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Precis Announces Year End 2004 Financial Results
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Precis Inc.
(NASDAQ:PCIS), a provider of access to affordable healthcare services to the
ever growing number of uninsured and/or underinsured in the United States,
announced financial results for fourth quarter and the year ended December 31,
2004.
For the fourth quarter the company reported revenue of $8.7 million, a decrease
of $1.4 million, or 13.9%, compared to $10.1 million during the comparable
quarter in 2003. The company's net loss for the fourth quarter of 2004 was
$2.9 million, a loss of $(0.24) per fully diluted share compared to net
earnings of $.67 million and $0.05 per diluted share for the comparable quarter
in 2003. The loss resulted in a use by operations of $1.0 million of cash.
Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2004, was $38.3 million, a decrease of
$3.8 million, or 9%, compared to $42.1 million in the previous year. The
Company's net loss for the year was $1.9 million, or $(0.16) per diluted share
compared to net earnings of $4.1 million and $0.34 per fully diluted share in
the previous year. The Company ended the year with $8.3 million of cash. The
Company's book value per diluted share decreased from $2.82 as of December 31,
2003 to $2.69 as of December 31, 2004.
The Company's results for the fourth quarter were adversely impacted by an
impairment charge to goodwill associated with its Foresight, Inc. subsidiary of
$2.0 million. Additionally, during the fourth quarter of 2004 and the first
quarter of 2005, the Company experienced deterioration in the collectibility of
receivables and notes from certain of its private label partners, leading to an
increase in the allowance for doubtful accounts and notes and a charge to
operations of $1.0 million.
Judith Henkels, president and CEO of Precis Inc., commented, "The disappointing
results for the fourth quarter underscore the need for more serious measures
than we have previously taken. We must reduce our cost structure. We must
energize our independent sales force. We must rationalize our product lines
and continue to evolve our Care Entree offerings. We have taken decisive
action in each of these directions and look forward to the positive impact that
each of these actions will have."
Conference Call
The Company will conduct a conference call to discuss financial results for the
year ended December 31, 2004, and the measures being taken by the Company to
address negative trends, on Monday, April 18, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Interested parties can access the call by dialing (877) 858-9308 or (706)
643-0580 or by accessing the web cast at http://www.precis-pcis.com/. A replay
of the call will be available at (800) 642-1687 or (706) 645-9291, access
number 5591969, for 3 days following the call; and the web cast can be accessed
at http://www.precis-pcis.com/ for 30 days.
About Precis Inc.
Precis Inc. and its subsidiaries market non-insurance health care savings
programs, administer tax-favored reimbursement accounts, provide third party
administration services to self funded employer groups and offer a broad range
of financial solutions such as health and life insurance to individuals and
businesses. For more information on Precis, its subsidiaries Care 125, Care
Financial, LLC, and Access Administrators visit http://www.precis-pcis.com/,
http://www.care125.com/, and http://www.care-financial.com/,
http://www.accesshealthsource.com/ respectively.
Disclaimer
Certain statements included in this news release constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Certain, but not necessarily all, of such forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate",
"believes", "expects", "may", "will", or "should", or other variations thereon,
by discussions of strategies that involve risks and uncertainties. Precis
Inc.'s actual results or industry results may be materially different from any
future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include general
economic and business conditions; Precis Inc.'s ability to implement its
business strategies; competition; availability of key personnel; increasing
operating costs; unsuccessful promotional efforts; changes in brand awareness;
acceptance of new product offerings; retention of members and independent
marketing representatives; and changes in, or the failure to comply with,
government regulations. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements or to make any other forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Contact: Bob Bintliff Joe Diaz
Chief Financial Officer The RCG Group
Precis Inc. 480-675-0400
972-343-6501
Precis Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Balance Sheet Data
For the Quarter Ended For the Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
2004 2003 2004 2003
Statement of
Operations Data:
Product and service
revenues $8,678,165 $10,092,739 $38,318,696 $42,087,671
Total operating
expenses 13,323,131 8,754,747 40,952,671 35,437,310
Operating income
(loss) (4,644,966) 1,337,992 (2,633,975) 6,650,361
Earnings (loss)
before income taxes (4,644,080) 1,301,538 (2,690,533) 6,500,392
Provision for
income tax expense
(benefit) (1,698,012) 636,321 (734,581) 2,411,066
Net earnings (loss) $(2,946,068) $665,217 $(1,955,952) $4,089,326
Earnings (loss)
per share:
Basic $(0.24) $0.06 $(0.16) $0.35
Diluted $(0.24) $0.05 $(0.16) $0.34
December 31,
2004 2003
Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents $8,282,953 $11,087,920
Working capital $6,344,954 $8,818,823
Total assets $41,974,616 $40,813,664
Total liabilities $9,605,563 $7,211,560
Stockholders' equity $32,369,053 $33,602,104
DATASOURCE: Precis Inc.
CONTACT: Bob Bintliff, Chief Financial Officer of Precis Inc.,
+1-972-343-6501; or Joe Diaz of The RCG Group, +1-480-675-0400, for Precis
Inc.
Web site: http://www.precis-pcis.com/