Uri Birenberg
Analyst · HC Wainwright. Please go ahead
Thank you, David. Since we have the financial results on Slide 7, I will just go over the highlights. To help you understand the results I will be referring mainly to non-GAAP numbers which exclude share-based compensation. It is important to mention that the value of the options that were granted to emplace in Q1 has become more significant as our share price has gone up over the last few months, making a larger impact on our operating expenses from a GAAP point of view. This makes it even more important to look at our non-GAAP results in order to get the full picture of our operation. Revenues for the quarter over $6.4 million up 16%, compared with the first quarter last year. The majority came from the sales of the MaveriQ. As a result, gross margin for the quarter was 82.2%, a new record for us. We compared to that 67.7% in the first quarter of last year. So as you can see, the shift to a softer model is bringing a permanent improvement to our gross margin. At the same time we expect the gross margin to continue to shift from quarter-to-quarter based on the exact mix of sales. We are sticking to our long-term target of above 75%. On a non-GAAP basis our gross R&D is down slightly from last year. Net R&D, however, is up by $250,000, reflecting a delay in the timing of the receipt of our grant from the chief scientist office. We expect to have a catch up in the second quarter, when we receive the grant. Sales and marketing expenses were up slightly in the quarter, reflecting new personnel that we have recently recruited and we expect to continue investing in our sales and marketing teams in the near future. As David said, we are participating in more opportunities than ever before and doing this well requires an increase in our sales personnel. General and administrative expenses for the quarter actually decreased slightly on a non-GAAP basis and we are at a good level for our needs. Taking together operating expenses went up by about 8% during the quarter, compared to Q1 2014. Using operating profit of $1.3 million on a non-GAAP basis, which is a 20.1% operating margin. This compares to just $42,000 in operating profit on Q1 2014, which is less than 1%. So we have made outstanding progress in a short time. In the future, the operating margin will obviously fluctuate along with the gross margin according to the mix of sales. The next item is financial expenses, which have been fluctuating significantly from quarter-to-quarter along with evaluation of the Brazilian real and the U.S. dollar. If you look at the presentation, you can see how the exchange rate has developed. It was BR2.66 on the December 31, and then went all the way up to BR3.2 on March 31, a devaluation of about 20% in just one quarter. Today, the real is about BR2.92, meaning that it has going up just in April by about 8.75%, compared to dollar. That translates into financial income of about $180,000. So if there is no change we will have meaningful financial income in Q2. During the first quarter, our financial expenses totaled $452,000, while in the first quarter of 2014 with financial income of $206,000. As a summary, you can expect our financial expenses to continue to fluctuate from quarter-to-quarter. Net income for the quarter, on a non-GAAP basis totaled $821,000 or $0.10 per basic share, more than three times [indiscernible] in the first quarter of 2014. So our results continue to improve in line with our plans and expectations driven by the MaveriQ. We believe the best is still ahead. Turning to the balance sheet, all parameters are in line with our expectations. As of the end of the quarter our cash-and-cash equivalent totaled $4 million, compared with $2.3 million one year ago. DSO for the quarter were 117 days. Our receivables were relatively high reflecting primarily the delay in a payment in one large project, otherwise receivables [ph] would have been at their normal level. In [indiscernible] we already received part of the payment and we expect to get the reminder by the end of Q2. Inventory bounced from $3.9 million last year to $2 million reflecting the transition to software-based product. So we are in a completely different place in terms of stability and flexibility. Back to you David.