HERZLIYA, Israel, November 7, 2007 – Optibase, Ltd. (NASDAQ:OBAS) a leader in advanced digital video solutions today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007
Revenues for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007 were $5.2 million compared with $6.7 million in the second quarter of 2007 and $4.3 million for the same period a year ago.
Net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, was $1.6 million or $0.12 per basic and fully diluted share, compared with a net loss of $1.2 million or $0.09 per basic and fully diluted share for the second quarter of 2007 and with a net loss of $589,000 or $0.04 per basic and fully diluted share for the third quarter of 2006. Weighted average shares outstanding used in the calculation for the periods were approximately 13.6 million basic and fully diluted for the third quarter of 2007, 13.5 million basic and fully diluted for the second quarter of 2007 and approximately 13.5 million basic and fully diluted for the third quarter of 2006.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, revenues totaled $17.4 million, compared with $12.6 million for the same period in 2006. Net loss for the period was $3.3 million or $0.24 per basic and fully diluted share, compared to a net loss of $3 million or $0.22 per basic and fully diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Weighted average shares outstanding used in the calculation for the periods were approximately 13.6 million and 13.4 million respectively.
As of September 30, 2007, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and long term investments in marketable securities and other financial investments, net, of $20 million, and shareholders’ equity of $42.5 million.
Amir Philips CFO of Optibase, said, “We have continued to make progress toward achieving our primary financial and strategic goals. Our revenue increased 19.75% for the quarter and 37.7% for the first nine months and our gross margins are back to historical levels following last quarter’s product mix-related decline.
“Also, there were several contract wins in enterprise, or non-telco markets, an area that represent a growing opportunity for Optibase, which we hope to report on in the future. These wins, including announced IPTV installations at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Vancouver Airport, are good examples of the adaptability of Optibase’s technology for use outside the traditional telco-TV market.
“Notwithstanding our recent success in the enterprise arena, we are also making steady progress within the more traditional telco market outside of the United States / North America. Bharti Airtel, a carrier with service in 94 cities in India, chose Optibase’s MGW 5100 IPTV encoding platforms for its planned IPTV service offerings. Additionally, our strategy to partner with local systems integrators yielded an installation in Spain.
“We further strengthened our executive suite as Yossi Aloni was named president of Optibase Inc. in the United States and Eli Sharon had joined the Company as vice president of research & development. Both Yossi and Eli have considerable experience in the video and broadcast markets, and we believe both will be great assets in taking Optibase to the next level,” He concluded, “We remain pleased with the progress we are making, both broadly and within the individual markets we serve. While our revenues were down on a sequential basis, we view Q2 as an anomaly given the high concentration of third-party equipment we sold and are encouraged by our growth as compared to the third quarter of 2006.”
Conference Call:
Optibase has scheduled a conference call for 9 a.m. EDT today to discuss the third quarter results. For those unable to participate, there will be replay available from 12:00 p.m. EDT on October 29, 2007 through 11:59 p.m. EST, November 5, 2007. Please call: 1-973-341-3080 (Domestic & International), and enter ID replay code 9378399. The conference call may also be accessed over the Internet via, www.kcsa.com. Please logon at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
About Optibase
Optibase provides professional encoding, decoding, video server upload and streaming solutions for telecom operators, service providers, broadcasters and content creators. The company’s platforms enable the creation, broadband streaming and playback of high quality digital video. Optibase’s breadth of product offerings are used in applications, such as: video over DSL/Fiber networks, post production for the broadcast and cables industries, archiving; high-end surveillance, distance learning; and business television. Headquartered in Israel, Optibase operates through its fully owned subsidiary in Mountain View, California and offices in, Japan, China, India and Singapore. Optibase products are marketed in over 40 countries through a combination of direct sales, independent distributors, system integrators and OEM partners. For further information, please visit www.optibase.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning our marketing and operations plans. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release are made based on management's current expectations which involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks related to the video technologies market in general, and the evolving IPTV market in particular, competition, our ability to manage growth and expansion, general economic conditions and other risk factors. For a more detailed discussion of these and other risks that may cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements in this news release, please refer to Optibase's most recent annual report on Form 20-F. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements made herein. |
