Segment Reporting

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

NOTE 12—SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company currently operates in two reportable operating segments, both of which are performed though the Company’s OmniMetrix subsidiary:

● Power Generation (“PG”) monitoring (formerly known as Machine-to-Machine Critical Asset Monitoring & Control). The PG segment provides wireless remote monitoring and control systems and services for critical assets as well as Internet of Things applications.

● Corrosion Protection (“CP”) monitoring. The CP segment provides for remote monitoring of cathodic protection systems on gas pipelines for gas utilities and pipeline companies.

In addition, up to the closing of the DSIT Transaction (see Note 3), the Company reported its activities in the Energy & Security Sonar Solutions segment. This segment, whose activities were performed by DSIT, provides sonar and acoustic related solutions for energy, defense and commercial markets with a focus on underwater site security for strategic energy installations and other advanced acoustic systems and real-time embedded hardware and software development and production. “Other” operations include certain IT activities (protocol management software for cancer patients and billing software) and outsourced consulting activities performed by the Company’s DSIT subsidiary that did not meet the quantitative thresholds under applicable accounting principles.

Following the closing of the DSIT Transaction, the Company is no longer consolidating the results of DSIT, but rather is reporting on its investment in DSIT on the equity method. Accordingly, effective April 22, 2016, the Company no longer consolidates the results of DSIT’s Energy & Security Sonar Solutions segment or the activities of its “Other” segment.

Previously, the Company reported GridSense’s activities in its Smart Grid Distribution Automation segment which developed and produced fiber optic sensing systems for the energy and security markets. With the suspension of operations at GridSense (see Note 4(a)), its activities are reflected as discontinued operations.

	PG			CP			Energy & Security Sonar Solutions*		Other*			Total
Three months ended September 30, 2016
Revenues from external customers	$	794		$	148		$	—	$	—		$	942
Intersegment revenues		—			—			—		—			—
Segment gross profit		438			86			—		—			524
Depreciation and amortization		16				3		—		—			19
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes		(243	)		(22	)		—		—			(265	)
Three months ended September 30, 2015
Revenues from external customers	$	661		$	126		$	3,277	$	338		$	4,402
Intersegment revenues		—			—			—		—			—
Segment gross profit		401			34			1,258		130			1,823
Depreciation and amortization		18			3			47		6			74
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes		(431	)		(6	)		336		55			(46	)
Nine months ended September 30, 2016
Revenues from external customers	$	2,057		$	487		$	4,620	$	454		$	7,618
Intersegment revenues		—			—			—		—			—
Segment gross profit		1,023			283			1,517		114			2,937
Depreciation and amortization		48			11			53		10			122
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes		(893	)		(78	)		82		(10	)		(899	)
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
Revenues from external customers	$	1,774		$	376		$	9,025	$	1,042		$	12,217
Intersegment revenues		—			—			—		—			—
Segment gross profit		1,035			216			3,048		435			4,734
Depreciation and amortization		53			11			137		20			221
Segment net loss before income taxes		(1,131	)		(130	)		132		192			(937	)

* Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, only include results for the period January 1, 2016 to April 21, 2016. See Note 3.

Reconciliation of Segment Income (Loss) to Consolidated Net Loss Before Income Taxes

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Total net loss before income taxes for reportable segments	$	(266	)	$	(101	)	$	(889	)	$	(1,129	)
Other operational segment net income (loss) before income taxes		--			55			(10	)		192
Total segment net loss before income taxes		(266	)		(46	)		(899	)		(937	)
Unallocated cost of corporate headquarters*		(369	)		(990	)		(2,352	)		(2,881	)
Unallocated benefit (cost) of DSIT headquarters**		--			(9	)		(6	)		(75	)
Consolidated loss before income taxes	$	(635	)	$	(1,045	)	$	(3,257	)	$	(3,893	)

* Includes stock compensation expense of $523 and $243 for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2016 and $146 and $9 for the three month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2016, respectively. The nine month period ended September 30, 2016 also includes $460 of salary and associated costs and medical insurance associated with the resignation of Mr. Moore and $502 of interest expense to Leap Tide and directors.

** Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, only include results for the period January 1, 2016 to April 21, 2016. See Note 3.