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Comtech Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2004 Financial
Results
Company Posts Record Annual Revenue of $75.6 Million, an Increase of 75%
SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comtech Group, Inc.
(OTC:COMT.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: COMT.OB) , a leading module design solutions
provider in China focused on the mobile handset and telecom equipment
industries, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full
year ended December 31, 2004.
Revenue for the full year 2004 was $75.6 million, compared to $43.2 million for
the full year 2003, an increase of 75%. Net income for 2004 was $7.5 million,
up 121% compared to net income of $3.4 million in 2003. Earnings per share for
2004 was $0.35, or $0.34 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $0.17 per
share on both a diluted and non-diluted basis in 2003.
Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2004 was $19.4 million, up 44% from $13.5
million in the fourth quarter of 2003, and an increase of 9% from $17.8 million
in the third quarter of 2004. Net income in the fourth quarter of 2004 was
$2.3 million, an increase of 229% from $0.7 million in the fourth quarter of
2003, and an increase of 64% from $1.4 million in the third quarter of 2004.
Earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2004 was $0.09 per share on a
diluted basis, compared to $0.03 per share on a diluted basis in the fourth
quarter of 2003, and $0.07 per share on a diluted basis in the third quarter of
2004.
"Our record results for 2004 have capped an exciting year of transition and
growth at Comtech," said Jeffrey Kang, Chairman and President of Comtech Group.
"We have experienced over 100% earnings growth over past four years. Since the
beginning of the year, we entered the U.S. public equity markets via a reverse
merger, raised more than $11.0 million in a private placement, applied for
listing on the Nasdaq and took steps to gain compliance with that exchange's
listing requirements.
"Meanwhile, we continued to profitably grow our business on two fronts. Our
telecom equipment business has experienced steady growth of approximately 20%.
That segment's growth was driven by increased demand in China of broadband and
optical transmission products. Revenue from mobile handset OEMs, a market we
entered in 2001, more than doubled compared to 2003 for several reasons,
including increased mobile phone production in China, our increased content per
phone unit and new application 'design-ins' being awarded to Comtech. This
segment represented 40% of our business in 2003, but now represents almost
60%," continued Kang.
"In addition to our existing industries, namely the telecom equipment and
mobile handset markets, we are entering the consumer electronics industry. We
will penetrate this new market by providing solutions to IPTV, set top box and
digital TV manufactures. We believe that Comtech is well positioned to expand
into the consumer electronics industry because many large consumer electronics
companies already have existing customer relationships with us. We anticipate
significant growth in three distinct multi-billion dollar markets segments in
2005.
"We are very excited about our growth prospects. We view Comtech as a gateway
to the technology industry in China at a time when more manufacturing is
increasingly being directed to this country. Comtech has a diversified
customer base which covers virtually all of the major manufactures in our
targeted industries. Our strategy to broaden our exposure beyond our
traditional markets has been well executed to this point and we expect our
success to continue. Lastly, we believe that there is a real opportunity to
expand our library of proprietary IP, which we believe will increase our gross
margins over the long term.
"I would like to thank our employees, customers, suppliers and all stakeholders
for the dynamic contribution they made in 2004," concluded Kang.
Conference Call
Comtech Group will host a conference call today to further discuss these
results at 6 p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Pacific Time). The call can be
accessed via a webcast at http://www.comtech.com.cn/. A Web replay will also
be available for approximately 90 days at this same web address.
About Comtech
Comtech Group, Inc. is a module design solutions provider in China, focused on
the mobile handset and telecom equipment industries. The Company's client base
has grown to serve over 200 companies in the mobile handset and telecom
equipment industries in China. Its team of engineers works with manufacturers
of mobile handset and telecom equipment to design solutions that meet their
needs. The Company designs solutions for mobile device products, including
liquid crystal display (LCD) modules, camera modules, persistent storage
modules, input/output modules, sound system and power supply modules. In the
telecom equipment industry Comtech targets optical solutions, data
communication solutions, public switched telephone network (PSTN) switching and
wireless base stations.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release includes certain statements that are not descriptions of
historical facts, but are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934. These forward looking statements may include the
description of our plans and objectives for future operations, assumptions
underlying such plans and objectives and other forward looking terminology such
as "may," "expects," "believes," "anticipates," "intends," "expects,"
"projects," or similar terms, variations of such terms or the negative of such
terms. Such information is based upon various assumptions made by, and
expectations of, our management that were reasonable when made but may prove to
be incorrect. All of such assumptions are inherently subject to significant
economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies beyond our control and
upon assumptions with respect to the future business decisions which are
subject to change. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that actual results
will meet expectations and actual results may vary (perhaps materially) from
certain of the results anticipated herein.
DATASOURCE: Comtech Group, Inc.
CONTACT: Asia Pacific, Hope Ni, Chief Financial Officer of Comtech Group,
Inc., ; or North America, Jason Golz of Financial
Dynamics, +1-415-439-4532, or , for Comtech Group, Inc.
Web site: http://www.comtech.com.cn/