LightPath Technologies Reports Financial Results for Fiscal 2023 First Quarter
LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ: LPTH) reported financial results for Q1 FY2023, revealing a revenue decline to $7.4 million from $9.1 million YoY, attributed to reduced demand in China and Hurricane Ian's impact on operations. The company recorded a net loss of $1.4 million, or $0.05 per share, compared to a loss of $632,000 in the prior year. Despite challenges, total backlog reached $23.0 million, up 19% YoY. Management continues to pivot towards high-value optical solutions, particularly in the US and Europe, leveraging proprietary materials amidst global supply chain issues.
- Total backlog increased by 19% YoY to $23.0 million, indicating strong future order potential.
- Successful shift towards higher-value optical solutions, refocusing sales efforts primarily in the US and Europe.
- Revenue decreased by 19% YoY from $9.1 million to $7.4 million, impacted by low demand in China.
- Net loss increased to $1.4 million from $632,000 YoY due to lower revenue and gross margin.
LightPath continues transition to solutions provider despite challenges in China and Hurricane Ian
ORLANDO, FL / ACCESSWIRE / November 10, 2022 / LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPTH) ("LightPath," the "Company," or "we"), a vertically integrated provider of engineered solutions for the global photonics industry, today announced financial results for its fiscal 2023 first quarter ended September 30, 2022.
Management Commentary
LightPath's President and Chief Executive Officer Sam Rubin stated, "The first quarter of LightPath's 2023 fiscal year continued the transition in our strategic direction focused on delivering high-value optical solutions. Our revenue and gross margin took a step back, resulting from the economic slowdown in China and the effects of Hurricane Ian that shut down our Florida facility at the end of the quarter. We expect to see continued pressures on margins due to increased energy costs related to general economic conditions, including continuing inflationary factors, as well as the conflict in Ukraine and recessionary headwinds in the China which have affected our operations overseas, for the remainder of the calendar year 2022 and beyond."
"We've begun to see early glimmers of success in our plan to transition from an optical component manufacturer to a complete optical system provider. Already, our backlog, as announced in late August, exceeded the previous record backlog we had in December 2020. Our current backlog comprises significantly higher quality sales in assemblies and defense and significantly less in China. We believe that refocusing our sales efforts on higher value systems for customers in the US and Europe will result in a more stable order flow based on long-term supply relationships.
"We believe that the significant supply chain and geopolitical issues affiliated with sourcing Germanium from Russia and China provide a significant incentive for our customers to consider our proprietary Black Diamond ("BD") materials as a replacement. We continue to develop new products leveraging the game-changing multi-spectral capabilities of our BD-based product offerings and look forward to announcing those in the coming months."
Fiscal 2023 First Quarter Highlights:
- Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 of
$7.4 million - Total backlog at September 30, 2022 of
$23.0 million after record backlog of$24.0 million in August 2022 - Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 was
$1.4 million - EBITDA* for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 was (
$392,000) - Micro Core by Seek Thermal Wins 2022 Best of Sensors Award Using LightPath's Optical
Assembly
- QuantLR & LightPath Technologies Announce Partnership to Develop Free-Space Quantum Encryption System
2023 Fiscal First Quarter Financial Results
Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 was approximately
Product Group Revenue ($ in millions)** | First Quarter of Fiscal 2023 | First Quarter of Fiscal 2022 | % Change | |||||||||
Infrared ("IR") products | $ | 3.6 | $ | 4.9 | (26 | %) | ||||||
Precision Molded Optics ("PMO") products | $ | 3.3 | $ | 3.8 | (14 | %) | ||||||
Specialty products | $ | 0.5 | $ | 0.4 | 13 | % | ||||||
** Numbers may not foot due to rounding
- Revenue from IR products was approximately
$3.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 and approximately$4.9 million in the same period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease in revenue is primarily driven by sales of BD6-based molded infrared products, particularly to customers in the China industrial market. Sales of diamond-turned infrared products also decreased, primarily attributable to customers in the defense and industrial markets. - Revenue from PMO products was approximately
$3.3 million compared to approximately$3.8 million in the same period of the prior fiscal year. The decrease in revenue is primarily attributed to decreases in sales through catalog and distribution channels, as well as sales to commercial customers. The majority of the decrease in sales through catalog and distribution channels is due to the termination of the Company's agreement with its distributor in Europe during the third quarter of fiscal 2022. The Company is no longer accepting new orders through this distributor and is now soliciting and receiving orders directly from the end customers. This transition will continue through the third quarter of fiscal 2023, as the Company will continue to ship distribution orders that were in place prior to the contract termination. The remainder of the decrease in PMO product sales is related to customers in China, across all of the industries served. - Revenue from specialty products was approximately
$455,000 compared to approximately$402,000 in same period of the prior fiscal year. The increase was primarily driven by non-recurring charges billed to a customer during the first quarter of fiscal 2023.
Gross margin in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 was approximately
Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") costs were approximately
During the first quarter of fiscal 2023, income tax expense was approximately
Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 was approximately
EBITDA for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 was a loss of approximately
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash used in operations was approximately
Sales Backlog
As of September 30, 2022, LightPath's total backlog was approximately
Investor Conference Call and Webcast Details
LightPath will host an audio conference call and webcast on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss its financial and operational performance for its fiscal 2023 first quarter.
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM (ET)
Dial-in Number: 1-877-317-2514
International Dial-in Number: 1-412-317-2514
Webcast: Fiscal First Quarter Earnings Webcast
Participants are recommended to dial-in or log-on approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the event. A replay of the call will be available approximately one hour after completion through November 24, 2022. To listen to the replay, dial 1-877-344-7529 (domestic) or 1-412-317-0088 (international), and enter conference ID #7558728.
*Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To provide investors with additional information regarding financial results, this press release includes references to EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. For a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP, see the table provided in this press release.
A "non-GAAP financial measure" is generally defined as a numerical measure of a company's historical or future performance that excludes or includes amounts, or is subject to adjustments, so as to be different from the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company's management believes that this non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with the GAAP financial measure, provide information that is useful to investors in understanding period-over-period operating results separate and apart from items that may, or could, have a disproportionately positive or negative impact on results in any particular period. Management also believes that this non-GAAP financial measure enhances the ability of investors to analyze underlying business operations and understand performance. In addition, management may utilize this non-GAAP financial measures as guides in forecasting, budgeting, and planning. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP.
The Company calculates EBITDA by adjusting net income to exclude net interest expense, income tax expense or benefit, depreciation, and amortization.
About LightPath Technologies
LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH) is a leading global, vertically integrated provider of optics, photonics and infrared solutions for the industrial, commercial, defense, telecommunications, and medical industries. LightPath designs and manufactures proprietary optical and infrared components including molded glass aspheric lenses and assemblies, custom molded glass freeform lenses , infrared lenses and thermal imaging assemblies, fused fiber collimators, and proprietary Black Diamond TM ("BD6") chalcogenide-based glass lenses. LightPath also offers custom optical assemblies, including full engineering design support. The Company is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with manufacturing and sales offices in Latvia and China.
LightPath's wholly-owned subsidiary, ISP Optics Corporation , manufactures a full range of infrared products from high performance MWIR and LWIR lenses and lens assemblies. ISP's infrared lens assembly product line includes athermal lens systems used in cooled and un-cooled thermal imaging cameras. Manufacturing is performed in-house to provide precision optical components including spherical, aspherical and diffractive coated infrared lenses. ISP's optics processes allow it to manufacture its products from all important types of infrared materials and crystals. Manufacturing processes include CNC grinding and CNC polishing, diamond turning, continuous and conventional polishing, optical contacting and advanced coating technologies.
For more information on LightPath and its businesses, please visit www.lightpath.com .
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "forecast," "guidance," "plan," "estimate," "will," "would," "project," "maintain," "intend," "expect," "anticipate," "prospect," "strategy," "future," "likely," "may," "should," "believe," "continue," "opportunity," "potential," and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, and include, for example, statements related to the expected effects on the Company's business from the COVID-19 pandemic. These forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time the statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the duration and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic and impact on the demand for the Company products; the ability of the Company to obtain needed raw materials and components from its suppliers; actions governments, businesses, and individuals take in response to the pandemic, including restrictions on onsite commercial interactions; the impact of the pandemic and actions taken in response to the pandemic on global and regional economies and economic activity; the pace of recovery when the COVID-19 pandemic subsides; general economic uncertainty in key global markets and a worsening of global economic conditions or low levels of economic growth; the effects of steps that the Company could take to reduce operating costs; the inability of the Company to sustain profitable sales growth, convert inventory to cash, or reduce its costs to maintain competitive prices for its products; circumstances or developments that may make the Company unable to implement or realize the anticipated benefits, or that may increase the costs, of its current and planned business initiatives; and those factors detailed by LightPath Technologies, Inc. in its public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on 10-Q. Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties, or facts materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by the forward-looking statements contained herein. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we do not have any intention or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Contact:
Brian M. Prenoveau, CFA
MZ Group - MZ North America
LPTH@mzgroup.us
+561 489 5315
(tables follow)
LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(unaudited)
| September 30, | June 30, | |||||||
Assets | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 4,298,869 | $ | 5,507,891 | ||||
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance of | 4,584,019 | 5,211,292 | ||||||
Inventories, net | 7,005,709 | 6,985,427 | ||||||
Other receivables | 82,391 | - | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 434,601 | 464,804 | ||||||
Total current assets | 16,405,589 | 18,169,414 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | 10,767,788 | 11,640,463 | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 10,095,366 | 10,420,604 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 4,176,527 | 4,457,798 | ||||||
Goodwill | 5,854,905 | 5,854,905 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets, net | 143,000 | 143,000 | ||||||
Other assets | 47,066 | 27,737 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 47,490,241 | $ | 50,713,921 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 2,344,334 | $ | 3,073,933 | ||||
Accrued liabilities | 864,301 | 558,750 | ||||||
Accrued payroll and benefits | 1,888,766 | 2,081,212 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities, current | 960,331 | 965,622 | ||||||
Loans payable, current portion | 1,091,145 | 998,692 | ||||||
Finance lease obligation, current portion | 21,638 | 55,348 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 7,170,515 | 7,733,557 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities, net | 511,419 | 541,015 | ||||||
Finance lease obligation, less current portion | 8,085 | 11,454 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | 9,114,599 | 9,478,077 | ||||||
Loans payable, less current portion | 2,948,446 | 3,218,580 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 19,753,064 | 20,982,683 | ||||||
Commitments and Contingencies | ||||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
Preferred stock: Series D, $.01 par value, voting; | ||||||||
500,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding | - | - | ||||||
Common stock: Class A, $.01 par value, voting; | ||||||||
44,500,000 shares authorized; 27,071,929 and 27,046,790 | ||||||||
shares issued and outstanding | 270,719 | 270,468 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 232,619,220 | 232,315,003 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 17,296 | 935,125 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (205,170,058 | ) | (203,789,358 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders' equity | 27,737,177 | 29,731,238 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 47,490,241 | $ | 50,713,921 | ||||
LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
Revenue, net | $ | 7,366,901 | $ | 9,103,343 | ||||
Cost of sales | 5,132,989 | 5,931,408 | ||||||
Gross margin | 2,233,912 | 3,171,935 | ||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 2,638,173 | 2,869,046 | ||||||
New product development | 549,881 | 427,011 | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 281,271 | 281,271 | ||||||
Total operating expenses | 3,469,325 | 3,577,328 | ||||||
Operating loss | (1,235,413 | ) | (405,393 | ) | ||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||
Interest expense, net | (70,370 | ) | (45,749 | ) | ||||
Other income (expense), net | 27,217 | (51,082 | ) | |||||
Total other income (expense), net | (43,153 | ) | (96,831 | ) | ||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (1,278,566 | ) | (502,224 | ) | ||||
Income tax provision | 102,134 | 129,873 | ||||||
Net loss | $ | (1,380,700 | ) | $ | (632,097 | ) | ||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (917,829 | ) | (144,174 | ) | ||||
Comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (2,298,529 | ) | $ | (776,271 | ) | ||
Loss per common share (basic) | $ | (0.05 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||
Number of shares used in per share calculation (basic) | 27,070,949 | 26,993,971 | ||||||
Loss per common share (diluted) | $ | (0.05 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||
Number of shares used in per share calculation (diluted) | 27,070,949 | 26,993,971 | ||||||
LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
(unaudited)
| Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A | Additional | Other | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Paid-in | Comphrehensive | Accumulated | Stockholders' | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Income | Deficit | Equity | |||||||||||||||||||
Balances at June 30, 2022 | 27,046,790 | $ | 270,468 | $ | 232,315,003 | $ | 935,125 | $ | (203,789,358 | ) | $ | 29,731,238 | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock for: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 16,287 | 163 | 19,707 | - | - | 19,870 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of Stock Options & RSUs, net | 8,852 | 88 | (88 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation on stock options & RSUs | - | - | 284,598 | - | - | 284,598 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | (917,829 | ) | - | (917,829 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | (1,380,700 | ) | (1,380,700 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balances at September 30, 2022 | 27,071,929 | $ | 270,719 | $ | 232,619,220 | $ | 17,296 | $ | (205,170,058 | ) | $ | 27,737,177 | ||||||||||||
Balances at June 30, 2021 | 26,985,913 | $ | 269,859 | $ | 231,438,651 | $ | 2,116,152 | $ | (200,247,177 | ) | $ | 33,577,485 | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock for: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 8,621 | 86 | 21,640 | - | - | 21,726 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation on stock options & RSUs | - | - | 116,591 | - | - | 116,591 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | (144,174 | ) | - | (144,174 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | (632,097 | ) | (632,097 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balances at September 30, 2021 | 26,994,534 | $ | 269,945 | $ | 231,576,882 | $ | 1,971,978 | $ | (200,879,274 | ) | $ | 32,939,531 | ||||||||||||
LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||||
Net loss | $ | (1,380,700 | ) | $ | (632,097 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 816,334 | 910,962 | ||||||
Interest from amortization of debt costs | 18,560 | 4,643 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation on stock options & RSUs, net | 284,598 | 116,591 | ||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts receivable | (12,452 | ) | 12,010 | |||||
Change in operating lease assets and liabilities | (43,531 | ) | (52,172 | ) | ||||
Inventory write-offs to allowance | - | 60,935 | ||||||
Deferred tax benefit | (29,596 | ) | - | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Trade accounts receivable | 639,725 | (1,283,594 | ) | |||||
Other receivables | (82,391 | ) | 134,860 | |||||
Inventories | (20,282 | ) | (109,829 | ) | ||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 10,874 | 19,702 | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | (616,494 | ) | (799,693 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in operating activities | (415,355 | ) | (1,617,682 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment | (243,393 | ) | (1,199,005 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (243,393 | ) | (1,199,005 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of common stock from Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 19,870 | 21,726 | ||||||
Loan costs | - | 266,850 | ||||||
Payments on loans payable | (169,902 | ) | (163,758 | ) | ||||
Repayment of finance lease obligations | (37,079 | ) | (73,891 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (187,111 | ) | 50,927 | |||||
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents | (363,163 | ) | (31,953 | ) | ||||
Change in cash and cash equivalents | (1,209,022 | ) | (2,797,713 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 5,507,891 | 6,774,694 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 4,298,869 | $ | 3,976,981 | ||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | ||||||||
Interest paid in cash | $ | 48,803 | $ | 41,466 | ||||
Income taxes paid | $ | 140,756 | $ | 111,535 | ||||
To supplement our consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we provide additional non-GAAP financial measures. Our management believes these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with the GAAP financial measures, provide information that is useful to investors in understanding period-over-period operating results separate and apart from items that may or could, have a disproportionally positive or negative impact on results in any particular period. Our management also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance the ability of investors to analyze our underlying business operations and understand our performance. In addition, our management may utilize these non-GAAP financial measures as guides in forecasting, budgeting, and planning. Any analysis on non-GAAP financial measures should be used in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures with the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP is presented in the tables below.
LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Regulation G Disclosure
| (unaudited) Quarter Ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
Net loss | $ | (1,380,700 | ) | $ | (632,097 | ) | ||
Depreciation and amortization | 816,334 | 910,962 | ||||||
Income tax provision | 102,134 | 129,873 | ||||||
Interest expense | 70,370 | 45,749 | ||||||
EBITDA | $ | (391,862 | ) | $ | 454,487 | |||
% of revenue | -5 | % | 5 | % | ||||
SOURCE: LightPath Technologies, Inc.
View source version on accesswire.com:
https://www.accesswire.com/724914/LightPath-Technologies-Reports-Financial-Results-for-Fiscal-2023-First-Quarter
FAQ
What were LightPath's Q1 FY2023 revenue figures?
What caused LightPath's revenue decline in Q1 FY2023?
How did LightPath's backlog change in Q1 FY2023?
What is the net loss reported by LightPath for Q1 FY2023?
What strategic shift is LightPath pursuing?
