MCLEAN, Va., May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- WidePoint Corporation (NYSE Mkt: WYY), a leading provider of Managed Mobility Services (MMS) specializing in Cybersecurity and Telecommunications Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015.

Recent Business Highlights

• Received a Task Order renewal under our $600 Million Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) valued at approximately $17 million over three years with the DHS Headquarters.
• Received a new Task Order under our DHS BPA with the DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM).
• Subsidiary Soft-ex Communications awarded inclusion for provisioning of Specialist Cloud Services in the latest G-Cloud 6 procurement agreement of the UK Government.
• Initiated work with an AT&T large financial services client providing identity assurance consulting services in connection with our next-generation identity management offerings.
• Continued to work closely with three leading device manufacturers and several carriers and other channel partners in expectation of booking initial Certificate-on-DeviceTM revenues in the second quarter 2015.

First Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights

• Net revenue increased 84% to $17.7 million from $9.6 million in the first quarter of 2014.
• Gross profit excluding amortization and depreciation increased approximately $1.1 million to $3.9 million from $2.8 million in the first quarter of 2014.
• Adjusted EBITDA loss improved approximately $350,000 to $665,200 from $1,015,300 in the first quarter of 2014, which included investments made in Certificate-on-DeviceTM, other software platform enhancements, and start-up costs associated with the implementation of a new agency component of DHS.
• Net loss was approximately $1.2 million compared to net loss of approximately $0.9 million in the first quarter of 2014 or basic and diluted loss per share of 0.014 per share for each respective quarter.
• Cash and cash equivalents were approximately $11.5 million as of March 31, 2015.
• Net working capital was approximately $11.5 million as of March 31, 2015.

"We were pleased with our results in the first quarter of 2015 with slightly higher revenues than we had expected," stated Steve L. Komar, WidePoint's chief executive officer. Komar further added, "We remain on plan to continue to expand our DHS task order awards and launch our next-generation identity management offerings following Certificate-on-Device, while continuing our efforts at expanding our state/local and commercial footprints."

James McCubbin, WidePoint CFO, added, "Our first quarter revenues have us entering 2015 at an approximate $70+ million run-rate up from approximately a $40 million run-rate at this time last year. With a target revenue goal of 50% growth for 2015 over last year's $53 million in revenues, we believe we are off to a good start and on plan to reach our revenue goals. Furthermore, we believe our gross profit on both an absolute basis and percentage basis will expand as we bring on our higher-margin next-generation identity management services, reach critical mass in our DHS work, and expand our state/local and commercial mix. Coupling this with a leveling-off of our SG&A expenses, we believe we should witness positive financial results and demonstrate financial leverage within our business model."

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About WidePoint

WidePoint is a leading provider of secure, cloud-delivered, enterprise-wide information technology-based solutions that can enable enterprises and agencies to deploy fully compliant IT services in accordance with government mandated regulations and advanced system requirements. WidePoint has several major government and commercial contracts. For more information, visit www.widepoint.com.

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