AudioCodes Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

LOD, Israel, April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

First Quarter Highlights:

• Quarterly revenues increased 7.5% year-over-year to $37.4 million;
• Quarterly service revenues increased 11.2% year-over-year to $11.4 million;
• Revenues related to UC-SIP business increased more than 18% compared to the first quarter of 2016;
• Quarterly GAAP gross margin was a record 62.4%, Quarterly Non-GAAP gross margin was a record 62.9%;
• Quarterly GAAP operating margin was 5.3%, Quarterly Non-GAAP operating margin was 7.3%;
• Quarterly cash flow from operating activities was $854,000;
• Quarterly GAAP net income was $1.3 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $222,000, or $(0.01) per diluted share, in the prior year period;
• Quarterly Non-GAAP net income was $2.5 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, compared to $1.6 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the prior year period;
• AudioCodes repurchased 1.1 million shares of its ordinary shares during the first quarter at an aggregate cost of $7.3 million.

Details:

AudioCodes (Nasdaq: AUDC), a leading provider of converged voice solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to transition to all-IP voice networks, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017.

Revenues for the first quarter of 2017 were $37.4 million, compared to $37.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2016 and $34.8 million for the first quarter of 2016.

Net income was $1.3 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2017, compared to a net loss of $222,000, or ($0.01) per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2016.

On a Non-GAAP basis, quarterly net income was $2.5 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, compared to $1.6 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the first quarter last year.

Non-GAAP net income excludes: (i) stock-based compensation expenses; (ii) amortization expenses related to intangible assets; (iii) expenses related to deferred payments in connection with the acquisition of Active Communications Europe and (iv) non-cash deferred tax benefit or expenses. A reconciliation of net income (loss) on a GAAP basis to a non-GAAP basis is provided in the tables that accompany the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this press release.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the first quarter of 2017 totaled $854,000. Cash and cash equivalents, bank deposits and marketable securities were $62.8 million as of March 31, 2017 compared to $69.5 million as of December 31, 2016. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents, long and short-term bank deposits and long and short-term marketable securities was the result of the use of cash for the continued repurchasing of the Company's ordinary shares pursuant to its share repurchase programs.

"We are pleased to report solid financial results for the first quarter of 2017," said Shabtai Adlersberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of AudioCodes. "Our financial performance was in line with our guidance for the full year, and with our strategic plan to grow the UC-SIP business at an annual rate of 15% to 20%."

Mr. Adlersberg continued "The global trend of migrating voice services to all-IP, and the continued growth in the unified communications, UCaaS, SIP trunking and contact centers markets have all contributed to our strong business performance. Underlining the strength in our voice networking business, the first quarter of 2017 was the third quarter in a row in which gateway revenues grew, reversing the declining trend of gateway revenues that was experienced in 2015 and the first half of 2016."

"We remain focused on strengthening our strategic partnerships with the market leaders in the Microsoft Skype for business and the UCaaS markets as we continue to win customer opportunities and projects. We also continued to buy back shares in the first quarter to return value to shareholders, as we are confident in the continued strength of our future business opportunities," concluded Mr. Adlersberg.

Share Buy Back Program

During the quarter ended March 31, 2017, AudioCodes acquired 1,105,608 of its ordinary shares under its share repurchase program for a total consideration of approximately $7.3 million. As of March 31, 2017, AudioCodes had acquired an aggregate of 13.1 million of its ordinary shares since August 2014 for an aggregate consideration of approximately $61.5 million.

On March 20, 2017, our Board of Directors approved filing a new application with the court in Israel requesting approval for an additional repurchase program for $15 million of Ordinary Shares. We filed a new application and we are expecting a decision in the coming weeks.

Conference Call & Web Cast Information

AudioCodes will conduct a conference call at 8:00 A.M., Eastern Time today to discuss the Company's first quarter operating performance, financial results and outlook. Interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing one the following numbers:

United States Participants: +1 877-407-0778

International Participants: +1 201-689-8565

The conference call will also be simultaneously webcast. Investors are invited to listen to the call live via webcast at the AudioCodes investor website at http://www.audiocodes.com/investors-lobby.

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About AudioCodes

AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: AUDC) designs, develops and sells advanced Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and converged VoIP and Data networking products and applications to Service Providers and Enterprises. AudioCodes is a VoIP technology market leader, focused on converged VoIP and data communications, and its products are deployed globally in Broadband, Mobile, Enterprise networks and Cable. The Company provides a range of innovative, cost-effective products including Media Gateways, Multi-Service Business Routers, Session Border Controllers (SBC), Residential Gateways, IP Phones, Media Servers, Value Added Applications and Professional Services. AudioCodes' underlying technology, VoIPerfectHD™, relies on AudioCodes' leadership in DSP, voice coding and voice processing technologies. AudioCodes' High Definition (HD) VoIP technologies and products provide enhanced intelligibility and a better end user communication experience in Voice communications. For more information on AudioCodes, visit http://www.audiocodes.com.

Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and the demand for existing products; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development, upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; possible need for additional financing; the ability to satisfy covenants in the Company's loan agreements; possible disruptions from acquisitions; the ability of AudioCodes to successfully integrate the products and operations of acquired companies into AudioCodes' business; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.

©2017 AudioCodes Ltd. All rights reserved. AudioCodes, AC, HD VoIP, HD VoIP Sounds Better, IPmedia, Mediant, MediaPack, What's Inside Matters, OSN, SmartTAP, User Management Pack, VMAS, VoIPerfect, VoIPerfectHD, Your Gateway To VoIP, 3GX, VocaNom, AudioCodes One Voice and CloudBond are trademarks or registered trademarks of AudioCodes Limited. All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners. Product specifications are subject to change without notice.

Summary financial data follows

                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)      Stock-based compensation expenses related to options and restricted stock units granted to employees and others.

(2)      Excluding amortization of intangible assets related to the acquisitions of Nuera, Netrake, Mailvision and Active Communications Europe assets.

(3)      Excluding expenses related to deferred payments in connection with the acquisition of Active Communications Europe.

(4)      Non-cash deferred tax expenses.

 

Note: Non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the results prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company believes that non-GAAP information is useful because it can enhance the understanding of its ongoing economic performance and therefore uses this non-GAAP information internally to evaluate and manage its operations. The Company has chosen to provide this information to investors to enable them to perform comparisons of operating results in a manner similar to how the Company analyzes its operating results and because many comparable companies report this type of information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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