213) 277-5550 

rfil@mkr-group.com 

   

RF Industries Reports Sales Growth of 94% Year Over Year

for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2022 and Raises Full Year Revenue Guidance

 

SAN DIEGO, CA, June 14, 2022 RF Industries, Ltd., (NASDAQ: RFIL), a national manufacturer and marketer of interconnect products and systems, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 ended April 30, 2022.

 

Second Quarter Fiscal 2022 Highlights and Operating Results:

 

 

Net sales increased 94% year over year to $21.5 million; excluding Microlab, net sales increased 64% year over year to $18.1 million.

 

Backlog of $27.6 million at April 30, 2022 on second quarter bookings of $18.8 million; excluding Microlab, backlog of $22.8 million and bookings of $13 million. As of today, backlog stands at $34 million.

 

Gross profit margin was 28%, compared to 24% in the preceding first quarter, and 27% in the second quarter of fiscal 2021 (which excludes the impact of the Employee Retention Tax Credits (“ERC”)).

 

Operating income was $746,000 (which includes $637,000 in acquisition related and other one-time charges), compared to operating income of $42,000 in the second quarter of fiscal 2021 (which excluded the impact of the ERC and forgiveness of loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”)).

 

Net income was $503,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to net income of $4.8 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2021 (which included the positive impact of the ERC and the forgiveness from the PPP loans).

 

Non-GAAP net income was $1.3 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $5.0 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2021 (which included the positive impact of the ERC and the forgiveness from the PPP loans).

 

Adjusted EBITDA was $2.0 million, compared to an Adjusted EBITDA of $355,000 in the second quarter of fiscal 2021.

 

Cash and cash equivalents were $3.8 million and the Company’s full $3 million revolver remains available.

 

See “Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures,” “Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Net Income” and “Unaudited Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA” below for additional information.

 

 

 

Fiscal 2022 Financial Guidance

 

For the fiscal 2022 year ending October 31, 2022, RF Industries expects:

 

 

Full year total revenue of $80 million, up from its previous guidance of $75 million.

 

Gross margins expected to increase as product mix changes and supply chain impact moderates.

 

Should favorable market conditions persist, the Company expects profitability and liquidity to further improve in the second half of the fiscal year from operational efficiencies, inventory rationalization, and other key initiatives.

 

Robert Dawson, President and CEO of RF Industries, commented:

 

“Our strong sequential and year-over-year revenue growth and improved gross margins for the second quarter reflect organic growth in all our divisions, as well as the benefit of two months of higher margin revenue contribution from our successful acquisition of Microlab that we completed during the quarter. In addition to the continued growth we are generating in our core business, we are excited about the expanded customer opportunities we are already seeing with our broader product offering from Microlab that will provide additional scale and opportunity for overall margin improvement and further revenue growth.

 

“Yesterday we announced a significant set of orders for our Optiflex hybrid fiber cabling solution supporting a new wireless carrier customer’s next generation 4G/5G infractuctre build. These kinds of new relationships demonstrate the increasing value that we’re providing in the market and reiterate our expected growth opportunities. As we continue to focus on successfully executing our long-term plan to grow both organically and through strategic acquisitions, we are increasing our guidance for fiscal 2022 of annual revenue from $75 million to $80 million, which will include approximately eight months of Microlab revenue we expect to receive this fiscal year. And with this expected 40% increase in full year revenue versus fiscal year 2021, we continue to expect significant growth in our Adjusted EBITDA as our profitability increases throughout the year.”

 

Conference Call and Webcast

 

RF Industries will host a conference call and live webcast today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. PT) to discuss its second quarter fiscal 2022 financial results. To access the conference call, dial 877-545-0523 (US and Canada) or 973-528-0016 (International) and give the participant passcode 592178. In addition, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be accessible on the investor relations section of the Company’s website at www.rfindustries.com. A phone replay of the conference call will also be available beginning approximately two hours after conclusion of the call and will remain available for two weeks. To access the phone replay, dial 877-481-4010 (US and Canada) or 919-882-2331 (International). The replay conference ID is 45791.

 

About RF Industries

 

RF Industries designs and manufactures a broad range of interconnect products across diversified, growing markets, including wireless/wireline telecom, data communications and industrial. The Company's products include RF connectors, coaxial cables, data cables, wire harnesses, fiber optic cables, custom cabling, energy-efficient cooling systems and integrated small cell enclosures. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California with additional operations in Long Island, New York, Vista, California, Milford, Connecticut, North Kingstown, Rhode Island and Parsippany, New Jersey. Please visit the RF Industries website at www.rfindustries.com.

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to future events, including the Companys ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, improve operational efficiencies, and add innovative products and solutions to its portfolio, which are subject to a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: successfully integrating new products and teams, the duration and continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. economy and the Companys customers; changes in the telecommunications industry; the Company's reliance on certain distributors and customers for a significant portion of anticipated revenues; the impact of existing and additional future tariffs imposed by U.S. and foreign nations; the Company's ability to execute on its new go-to-market strategies and channel models; its ability to expand its OEM relationships; its ability to continue to deliver newly designed and custom fiber optic and cabling products to principal customers; its ability to maintain strong margins and diversify its customer base; and its ability to address the changing needs of the market. Further discussion of these and other potential risk factors may be found in the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available to the Company on the date they are published, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or new information after the date of this release.

 

Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

To supplement our condensed financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this earnings release and the accompanying tables and the related earnings conference call contain certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization (Adjusted EBITDA), non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP earnings per share (non-GAAP EPS). We believe these financial measures provide useful information to investors with which to analyze our operating trends and performance.

 

In computing Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP EPS, we exclude stock-based compensation expense, which represents non-cash charges for the fair value of stock options and other non-cash awards granted to employees, acquisition related costs and expenses, and severance. For Adjusted EBITDA we also exclude depreciation, amortization, and provision for income taxes. Because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions, and the variety of equity instruments that can impact a company's non-cash operating expenses, we believe that providing non-GAAP financial measures that exclude non-cash expense and non-recurring costs and expenses allows for meaningful comparisons between our core business operating results and those of other companies, as well as providing us with an important tool for financial and operational decision-making and for evaluating our own core business operating results over different periods of time.

 

Our Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP EPS measures may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in our industry, as other companies in our industry may calculate non-GAAP financial results differently, particularly related to non-recurring, unusual items. Our Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP Net income, and non-GAAP EPS are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP, and should not be considered as an alternative to operating or net income or as an indication of operating performance or any other measure of performance derived in accordance with GAAP. We do not consider these non-GAAP measures to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial results. A reconciliation of specific adjustments to GAAP results is provided in the last two tables at the end of this press release.

 

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(tables attached)

 

 

 

RF INDUSTRIES, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

   

Apr. 30,

   

Oct. 31,

 
   

2022

   

2021

 

 

 

(unaudited)

   

(audited)

 
ASSETS                

CURRENT ASSETS

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 3,752     $ 13,053  

Trade accounts receivable, net

    14,706       13,523  

Inventories, net

    19,168       11,179  

Other current assets

    3,926       2,893  

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

    41,552       40,648  
                 

Property and equipment, net

    981       708  

Operating lease right of use asset, net

    1,568       1,453  

Goodwill

    7,457       2,467  

Amortizable intangible assets, net

    14,456       2,739  

Non-amortizable intangible assets

    2,874       1,174  

Deferred tax assets

    325       389  

Other assets

    434       70  

TOTAL ASSETS

  $ 69,647     $ 49,648  
                 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

               

CURRENT LIABILITIES

               

Accounts payable

  $ 3,008     $ 3,504  

Accrued expenses

    8,097       5,034  

Current portion of Term loan

    2,424       -  

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

    1,073       832  

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

    14,602       9,370  
                 

Operating lease liabilities

    524       675  

Term Loan, net of debt issuance cost

    14,344       -  

TOTAL LIABILITIES

    29,470       10,045  
                 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

               
                 

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

               

Common stock, authorized 20,000,000 shares of $0.01 par value; 10,118,685 and 10,058,571 shares issued and outstanding at April 30, 2022 and October 31, 2021, respectively

    102       101  

Additional paid-in capital

    24,648       24,301  

Retained earnings

    15,427       15,201  

TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

    40,177       39,603  
                 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

  $ 69,647     $ 49,648  

 

 

 

RF INDUSTRIES, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

   

Three Months Ended

   

Six Months Ended

 
   

April 30,

   

April 30,

 
   

2022

   

2021

   

2022

   

2021

 
   

(unaudited)

   

(unaudited)

   

(unaudited)

   

(unaudited)

 
                                 

Net sales

  $ 21,505     $ 11,057     $ 38,423     $ 21,059  

Cost of sales

    15,425       6,287       28,259       13,683  
                                 

Gross profit

    6,080       4,770       10,164       7,376  
                                 

Operating expenses:

                               

Engineering

    857       202       1,310       633  

Selling and general

    4,477       1,884       8,470       4,647  

Total operating expenses

    5,334       2,086       9,780       5,280  
                                 

Operating income

    746       2,684       384       2,096  
                                 

Other (expense) income

    (107 )     2,809       (102 )     2,800  
                                 

Income before provision for income taxes

    639       5,493       282       4,896  

Provision for income taxes

    136       648       56       454  
                                 

Net income

  $ 503     $ 4,845     $ 226     $ 4,442  
                                 

Earnings per share - Basic

  $ 0.05     $ 0.49     $ 0.02     $ 0.45  

Earnings per share - Diluted

  $ 0.05     $ 0.48     $ 0.02     $ 0.44  
                                 

Weighted average shares outstanding:

                               

Basic

    10,107,687       9,963,291       10,087,309       9,927,776  

Diluted

    10,243,636       10,129,472       10,229,704       10,096,916  

 

 

 

 

RF INDUSTRIES, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Net Income

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

   

Three Months Ended

   

Six Months Ended

 
   

April 30,

   

April 30,

 
   

2022

   

2021

   

2022

   

2021

 

Net income

  $ 503     $ 4,845     $ 226     $ 4,442  

Stock-based compensation expense

    168       137       307       260  

Acquisition-related and other one-time charges

    637       -       1,371       -  

Non-GAAP net income

  $ 1,308     $ 4,982     $ 1,904     $ 4,702  
                                 

Non-GAAP earnings per share:

                               

Basic

  $ 0.13     $ 0.50     $ 0.19     $ 0.47  

Diluted

  $ 0.13     $ 0.49     $ 0.19     $ 0.47  
                                 

Weighted average shares outstanding

                               

Basic

    10,107,687       9,963,291       10,087,309       9,927,776  

Diluted

    10,243,636       10,129,472       10,229,704       10,096,916  

 

 

RF INDUSTRIES, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Unaudited Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA

(In thousands)

 

   

Three Months Ended

   

Six Months Ended

 
   

April 30,

   

April 30,

 
   

2022

   

2021

   

2022

   

2021

 

Net income

  $ 503     $ 4,845     $ 226     $ 4,442  

Stock-based compensation expense

    168       137       307       260  

Acquisition-related and other one-time charges

    637       -       1,371       -  

Amortization expense

    328       95       423       252  

Depreciation expense

    110       82       195       162  

Other expense (income) *

    107       (2,809 )     102       (2,800 )

Employee retention credit

    -       (2,643 )     -       (2,643 )

Provision from income taxes

    136       648       56       454  

Adjusted EBITDA

  $ 1,989     $ 355     $ 2,680     $ 127  

 

* In the three and six months ended April 30, 2021, other income consists of the $2.8M PPP Loans that were forgiven.