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Aware, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and 2019 Financial Results
Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2019 was
The decrease in revenue was primary due to lower biometrics software license revenue and lower biometrics services revenue, and to a lesser extent lower biometrics maintenance revenue. This was partially offset by slightly higher imaging software license revenue and imaging maintenance revenue. Lower biometrics software license revenue was primarily due to lower revenue from the license agreement we entered into with a systems integrator in the second quarter of 2018, and to a lesser extent generally lower biometrics license sales to our other biometrics customers. Lower biometrics services revenue was primarily due to: i) lower services revenue from the project with aforementioned systems integrator; and ii) fewer service projects in the current year quarter as compared to the corresponding period of 2018. The operating loss in the fourth quarter of 2019 as compared to operating income in the fourth quarter of 2018 was primarily due to: i) lower revenue in the fourth quarter of 2019; and ii) higher total costs and expenses in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Net loss in the fourth quarter of 2019 was
Revenue for the year ended
The decrease in revenue was primarily due to lower biometrics software license revenue and to a lesser extent lower biometrics services revenue, biometric maintenance revenue and imaging software license revenue. This was partially offset by higher imaging maintenance revenue. Lower biometrics software license revenue was primarily due to: i) a software license agreement we entered into with a large commercial customer in the third quarter of 2018, whereas we had no such corresponding license sale in 2019, and ii) lower revenue from the software license agreement we entered into with a systems integrator in the second quarter of 2018. Lower operating income in 2019 as compared to 2018 was primarily due to lower revenue in 2019, and to a lesser extent higher total costs and expenses in 2019.
Net loss for the year ended
About Aware
Aware is a leading provider of productized biometrics software products, solutions and services to governments, system integrators, and commercial organizations and solution providers globally. Our comprehensive portfolio of biometric solutions are based on innovative, robust products designed explicitly for ease of integration including customer-managed and integration ready biometric frameworks, platforms, SDK's and services. They fulfill a broad range of functions critical to secure biometric enrollment, authentication, identity and transactions including face, fingerprint, iris, and voice capture modalities, sample quality assurance, data compliance, capture hardware peripheral and system abstraction, centralized data processing and workflow, subsystem connectivity, and biometric matching algorithms. The products and solutions apply biometrics to enable identity-centric security and know-your-customer ("KYC") solutions for applications including financial institutions, retail, banking and payments, healthcare, border management, credentialing and access control, intelligence and defense, and law enforcement.
See Aware's website for more information about our biometrics software products.
Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates or projections of future revenue and earnings, and the growth of the biometrics markets. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements.
Risk factors related to our business include, but are not limited to: i) our operating results may fluctuate significantly and are difficult to predict; ii) we derive a significant portion of our revenue from government customers, and our business may be adversely affected by changes in the contracting or fiscal policies of those governmental entities; iii) a significant commercial market for biometrics technology may not develop, and if it does, we may not be successful in that market; iv) we derive a significant portion of our revenue from third party channel partners; v) the biometrics market may not experience significant growth or our products may not achieve broad acceptance; vi) we face intense competition from other biometrics solution providers; vii) our business is subject to rapid technological change; viii) our software products may have errors, defects or bugs which could harm our business; ix) our business may be adversely affected by our use of open source software; x) we rely on third party software to develop and provide our solutions and significant defects in third party software could harm our business; xi) part of our future business is dependent on market demand for, and acceptance of, the cloud-based model for the use of software: xii) our operational systems and networks and products may be subject to an increasing risk of continually evolving cybersecurity or other technological risks which could result in the disclosure of company or customer confidential information, damage to our reputation, additional costs, regulatory penalties and financial losses; xiii) our intellectual property is subject to limited protection; xiiv) we may be sued by third parties for alleged infringement of their proprietary rights; xv) we must attract and retain key personnel; xvi) we rely on single sources of supply for certain components used in our hardware products; xvii) our business may be affected by government regulations and adverse economic conditions; xviii) we may make acquisitions that could adversely affect our results, and xviv) we may have additional tax liabilities.
We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with the
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AWARE, INC. |
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
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(In thousands, except per share data) |
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(unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
Year Ended |
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2019 |
2018 |
2019 |
2018 |
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Revenue: |
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Software licenses |
$735 |
$1,456 |
$4,599 |
$8,038 |
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Software maintenance |
1,297 |
1,404 |
5,262 |
5,397 |
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Services |
418 |
1,198 |
2,343 |
2,696 |
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Total revenue |
2,450 |
4,058 |
12,204 |
16,131 |
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Costs and expenses: |
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Cost of software licenses |
- |
- |
- |
20 |
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Cost of services |
155 |
479 |
1,261 |
1,220 |
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Research and development |
2,006 |
1,527 |
7,928 |
7,105 |
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Selling and marketing |
944 |
943 |
3,610 |
4,178 |
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General and administrative |
1,073 |
834 |
3,583 |
3,296 |
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Total costs and expenses |
4,178 |
3,783 |
16,382 |
15,819 |
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Patent related income |
- |
68 |
49 |
69 |
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Operating income (loss) |
(1,728) |
343 |
(4,129) |
381 |
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Interest income |
194 |
257 |
1,000 |
844 |
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Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes |
(1,534) |
600 |
(3,129) |
1,225 |
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Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
5,944 |
(39) |
5,211 |
(8) |
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Net income (loss) |
($7,478) |
$639 |
($8,340) |
$1,233 |
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Net income (loss) per share – basic |
($0.35) |
$0.03 |
($0.39) |
$0.06 |
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Net income (loss) per share – diluted |
($0.35) |
$0.03 |
($0.39) |
$0.06 |
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Weighted-average shares – basic |
21,473 |
21,534 |
21,523 |
21,544 |
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Weighted-average shares - diluted |
21,473 |
21,608 |
21,523 |
21,605 |
AWARE, INC. |
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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(In thousands) |
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(unaudited) |
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December 31, 2019 |
December 31, 2018 |
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ASSETS |
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Cash and investments |
$47,742 |
$51,612 |
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Accounts and unbilled receivables, net |
5,802 |
5,289 |
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Property and equipment, net |
3,755 |
4,085 |
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Deferred tax assets |
- |
5,171 |
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All other assets, net |
256 |
284 |
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Total assets |
$57,555 |
$66,441 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
$1,283 |
$1,445 |
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Deferred revenue |
2,837 |
3,099 |
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Total stockholders' equity |
53,435 |
61,897 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
$57,555 |
$66,441 |
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SOURCE
Kevin Russell, Aware, Inc., 781-276-4000