NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE), the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions™ to drive performance, today announced results for the first quarter of 2007.
Non-GAAP highlights for the quarter (year over year):
- 33% increase in revenue
- 90% increase in operating income
- 48% increase in earnings per fully diluted shares
First quarter 2007 non-GAAP revenue was $117.0 million, representing a 33.1% increase from $87.9 million in the first quarter of 2006.
Non-GAAP gross margin in the first quarter was 62.4%, or $73.0 million gross profit, up from 55.7%, or $48.9 million respectively, in the first quarter of 2006.
Non-GAAP operating margin in the first quarter was 15.0%, or $17.6 million operating profit, compared with 10.5%, or $9.3 million, respectively, in the first quarter of 2006.
First quarter 2007 non-GAAP net income was $16.6 million, a 54.0% increase from $10.8 million in the first quarter of 2006. Non-GAAP earnings per fully diluted share were $0.31, up from $0.21 in the first quarter of 2006.
On a GAAP basis: First quarter 2007 revenue was $115.9 million, an increase from $87.9 million in the first quarter of 2006. First quarter 2007 gross margin was 59.2%, compared with 54.3% in the first quarter of 2006; operating profit was $7.2 million, compared with operating profit of $5.3 million, in the first quarter of 2006; and first quarter 2007 net income was $8.7 million, or $0.16 per fully diluted share, compared with net income of $7.1 million, or $0.14 per share, on a fully diluted basis, for the first quarter of 2006.
First quarter 2007 operating cash flow was a record $33.9 million. Total cash and equivalents as of March 31, 2007 were $335.2 million, with no debt, compared with $296.1 million as of December 31, 2006.
“First quarter 2007 results came in at the high-end of our guidance range, following the strong momentum we saw in 2006,” said Haim Shani, Chief Executive Officer of NICE. ”As we continue to leverage the secular growth trends in the enterprise and security markets, and after having successfully integrated five companies into NICE over the past two years, we are well positioned to further drive our company forward through organic and acquisitive growth.”
Guidance for the second quarter 2007 is for non-GAAP revenue to be between $121 - $126 million, and non-GAAP earnings per fully diluted share in the range of $0.32 – $0.36. Previously announced guidance for the year 2007 is reaffirmed, with non-GAAP revenue to be between $487 - 502 million and non-GAAP earnings per fully diluted share in the range of $1.36 - 1.46.
Conference Call
NICE will host a conference call to discuss the results and its business outlook today at 8:30 a.m. EST (15:30 Israel). Participants may access the conference call by dialing US toll-free +1-888-281-1167 or +1-800-994-4498; international: +972-3-918-0610; Israel: 03-918-0610. The call will also be broadcast live on the internet via NICE's website at www.nice.com. A telephone replay will be available for up to 72 hours, starting from three hours after the call, by dialing one of the following numbers: US Toll-free: + 1-888-326-9310; international: + 972-3-925-5930; Israel: 03-925-5930.
Non-GAAP
Non-GAAP results exclude the fair value adjustment on acquired deferred revenues of $ 0.8 million net of taxes, and the amortization of acquired intangible assets of $3.5 million, net of taxes in the first quarter 2007 and stock based compensation expenses of $3.6 million, net of taxes for the first quarter 2007. Reconciliation between the results on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis is provided in a table immediately following the Consolidated Statement of Operations (Non-GAAP Basis).
Non-GAAP financial measures consist of GAAP financial measures adjusted to exclude: amortization of acquired intangible assets, in−process research and development write−off, stock based compensation expenses, as well as certain business combination accounting entries. The purpose of such adjustments is to give an indication of our performance exclusive of non−cash charges and other items that are considered by management to be outside of our core operating results. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures, and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our management regularly uses our supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions. These non-GAAP measures are among the primary factors management uses in planning for and forecasting future periods. Business combination accounting rules requires us to recognize a legal performance obligation related to a revenue arrangement of an acquired entity. The amount assigns to that liability should be based on its fair value at the date of acquisition. The non-GAAP adjustment is intended to reflect the full amount of such revenue. We believe this adjustment is useful to investors as a measure of the ongoing performance of our business. We believe these non−GAAP financial measures provide consistent and comparable measures to help investors understand our current and future operating cash flow performance. These non−GAAP financial measures may differ materially from the non−GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Reconciliation between results on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis is provided in a table immediately following the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
About NICE
NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) is the leading provider of Insight from Interactions™ solutions and value-added services, powered by advanced analytics of unstructured multimedia content – from telephony, web, radio and video communications. NICE’s solutions address the needs of the enterprise and security markets, enabling organizations to operate in an insightful and proactive manner, and take immediate action to improve business and operational performance and ensure safety and security. NICE has over 24,000 customers in 100 countries, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies. More information is available at http://www.nice.com.
Trademark Note: Insight from Interactions™, 3600 View™, Executive Connect®, Executive Insight™1, Freedom®, Investigator®, Mirra®, Universe®, My Universe™, NICE®, NiceCall®, NiceCall Focus™, NiceCLS™, NICE Learning™, eNiceLink™, NiceLog®, Playback Organizer™, Renaissance®, ScreenSense™, NiceScreen™, NICE SmartCenter™, NICE Storage Center™, NiceTrack™, NiceUniverse®, NiceVision®, NiceVision Analytics™, NiceVision ControlCenter™, NiceVision Digital™, NiceVision Harmony™, NiceVision Mobile™, NiceVision Net™, NiceVision Pro™, NiceVision NVSAT™, NiceVision Alto™, Scenario Replay™, Tienna®, Wordnet®, NICE Perform™, NICE Inform™, NICE Analyzer™, Last Message Replay™, NiceUniverse Compact™, Customer Feedback™, Interaction Capture Unit™, Dispatcher Assessment™, Encoder™, Freedom Connect®, FAST®, FAST Alpha Silver™, FAST Alpha Blue™ and Alpha®, Emvolve Performance Manager™, Performix Technologies™, IEX®, TotalView® and other product names and services mentioned herein are trademarks and registered trademarks of NICE Systems Ltd. All other registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
1in Australia only
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on the current expectations of the management of NICE Systems Ltd. (the Company) only, and are subject to a number of risk factors and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in technology and market requirements, decline in demand for the Company's products, inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications, difficulties or delays in absorbing and integrating acquired operations, products, technologies and personnel, loss of market share, pressure on pricing resulting from competition, and inability to maintain certain marketing and distribution arrangements, which could cause the actual results or performance of the Company to differ materially from those described therein. We undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. For a more detailed description of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting the company, refer to the Company's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
| NICE SYSTEMS LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts) | ||||||
| Three months ended | ||||||
| March 31, | ||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||
| Unaudited | Unaudited | |||||
| Revenue | ||||||
| Product | $ | 57,274 | $ | 73,202 | ||
| Services | 30,641 | 42,740 | ||||
| Total revenue | 87,915 | 115,942 | ||||
| Cost of revenue | ||||||
| Product | 19,799 | 20,261 | ||||
| Services | 20,401 | 27,068 | ||||
| Total cost of revenue | 40,200 | 47,329 | ||||
| Gross Profit | 47,715 | 68,613 | ||||
| Operating Expenses: | ||||||
| Research and development, net | 9,269 | 12,981 | ||||
| Selling and marketing | 20,299 | 27,420 | ||||
| General and administrative | 11,998 | 19,198 | ||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 598 | 1,852 | ||||
| In-process research and development | 212 | - | ||||
| Total operating expenses | 42,376 | 61,451 | ||||
| Operating income | 5,339 | 7,162 | ||||
| Financial income, net | 3,866 | 3,250 | ||||
| Income before taxes on income | 9,205 | 10,412 | ||||
| Income tax expense | 2,135 | 1,686 | ||||
| Net income | $ | 7,070 | $ | 8,726 | ||
| Basic income per share | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.17 | ||
| Diluted income per share | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.16 | ||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute: | ||||||
| Basic income per share | 48,666 | 51,394 | ||||
| Diluted income per share | 51,386 | 53,459 | ||||
| During May 2006, the Company effected a 2 to 1 stock split on its Ordinary shares. All Ordinary share, options and per share amounts have been adjusted to give retroactive effect to the stock split for all periods presented. | ||||||
| NICE SYSTEMS LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES NON-GAAP NET INCOME AND EARNINGS PER SHARE U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts) | ||||||
| Three months ended | ||||||
| March 31, | ||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||
| Unaudited | Unaudited | |||||
| GAAP net income | $ | 7,070 | $ | 8,726 | ||
| Adjustments | ||||||
| US GAAP valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue | ||||||
| Product Revenue | - | 173 | ||||
| Service Revenue | - | 897 | ||||
| Amortization of acquired intangible assets | ||||||
| included in cost of product | 967 | 2,537 | ||||
| included in operating expense | 598 | 1,852 | ||||
| Compensation expense for stock options | ||||||
| included in cost of product | 56 | 167 | ||||
| included in cost of services | 202 | 614 | ||||
| included in research & development | 246 | 594 | ||||
| included in sales & marketing | 557 | 1,431 | ||||
| included in general & administrative | 1,098 | 2,179 | ||||
| Write-off of acquired in-process research & development | 212 | - | ||||
Tax benefit associated with amortization of acquired intangible assets, FAS 123R options compensation and acquired deferred revenue | (211) | (2,541) | ||||
| NON-GAAP net income | $ | 10,795 | $ | 16,629 | ||
| NON-GAAP basic income per share | $ | 0.22 | $ | 0.32 | ||
| Diluted income per share | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.31 | ||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute: | ||||||
| Basic income per share (a) | 48,666 | 51,394 | ||||
| Diluted income per share (a,b) | 51,386 | 53,977 | ||||
| (a) During May 2006, the Company effected a 2 to 1 stock split on its Ordinary shares. All Ordinary share, options and per share amounts have been adjusted to give retroactive effect to the stock split for all periods presented. | ||||||
| (b) For Non-GAAP income per share the diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding were calculated excluding the effects of expensing stock options under Statement 123R | ||||||
| NICE SYSTEMS LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS U.S. dollars in thousands | ||||||
| December 31, | March 31, | |||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||
| Unaudited | Unaudited | |||||
| ASSETS | ||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 67,365 | $ | 79,412 | ||
| Short-term investments | 92,989 | 84,081 | ||||
| Trade receivables | 81,312 | 78,369 | ||||
| Other receivables and prepaid expenses | 11,399 | 13,166 | ||||
| Inventories | 18,619 | 16,122 | ||||
| Deferred tax assets | 14,478 | 14,343 | ||||
| Total current assets | 286,162 | 285,493 | ||||
| LONG-TERM ASSETS: | ||||||
| Marketable securities | 135,810 | 171,659 | ||||
| Other long-term assets | 12,030 | 12,536 | ||||
| Deferred Tax Assets | 2,917 | 3,659 | ||||
| Property and equipment, net | 15,813 | 15,912 | ||||
| Other intangible assets, net | 111,182 | 106,637 | ||||
| Goodwill | 220,430 | 220,943 | ||||
| Total long-term assets | 498,182 | 531,346 | ||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 784,344 | $ | 816,839 | ||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES: | ||||||
| Trade payables | $ | 22,845 | $ | 14,144 | ||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 146,990 | 165,690 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | 169,835 | 179,834 | ||||
| LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: | ||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 33,130 | 31,359 | ||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 11,805 | 12,385 | ||||
| Total long-term liabilities | 44,935 | 43,744 | ||||
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 569,574 | 593,261 | ||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | $ | 784,344 | $ | 816,839 | ||
| NICE SYSTEMS LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENTS U.S. dollars in thousands | ||||||
| Three months ended | ||||||
| March 31, | ||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||
| Unaudited | Unaudited | |||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||
| Net income | $ | 7,070 | $ | 8,726 | ||
Adjustments required to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 4,025 | 6,850 | ||||
| Accrued severance pay, net | (18) | 55 | ||||
Amortization of discount (premium) and accrued interest on marketable securities | (27) | (28) | ||||
| Stock based compensation | 2,159 | 4,985 | ||||
| Excess tax benefit from share-based payment arrangements | (392) | (1,563) | ||||
| In-process research and development | 212 | - | ||||
| Decrease in trade receivables | 3,553 | 2,985 | ||||
| Increase in other receivables and prepaid expenses | (70) | (1,623) | ||||
| Decrease in inventories | 2,688 | 2,543 | ||||
| Decrease in trade payables | (1,922) | (8,698) | ||||
| Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities | 6,737 | 22,090 | ||||
| Deferred taxes, net | (606) | (2,393) | ||||
| Other | 1 | (6) | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 23,410 | 33,923 | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | (1,785) | (2,237) | ||||
| Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | - | 33 | ||||
| Investment in short-term bank deposits | (19) | (44) | ||||
| Proceeds from short-term bank deposits | 31 | 21 | ||||
| Proceeds from maturity of marketable securities | 5,580 | 72,350 | ||||
| Investment in marketable securities | (48,075) | (101,237) | ||||
| Proceeds of call of long-term held-to-maturity marketable securities | - | 2,000 | ||||
| Capitalization of software development costs | (120) | (213) | ||||
| Payment for the acquisition of Fast Video Security AG | (21,174) | - | ||||
| Payment for the acquisition of IEX Corporation | - | (1,500) | ||||
| Decrease in accrued acquisition costs | (10) | (48) | ||||
| Net cash used by investing activities | (65,572) | (30,875) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of shares and exercise of share options, net | 8,684 | 7,412 | ||||
| Excess tax benefit from share-based payment arrangements | 392 | 1,563 | ||||
| Decrease in accrued expenses associated with the 2005 offering | (104) | - | ||||
| Decrease in short-term bank credit assumed in the acquisition of Fast | (785) | - | ||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 8,187 | 8,975 | ||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | 14 | 24 | ||||
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (33,961) | 12,047 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 254,956 | 67,365 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 220,995 | $ | 79,412 | ||
