Metretek (AMEX:MEK)
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Metretek Technologies, Inc. (Amex:MEK) today reported financial results
for its second quarter ended June 30, 2007.
For the second-quarter 2007, the Company reported revenues of $24.1
million and a net loss of $13.9 million, or $(0.87) per share (basic and
diluted), compared to revenues of $36.2 million and net income of $4.2
million, or $0.25 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2006.
Second quarter financial results include $14.1 million of restructuring
charges related to the second quarter retirement of the Company's
founders and the relocation of the Company's principal executive offices
to Wake Forest. The Company's non-GAAP income from continuing operations
before restructuring charges for the second quarter 2007, which consists
of the Company's income from continuing operations but excludes the
restructuring expenses, was $425,000, or $0.02 per (diluted) share.
The Company also announced it had closed $25 million of new business
contracts, including several that represent important relationships with
investor-owned utilities (IOUs). “We are
pleased with the level of business closed in the quarter,”
said Sidney Hinton, president and chief executive officer of Metretek
Technologies, “and we are particularly excited
about the new relationships with IOUs. These partners provide us the
opportunity to build long-term relationships that contribute to the
continued success of our core PowerSecure business, the engine of
Metretek’s growth.”
(In a separate release, Metretek today announced that it is changing its
name to PowerSecure International, Inc. and that its shares have been
approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol
"POWR"; both actions are expected to become effective on August 22,
2007.)
According to Hinton, the decrease in PowerSecure's second-quarter
revenues — from $31.1 million in 2006 to
$18.6 million in 2007, of which $7.4 million was related to Publix
projects — was attributable to two factors in
particular, each of which adversely affected the timing of revenues:
delays in the scheduling and completion of several projects in Florida
due to the slow permitting process in some jurisdictions within the
state; and the fact that the work completed on new projects during the
second quarter was primarily design work, which typically does not have
a high percentage of revenue associated with it under PowerSecure’s
percentage-of-completion revenue recognition methodology.
Hinton noted that the decline in PowerSecure's revenues was accompanied
by a decline in gross margin, to 24.1% from 25.3% a year ago, reflecting
a variety of short-term factors including higher-than-expected material
usage costs, costs associated with opening a new switchgear production
facility for which associated revenues were limited during the period,
an increase in sales of diesel fuel to certain customers which carries a
smaller profit margin, and the fixed nature of certain operating costs
relative to fluctuations in revenues over short operating periods.
Hinton stated that he expects PowerSecure's gross margin to return to
historic levels in the coming quarters.
"Despite the results of the second quarter, I want to emphasize that our
confidence in the future of the Company has never been stronger," added
Hinton. "The underlying strength of our business is not readily
discernable on a quarter-by-quarter basis, and the second-quarter
bottom-line results may belie the fact that operationally it was a good
quarter. With the new business just announced, we have a strong and
growing backlog of business orders in excess of $100 million. We expect
to see measurable improvements in PowerSecure's operating performance
over the course of the next twelve to twenty-four months."
For the six months ended June 30, 2007, the Company reported revenues of
$51.0 million and a net loss of $11.6 million, or $(0.73) per share
(basic and diluted), compared to revenues of $51.1 million and net
income of $4.9 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, for the first six
months of 2006. The Company's non-GAAP income from continuing operations
for the first six months of 2007, which excludes the restructuring
expenses, was $2.7 million, or $0.16 per (diluted) share.
“As we look ahead," said Hinton, "our
strategy is three-fold: focus the Company's efforts around growth in the
distributed generation sector by helping utilities and their customers
manage peak demand and load curtailment, work toward creating recurring
revenue opportunities in our core business, and expand our ability to
develop new energy conservation initiatives with utilities and their
customers. Accordingly, we are continually evaluating our business units
based on their ability to support this strategy."
Updated 2007 Financial Guidance:
"Although there are still a number of factors and risks that could and
will affect our operating results during the rest of fiscal 2007," said
Hinton, "based on recent events and the current status of our business
operations, we are estimating that our consolidated revenues for fiscal
2007 will be between $115 million and $125 million, and that our
non-GAAP income from continuing operations, which excludes the one-time
restructuring charges incurred in the second quarter, will be between
$11.0 million and $13.0 million, or approximately $0.60 to $0.75 per
(diluted) share."
Non-GAAP Income from Continuing
Operations:
References by the Company to non-GAAP income or loss from continuing
operations and non-GAAP income or loss from continuing operations per
share information are non-GAAP financial measures that refer to the
Company's income or loss from continuing operations or per share
information excluding restructuring costs related to the recent
retirements of the Company's founders and the relocation of the
Company's principal executive offices from Denver to Wake Forest.
By eliminating the restructuring expenses in 2007 that are non-recurring
and not indicative of the results of the Company’s
operations, the Company believes non-GAAP income from continuing
operations and non-GAAP income from continuing operations per share are
useful tools permitting management and the board of directors to
measure, monitor and evaluate the Company’s
operating performance and to make operating decisions. Non-GAAP income
from continuing operations and non-GAAP income from continuing
operations per share are also used by management to assist it in
planning and forecasting future operations and making future operating
decisions.
The Company also believes that non-GAAP income from continuing
operations and non-GAAP income from continuing operations per share
provide meaningful information to investors in terms of enhancing their
understanding of the Company’s core operating
performance and results and allowing investors to more easily compare
the Company's financial performance on an operating basis in different
fiscal periods. However, non-GAAP income from continuing operations and
non-GAAP income from continuing operations per share as defined by the
Company may not be directly comparable to similarly defined measures as
reported by other companies. Non-GAAP income from continuing operations
and non-GAAP income from continuing operations per share should be
considered only as supplements to, and not as substitutes for or in
isolation from, other measures of financial information prepared in
accordance with GAAP, such as GAAP net income, GAAP net income per
share, GAAP income from continuing operations, or GAAP income from
continuing operations per share.
Conference Call and Webcast:
At 11 a.m. EDT today, August 8, the Company will hold a teleconference
to discuss its financial results as well as its corporate developments
and future plans and prospects. To participate in the teleconference,
please call (toll free) 800-291-8929 (or 706-634-0478 for international
callers) approximately 10 minutes prior to the start time and indicate
that you are dialing in to the Metretek Technologies conference call.
This call can also be accessed live via the Internet at the Company's
website, www.metretek.com;
to access the call, click on the “Investor
Info” button and then click on the icon for
the “2007 second-quarter results
teleconference.” The Webcast player will open
following completion of a brief registration process. The Webcast will
also be available at www.earnings.com;
to access the call, type in Metretek’s stock
symbol, MEK, in the top right corner of the home page to be taken to the
Company’s webcast page. These websites will
host an archive of the teleconference. Additionally, a telephone
playback will be available for 48 hours beginning at 2 p.m. EDT on
August 8. The playback can be accessed by calling 800-642-1687 (or
706-645-9291 for international callers) and providing Conference ID
10592037.
About Metretek Technologies:
Metretek Technologies, Inc. through its subsidiaries -- PowerSecure,
Inc.; Southern Flow Companies, Inc.; and Metretek, Incorporated
(Metretek Florida) -- is a diversified provider of energy measurement
products, services and data management systems to industrial and
commercial users and suppliers of natural gas and electricity.
Safe-Harbor Statement:
All forward-looking statements contained in this release are made
within the meaning of and pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements are all statements other than statements of historical facts,
including but not limited to statements concerning the business
operations and prospects for the Company and its subsidiaries; the
opportunities believed to be inherent in the relationships with
investor-owned utilities; the expectation of measurable improvements in
PowerSecure's operating performance and gross margin over the course of
the next twelve to twenty-four months; the outlook for the Company’s
consolidated revenues and non-GAAP income from continuing operations in
2007; and all other statements concerning the plans,
intentions, expectations, projections, hopes, beliefs, objectives, goals
and strategies of management, including statements about other future
financial and non-financial items, performance or events and about
present and future products, services, technologies and businesses; and
statements of assumptions underlying the foregoing. Forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are
subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Important risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not
limited to, the timely and successful development, production and market
acceptance of new and enhanced products, services and technologies of
the Company’s subsidiaries; the size, timing
and terms of sales and orders, including large customer orders, and the
risk of customers delaying, deferring or canceling purchase orders or
making smaller purchases than expected; the ability of the Company’s
subsidiaries to obtain adequate supplies of key components and materials
for their products and technologies on a timely and cost-effective
basis; the ability of PowerSecure to successfully expand its core
distributed generation products and services, to successfully develop
and achieve market acceptance of its new energy-related businesses, to
manage its growth and to address the effects of any future changes in
tariff structures and environmental requirements on its business
solutions; the effects from time to time of hurricanes and other severe
weather conditions on the demand for Southern Flow’s
products and services; the ability of Metretek Florida to successfully
develop and expand its products, services, technologies and markets; the
effects of competition; changes in customer and industry demand and
preferences; the ability of the Company to attract, retain and motivate
key personnel; changes in the energy industry in general and the natural
gas and electricity markets in particular, including price levels; the
effects of competition; the ability of the Company to secure and
maintain key contracts and relationships; general economic, market and
business conditions; the effects of pending and future litigation,
claims and disputes; changes in the energy industry generally and in the
natural gas and electricity industries in particular, including price
levels; general economic, market and business conditions; and other
risks, uncertainties and other factors identified from time to time in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2006, as well as in subsequent filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K.
Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the results expressed,
projected or implied by any forward-looking statements will be achieved,
and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press
release speak only as of the date hereof and are based on the current
plans, goals, objectives, strategies, intentions, expectations and
assumptions of, and the information currently available to, management.
The Company assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements for any reason, whether as the result of
changes in expectations, new information, future events, conditions or
circumstances or otherwise.
METRETEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)
Second Quarter Ended
Six Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2007
2006
2007
2006
REVENUES:
Sales and services
$
23,833,351
$
35,905,938
$
50,202,095
$
50,642,812
Other
232,459
337,473
842,944
432,928
Total revenues
24,065,810
36,243,411
51,045,039
51,075,740
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Cost of sales and services
17,477,336
26,393,531
35,894,569
36,524,893
General and administrative
4,985,099
4,502,431
10,509,178
7,937,780
Selling, marketing and service
1,010,352
1,172,870
1,874,635
1,931,931
Depreciation and amortization
374,109
203,898
717,033
376,304
Research and development
288,571
195,058
499,362
372,684
Restructuring charges
14,139,216
-
14,139,216
-
Interest, finance charges and other
8,436
46,336
15,756
134,711
Total costs and expenses
38,283,119
32,514,124
63,649,749
47,278,303
Income (loss) from operations
(14,217,309
)
3,729,287
(12,604,710
)
3,797,437
Income from litigation settlements, net
-
-
278,334
-
Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate
672,735
520,974
1,321,295
1,251,442
Minority interest
-
-
-
(72,464
)
Income taxes
(170,140
)
(22,999
)
(476,277
)
(111,514
)
Income (loss) from continuing operations
(13,714,714
)
4,227,262
(11,481,358
)
4,864,901
Loss from disposal of discontinued operations
(140,490
)
-
(140,490
)
-
Net income (loss)
$
(13,855,204
)
$
4,227,262
$
(11,621,848
)
$
4,864,901
PER SHARE AMOUNTS:
Income (loss) from continuing operations:
Basic
$
(0.86
)
$
0.27
$
(0.72
)
$
0.34
Diluted
$
(0.86
)
$
0.25
$
(0.72
)
$
0.30
Net income (loss):
Basic
$
(0.87
)
$
0.27
$
(0.73
)
$
0.34
Diluted
$
(0.87
)
$
0.25
$
(0.73
)
$
0.30
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON
SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic
15,935,336
15,513,274
15,883,210
14,354,964
Diluted
15,935,336
17,071,389
15,883,210
16,065,350
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
June 30,
December 31,
2007
2006
Total current assets
$
62,555,345
$
70,536,009
Property, plant and equipment, net
4,539,234
4,443,879
Total other assets
14,421,655
14,719,547
Total Assets
$
81,516,234
$
89,699,435
Total current liabilities
$
31,753,847
$
31,692,373
Total noncurrent liabilities
2,862,829
7,431
Total stockholders' equity
46,899,558
57,999,631
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$
81,516,234
$
89,699,435
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
TO GAAP INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
In accordance with Regulation G, set forth below is a
reconciliation of Non-GAAP income from continuing operations and
Non-GAAP income from continuing operations per share, non-GAAP
financial measures, to GAAP income from continuing operations and
GAAP income from continuing operations per share, their most
directly comparable financial measures computed in accordance with
GAAP.
Second Quarter
Six Months
Ended
Ended
June 30, 2007
June 30, 2007
Guidance for Fiscal 2007
GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations
$ (13,714,714
)
$ (11,481,358
)
Add back: Restructuring charges
14,139,216
14,139,216
Non-GAAP income from continuing operations
$ 424,502
$ 2,657,858
$ 11,000,000
to
$ 13,000,000
PER SHARE AMOUNTS-BASIC
GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations
$ (0.86
)
$ (0.72
)
Add back: Restructuring charges
0.89
0.89
Non-GAAP income from continuing operations
$ 0.03
$ 0.17
PER SHARE AMOUNTS-DILUTED
GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations
$ (0.80
)
$ (0.67
)
$ (0.19
)
to
$ (0.04
)
Add back: Restructuring charges
0.82
0.83
0.79
0.79
Non-GAAP income from continuing operations
$ 0.02
$ 0.16
$ 0.60
to
$ 0.75
Shares used in computing GAAP and non-GAAP per share amounts:
BASIC
15,935,336
15,883,210
DILUTED
17,145,463
17,089,134