Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

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WaveDancer Releases Third Quarter 2022 Results

 

Recent Commercial Partnership for Maverix Platform Supports Potential for Future Growth

 

 

 

FAIRFAX, VA, November 21, 2022 – WaveDancer (NASDAQ: WAVD), reported its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022, which was characterized by an increased emphasis on professional services that generate higher gross margin for the company, as well as continued investment in the Company’s move to become a leading provider of blockchain software as it signed its first commercial customer.

 

WaveDancer CEO Jamie Benoit commented, “After developing a blockchain solution for a United States government supply chain, in 2022 we invested significant time and financial resources toward the development of a new and vastly improved platform suitable for deployment at scale into commercial and government environments. While sales efforts were slowed while we completed development work on our new Maverix platform, we believe that investment can pay off as we are working with our first commercial customer and are in advanced discussions with others. We remain optimistic that we have established a foundation for future growth.”

 

Benoit added, “In our professional services business we continued our shift toward professional services that generate higher gross margin for the company. Part of this transition is a decreased emphasis on sales of low-margin third-party software, which led to a decline in our consolidated revenue compared with the prior year period. In addition, the prior year quarter benefited from a significant amount of higher-margin overtime work as our engineers worked to meet key milestones associated with a software modernization project.”

 

Mr. Benoit concluded, “Our recently announced commercial agreement is an important step toward validating the potential of our Maverix platform in the marketplace. Our predecessor platform has been stress-tested in critical use cases by the US Government, providing us with an excellent technical foundation to bring a new and formidable commercial product to the market.”

 

Third Quarter 2022 Key Financial Items (all comparisons to prior year period unless otherwise noted)

 

Total revenues decreased to $2.3 million, compared with $4.3 million.

 

Professional fees decreased to $2.1 million, down from $2.8 million.

 

Gross profit decreased to $0.48 million, compared with $0.98 million.

 

Gross margin declined to 20.9% from 22.8%; higher-margin professional fees accounted for 91.7% of revenues.

 

Net loss of $(4.7) million, including a goodwill impairment charge of $2.3 million, compared with net loss of $(0.1) million.

 

Adjusted EBITDA1 of $(1.5) million, compared with $0.1 million

 

 

 

Nine Months 2022 Key Financial Items (all comparisons to prior year period unless otherwise noted)

 

Total revenues decreased to $9.6 million, compared with $12.5 million.

 

Professional fees decreased to $7.0 million, down from $8.6 million.

 

Gross margin for our Tellenger business unit improved to 25.8% compared with 23.7%; higher-margin professional fees accounted for 71.3% of revenues.

 

Net loss of $(8.3) million, including a goodwill impairment charge of $2.3 million, compared with net income of $0.2 million.

 

Adjusted EBITDA of $(4.6) million, compared with $0.9 million.

 

 

About WaveDancer

WaveDancer (www.wavedancer.com), headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a provider of zero trust software solutions, specializing in secure blockchain supply chain management (SCM), asset tracking and security. Our technologies are deployed and being used to help organizations manage very complex supply chain challenges. Initially developed to secure a complex international supply chain for a global U.S. Government (USG) national security organization, the technology has matured to address multiple operational capabilities. Customers are using the WaveDancer platform to gain unprecedented levels of accountability, auditability, and predictability from their data, while giving insights to their partners and suppliers through a controlled, distributed ledger that is immutable and can be trusted by all parties. The sophisticated blockchain technology is now available to the entirety of the USG through GovCloud.

 

Additional information for investors

This release may contain forward-looking statements regarding the Company's business, customer prospects, or other factors that may affect future earnings or financial results. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Investors should read and understand the risk factors detailed in the Company's 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

For additional information contact:

Jeremy Hellman, CFA

Vice President

The Equity Group

(212) 836-9626

jhellman@equityny.com

 

 

 


1 Please see non-GAAP reconciliation on page 6

 

 
 

 

WAVEDANCER, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
Unaudited

 

   

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 
   

2022

   

2021

 

Revenues

               

Professional fees

  $ 2,114,012     $ 2,798,105  

Software sales

    192,367       1,501,820  

Total revenues

    2,306,379       4,299,925  
                 

Cost of revenues

               

Cost of professional fees

    1,724,040       1,832,812  

Cost of software sales

    100,717       1,488,238  

Total cost of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization

    1,824,757       3,321,050  
                 

Gross profit

    481,622       978,875  
                 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    2,926,243       1,023,897  

Acquisition costs

    38,617       39,245  

Goodwill impairment

    2,254,624       -  
                 

(Loss) income from operations

    (4,737,862 )     (84,267 )
                 

Other income (expense):

               

Interest expense

    (20,437 )     (15,055

)

Other income (expense), net

    3,188       3,795  
                 

(Loss) income before provision for income taxes

    (4,755,111 )     (95,527 )
                 

Income tax benefit

    54,592       -  
                 

Net (loss) income

  $ (4,700,519 )   $ (95,527 )
                 

Comprehensive (loss) income

  $ (4,700,519 )   $ (95,527 )
                 

Basic (loss)/earnings per share

  $ (0.26 )   $ (0.01 )

Diluted (loss)/earnings per share

  $ (0.26 )   $ (0.01 )
                 

Weighted average common shares outstanding

               

Basic

    18,382,131       12,596,126  

Diluted

    18,382,131       12,596,126  

 

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WAVEDANCER, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

Unaudited

 

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
   

2022

   

2021

 

Revenues

               

Professional fees

  $ 7,025,396     $ 8,565,639  

Software sales

    2,593,877       3,885,828  

Total revenues

    9,619,273       12,451,467  
                 

Cost of revenues

               

Cost of professional fees

    5,401,666       5,698,407  

Cost of software sales

    2,430,139       3,798,607  

Total cost of revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization

    7,831,805       9,497,014  
                 

Gross profit

    1,787,468       2,954,453  
                 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    8,880,973       2,523,340  

Acquisition costs

    829,478       192,530  

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

    (930,000 )     -  

Goodwill Impairment

    2,254,624       -  
                 

(Loss) income from operations

    (9,247,607 )     238,583  
                 

Other income (expense):

               

Interest expense

    (59,574 )     (31,738

)

Other income (expense), net

    3,977       11,600  
                 

(Loss) income before provision for income taxes

    (9,303,204 )     218,445  
                 

Income tax benefit

    998,936       -  
                 

Net (loss) income

  $ (8,304,268 )   $ 218,445  
                 

Comprehensive (loss) income

  $ (8,304,268 )   $ 218,445  
                 

Basic (loss)/earnings per share

  $ (0.47 )   $ 0.02  

Diluted (loss)/earnings per share

  $ (0.47 )   $ 0.02  
                 

Weighted average common shares outstanding

               

Basic

    17,688,528       11,957,878  

Diluted

    17,688,528       12,584,914  

 

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WAVEDANCER, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   

Unaudited
September 30, 2022

   

December 31, 2021

 

ASSETS

               

Current assets

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 1,521,651     $ 4,931,302  

Accounts receivable

    1,532,174       1,664,862  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    302,443       276,990  

Total current assets

    3,356,268       6,873,154  
                 

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $1,250,711 and $201,032

    6,999,289       8,048,968  

Goodwill

    5,330,645       7,585,269  

Right-of-use operating lease asset

    536,455       672,896  

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $381,473 and $347,886

    305,729       105,256  

Other assets

    79,305       77,100  

Total assets

  $ 16,607,691     $ 23,362,643  
                 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

               

Current liabilities

               

Accounts payable

  $ 227,560     $ 650,499  

Accrued payroll and related liabilities

    701,652       524,055  

Commissions payable

    225,096       224,250  

Other accrued liabilities

    680,269       204,080  

Contract liabilities

    37,686       186,835  

Operating lease liability- current

    203,342       192,128  

Total current liabilities

    2,075,605       1,981,847  
                 

Operating lease liability - non-current

    353,486       507,120  

Deferred income taxes

    154,252       1,167,504  

Other liabilities

    1,394,467       2,265,000  

Total liabilities

    3,977,810       5,921,471  
                 

Stockholders' equity

               

Common stock at $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 20,808,654 and 18,882,313 shares issued, 19,135,603 and 17,239,697 shares outstanding, as of September 30,2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

    20,809       18,882  

Additional paid-in capital

    35,315,514       31,789,464  

Accumulated deficit

    (21,741,231 )     (13,436,963 )

Treasury stock, 1,673,051 and 1,642,616 shares at cost, as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

    (965,211 )     (930,211 )

Total stockholders' equity

    12,629,881       17,441,172  

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

  $ 16,607,691     $ 23,362,643  

 

 

 

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In assessing the performance of our business, management utilizes a variety of financial and performance measures. The key measure is Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus depreciation and amortization expense, net interest expense (income), and taxes, as further adjusted to eliminate the impact of, when applicable, expenses that are unusual or non-recurring that we believe do not reflect our core operating results. and non-cash stock-based compensation. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is meaningful to our investors to enhance their understanding of our financial performance for the current period and our ability to generate cash flows from operations that are available for taxes, capital expenditures and debt service. We understand that Adjusted EBITDA is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a measure of financial performance and to compare our performance with the performance of other companies that report Adjusted EBITDA. Our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA, however, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. When assessing our operating performance, investors and others should not consider this data in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) calculated in accordance with GAAP. Further, the results presented by Adjusted EBITDA cannot be achieved without incurring the costs that the measure excludes. A reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA, the most comparable GAAP measure, is provided below.

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Net (loss) income to Adjusted EBITDA (Unaudited)

 

   

Three months ended

   

Nine months ended

 

(in thousands)

 

September 30,

   

September 30,

 
   

2022

   

2021

   

2022

   

2021

 

Net (loss) income

  $ (4,701 )   $ (96 )   $ (8,304 )   $ 218  

Adjustments:

                               

Interest expense (income), net

    17       11       56       20  

Income taxes

    (55 )     -       (999 )     -  

Depreciation

    7       11       34       23  

Amortization

    350       44       1,050       88  

EBITDA

    (4,382 )     (30 )     (8,163 )     349  

Goodwill impairment

    2,255       -       2,255       -  

Non-cash stock-based compensation

    614       81       1,456       220  

Acquisition Costs

    39       39       829       193  

Change in FV of earnout

    -               (930 )     -  

Post-employment agreement

    -       36       -       107  

Adjusted EBITDA

  $ (1,474 )   $ 126     $ (4,553 )   $ 869  

 

 

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