OPNET Announces Record Financial Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2012

December Dividend Set at $0.12 Per Share


BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 9, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OPNET Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPNT), the leading provider of solutions for application and network performance management, today announced that revenue for the second fiscal quarter, ended September 30, 2011, was $41.9 million, compared to $36.1 million for the same quarter in the prior fiscal year. Diluted earnings per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 were $0.21, compared to $0.13 for the same quarter in the prior fiscal year.

The Company also announced today a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, which represents one quarter of the Company's fiscal 2012 annual dividend target of $0.48, payable on December 28, 2011 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 14, 2011. During fiscal 2011, the Company paid aggregate quarterly dividends of $0.40 per share and a one-time special dividend of $0.75 per share. The declaration of cash dividends in the future, as well as the amount of any such dividend, is subject to final determination each quarter by the Board of Directors based on a number of factors, including the Company's future financial performance and its available cash resources, its cash requirements, and its requirements for alternative uses of cash.

Marc A. Cohen, OPNET's Chairman and CEO, stated, "We are very pleased to report strong financial performance, and a second consecutive quarter of record operating income. We also achieved records in total revenue and maintenance revenue, which allowed us to increase our operating income 56.1% over the same quarter last fiscal year. Our performance was driven by strong year over year increases in revenue from corporate enterprise and United States government customers. Our strong quarterly performance allowed us to further expand our operating margin to 17.3%."

Mr. Cohen continued, "APM product sales continued to drive our performance, and accounted for 82% of our total product bookings during the quarter. APM product sales increased 32% over the same quarter last year. We believe that the growth in APM is being driven by both superior analytics, and our end-to-end solutions that span networks, applications, and systems. We further believe that these competitive advantages can generate sustained growth in product revenue and profitability over the long term."

The Company's second quarter fiscal 2012 financial results are presented below. The non-GAAP results exclude the income statement effects of stock-based compensation and acquisition-related amortization of intangible assets. A reconciliation of GAAP results to non-GAAP results has been provided in the financial statement table following the text of the press release. For further information, please refer to the section of the press release titled "Use of Non-GAAP Measures."

GAAP Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2012:

  • Total revenue increased year-over-year 16.1% to $41.9 million from $36.1 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Total revenue for the quarter increased sequentially 4.2% from $40.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
  • Product revenue increased year-over-year by 16.6% to $20.6 million from $17.7 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Product revenue for the quarter increased sequentially 6.0% from $19.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
  • Deferred revenue increased year-over-year by 9.5% to $44.1 million from $40.2 million at the end of the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Deferred revenue for the quarter increased sequentially 2.6% from $42.9 million at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
  • Gross margin increased year-over-year to 77.1% from 76.6% for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Gross margin decreased sequentially from 79.3% in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
  • Operating margin increased year-over-year to 17.3% from 12.9% for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Operating margin increased sequentially from 15.6% in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
  • Earnings per share increased year-over-year to $0.21 from $0.13 for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Earnings per share increased sequentially from $0.18 in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.

Non-GAAP Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2012:

  • Non-GAAP gross margin increased year-over-year to 78.5% from 78.0% for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Non-GAAP gross margin decreased sequentially from 80.7% in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
  • Non-GAAP operating margin increased year-over-year to 20.1% from 15.4% for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Non-GAAP operating margin increased sequentially from 18.4% in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
  • Non-GAAP earnings per share increased year-over-year to $0.24 from $0.16 for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. Non-GAAP earnings per share increased sequentially from $0.21 in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.

Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Outlook

OPNET currently expects fiscal 2012 third quarter GAAP revenue to be between $44.0 million and $49.0 million, and GAAP diluted net income per common share to be between $0.20 and $0.32 and non-GAAP diluted net income per common share to be between $0.24 and $0.36. The non-GAAP diluted net income per common share expectation excludes approximately $735,000 of expense associated with stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and the related impact of these adjustments on the provision for income taxes.  These estimates represent management's current expectations about the Company's future financial performance, based on information available at this time.

OPNET will hold an investor conference call on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to review financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2012.

To listen to the OPNET investor conference call:

  • Call 877-377-7550 in the U.S. or 408-337-0151 for international callers, or
  • Use the webcast at www.opnet.com/news. Investors are advised to go to the web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. 

To listen to the archived call:

  • Call the replay phone number at 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406 for international callers. For replay, enter passcode # 17171385. The replay will be available from 8:00 pm Eastern Time November 9, 2011 through 11:59 pm Eastern Time November 16, 2011.
  • The webcast will be available at www.opnet.com/news. The webcast will be archived for seven days.

Use of Non-GAAP Measures

OPNET uses a variety of financial measures that are not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, as supplemental measures to GAAP to evaluate its operational performance. These financial measures, which include non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, exclude the impact of certain items and, therefore, have not been calculated in accordance with GAAP. A detailed explanation of each of the adjustments to such financial measures is described below. A reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP financial measures to its most comparable GAAP financial measure is also included below.

Management uses non-GAAP financial measures (a) to evaluate OPNET's historical and prospective financial performance as well as its performance relative to its competitors, and (b) to measure operational profitability and the accuracy of forecasting. In addition, many financial analysts who follow OPNET focus on and publish both historical results and future projections based on non-GAAP financial measures. OPNET believes that it is in the best interest of its investors to provide this information to analysts so that they accurately report the non-GAAP financial information. Moreover, investors have historically requested these non-GAAP financial measures as a means of providing consistent and comparable information with past reports of financial results.

While management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information to investors, there are limitations associated with the use of these non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, are not reported by all of OPNET's competitors and may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures of OPNET's competitors due to potential differences in the exact method of calculation. OPNET compensates for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures only as supplements to GAAP financial measures and by providing the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measures.

The adjustments we use to derive these non-GAAP financial measures, and the basis for such adjustments, are outlined below:

Amortization of intangibles and its related tax impact. OPNET incurs amortization of intangibles related to various acquisitions it has made in recent years. This amortization is included in the following line items of its GAAP presentation:

  • cost of revenue -- amortization of acquired technology and customer relationships
  • operating expenses -- research and development

Management excludes these expenses and their related tax impact for the purpose of calculating non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share when it evaluates the continuing operational performance of OPNET because these costs are fixed at the time of an acquisition, are then amortized over a period of three to five years after the acquisition and generally cannot be changed or influenced by management after the acquisition. Accordingly, management does not consider these expenses for purposes of evaluating the performance of OPNET during the applicable time period after a given acquisition, and it excludes such expenses when evaluating OPNET's financial performance.

Stock-based compensation expense and its related tax impact. OPNET incurs expense related to stock-based compensation, which is included in the following line items of its GAAP presentation:

  • cost of revenue – product updates, technical support and services
  • cost of revenue – professional services
  • operating expenses – research and development
  • operating expenses – sales and marketing
  • operating expenses – general and administrative

Although stock-based compensation is an expense of OPNET and is viewed as a form of compensation, management excludes these expenses for the purpose of calculating non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share when it evaluates the continuing operational performance of OPNET. Specifically, OPNET excludes stock-based compensation during its quarterly and annual assessments of OPNET's and management's performance. In evaluating the performance of senior management, stock-based compensation is excluded from expenditure and profitability results.

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding.  Non-GAAP diluted net income per common share reflects the elimination of amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation expense and the related tax impacts, all as discussed above.   In addition, in cases in which the non-GAAP net income changes from negative to positive when compared to the GAAP net income, or vice versa, the non-GAAP per-share calculation also gives effect to an adjustment to the number of diluted weighted average common shares outstanding reflecting the application of the treasury method and the fact that shares previously considered anti-dilutive would now be considered dilutive, or vice versa.

About OPNET Technologies, Inc.

Founded in 1986, OPNET Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPNT) is a leading provider of solutions for application and network performance management.  For more information about OPNET and its products, visit www.opnet.com.

OPNET, OPNET Technologies, Inc., AppMapper Xpert, AppResponse Xpert, and AppInternals Xpert are trademarks of OPNET Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Statements in this press release that are not purely historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. OPNET Technologies, Inc. ("OPNET") assumes no obligation to update such statements. Forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the impact of enhancements to our APM product portfolio or our competitive position and statements concerning expected revenue and diluted net income per common share and Non-GAAP diluted net income per common share for the third quarter of fiscal 2012, are predictions based upon information available to OPNET as of the date of this press release and involve risks and uncertainties; therefore, actual events or results may differ materially. Factors that may cause OPNET's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, among others, those factors listed under the caption "Risk Factors" in OPNET's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2011, as updated from time to time in subsequent SEC filings. The risk factors set forth in the Company's Form 10-K under the caption "Risk Factors," as updated from time to time in subsequent SEC filings, are specifically incorporated by reference into this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Note to editors: The word OPNET is spelled with all upper-case letters.

OPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,
Six Months Ended
September 30,
  2011 2010 2011 2010
         
Revenue:        
Product $ 20,599  $  17,673  $ 40,028  $ 30,645 
Product updates, technical support, and services 15,413 13,050 30,105 25,372
Professional services 5,909 5,395 12,035 11,186
Total revenue 41,921 36,118 82,168 67,203
         
Cost of revenue:        
Product 3,928 2,487 6,399 3,779
Product updates, technical support, and services 1,380 1,270 2,827 2,558
Professional services 3,751 4,195 7,617 8,497
Amortization of acquired technology and customer relationships 537 499 1,076 958
Total cost of revenue 9,596 8,451 17,919 15,792
         
Gross profit 32,325 27,667 64,249 51,411
         
Operating expenses:        
Research and development 9,088 8,578 18,330 16,641
Sales and marketing 13,471 11,402 26,070 21,852
General and administrative 2,504 3,035 6,293 5,958
Total operating expenses 25,063 23,015 50,693 44,451
         
Income from operations 7,262 4,652 13,556 6,960
Interest and other expense, net -- (1) (59) (31)
Income before provision for income taxes 7,262 4,651 13,497 6,929
Provision for income taxes  2,476 1,735 4,522 2,675
Net income $ 4,786  $  2,916  $  8,975  $  4,254 
         
Basic net income per common share $ 0.21 $  0.14 $  0.40 $  0.20
Diluted net income per common share $ 0.21 $   0.13 $   0.39 $   0.19
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding 22,240 21,251 22,149 21,090
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding 22,687 21,788 22,646 21,675
   
OPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP INCOME
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
   
  Three Months Ended
 September 30,
  Three Months Ended  June 30,  
  2011   2010   2011  
             
GAAP gross profit $ 32,325   $ 27,667    $ 31,924  
Stock-based compensation expense included in cost of revenue  27    23      26  
Amortization of intangibles included in cost of revenue  537    499      540  
Non-GAAP gross profit $ 32,889   $ 28,189    $ 32,490  
             
GAAP income from operations $   7,262   $ 4,652    $  6,294  
Stock-based compensation expense – total (included in cost of revenue and in
operating expenses)
   606    389        539  
Amortization of intangibles -- total (included in cost of revenue and in
research and development expenses)
   562    525        565  
Non-GAAP income from operations $ 8,430   $ 5,566     $ 7,398  
             
GAAP net income $ 4,786   $  2,916    $ 4,189  
Stock-based compensation expense -- total  606     389       539   
Amortization of intangibles -- total  562    525      565  
Provision for income tax  (479) (1) (366) (2)    (453) (1)
Non-GAAP net income $ 5,475   $  3,464    $ 4,840  
             
Diluted net income per common share:            
GAAP $ 0.21   $  0.13    $ 0.18  
Non-GAAP $ 0.24   $ 0.16    $ 0.21  
             
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding            
GAAP   22,687    21,788      22,637  
Non-GAAP  22,687    21,788      22,637  
(1) Reflects the tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments above at the statutory rate of 41% based on projected taxable income.
(2) Reflects the tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments above at the statutory rate of 40% based on actual taxable income.
 
 
OPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 (in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
  September 30, March 31,
  2011 2011
ASSETS
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents  $ 71,718   $ 83,296
Marketable securities  39,640  31,432
Accounts receivable, net  36,685 32,597
Unbilled accounts receivable  1,586 1,915
Inventory 893 666
Deferred income taxes, prepaid expenses and other current assets 7,924  4,289
Total current assets 158,446 154,195
     
Property and equipment, net 13,805 12,701
Intangible assets, net 3,380 4,507
Goodwill 15,406 15,406
Deferred income taxes and other assets 5,607  5,014
Total assets  $ 196,644 $ 191,823
     
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:    
Accounts payable $ 2,316  $ 1,247
Accrued liabilities 13,212 14,698
Other income taxes 157 186
Deferred rent 207 182
Deferred revenue 39,030  42,282
Total current liabilities 54,922 58,595
     
Accrued liabilities 77 107
Deferred rent 2,731 2,422
Deferred revenue 5,023 5,215
Other income taxes 734 661
Total liabilities 63,487 67,000
     
Stockholders' equity:    
Common stock 30 30
Additional paid-in capital 126,499 121,230
Retained earnings 28,944 25,348
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (871) (649)
Treasury stock, at cost (21,445) (21,136)
Total stockholders' equity 133,157 124,823
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 196,644 $ 191,823

            

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