ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ORBCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ:ORBC), a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.
For Q2 of 2015, Total Revenues were up 85% year-over-year to $44.9 million. Service Revenues were up 61% over the prior year to $24.0 million. Second quarter 2015 Product Sales of $20.9 million were 122% higher than the prior year. ORBCOMM completed the acquisitions of SkyWave and InSync in the first quarter of 2015 which had a positive impact on year-over-year comparisons. Organic revenue growth for the second quarter of 2015 was 20%.
Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2015 was $10.3 million, adding $5.2 million or 102% higher than the prior year. ORBCOMM's basic EPS is a loss of ($0.17) for the second quarter of 2015 compared to $0.03 for the comparable period last year, lower largely due to an Impairment Loss of $12.7 million related to an OG2 satellite that lost communication (see Impairment Loss-satellite network below), Depreciation and Amortization expense of $6.6 million, higher by $4.5 million, related to additional satellites put into service in late-2014 and acquired intangible assets, higher Interest Expense of $1.3 million and Acquisition-Related and Integration costs of $1.1 million related to the recent acquisitions. Excluding Acquisition-Related and Integration costs of $1.1 million and the Satellite Impairment Loss of $12.7 million, Net Income (Loss) - Ex-Items, attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. Common Stockholders was $1.6 million and Basic EPS - Ex-Items was $0.02 for the second quarter of 2015 compared to Net Income (Loss) - Ex-Items, attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. Common Stockholders of $1.6 million and Basic EPS Ex-Items of $0.03 for the comparable period last year (see non-GAAP reconciliation table at the end of this release).
Net subscriber communicator additions for ORBCOMM were 35,000 in the second quarter of 2015, bringing the total billable subscriber communicators to 1,297,000 at June 30, 2015, compared to 915,000 at the end of the second quarter last year. Billable subscriber communicators increased 42% year-over-year.
ORBCOMM has been selected by a large transportation OEM to provide a customized global telematics platform for refrigeration units. This OEM's cold chain monitoring solution will provide its customers with a leading-edge, global wireless solution comprised of a full suite of products including a new version of hardware, sensors and connectivity. We expect to start deploying in North America in the first quarter of 2016 with other regions following thereafter.
In Q2 of 2015, ORBCOMM received a number of prestigious Internet of Things (IoT) and M2M industry awards recognizing the company's technological innovation and leadership.
On June 26, 2015, ORBCOMM announced that it was recognized by the 13th Annual American Business Awards with two 2015 Silver Stevie® Awards for the Most Innovative Company of the Year as well as the Communications Team of the Year. More than 3,300 nominations were submitted to The 2015 American Business Awards, and more than 200 executives nationwide participated in judging.
On June 4, 2015, ORBCOMM announced that it was named a winner of two Internet of Things (IoT) Evolution Product of the Year Awards for the ORBCOMM GT 1000 and the SkyWave IDP-782 by TMC, a global, integrated media company. The TMC award honors the best systems and solutions in IoT technology that are delivering on the promise of gathering information regardless of proximity.
On May 28, 2015, ORBCOMM announced that it won Connected World magazine's inaugural 2015 Internet of Things (IoT) Innovations Award for both the ORBCOMM GT 1100 and the SkyWave IDP-782 hardware solutions. The winning business and consumer products were selected based on a variety of criteria, including most creative and technologically advanced products, services and platforms.
"We've been extremely active in product development, creating a number of award-winning solutions. As these solutions have hit the market, it's led to record quarters for revenues. We are shipping a significant amount of new product, which we expect to lead to strong Service Revenues in the second half of the year," said Marc Eisenberg, ORBCOMM's Chief Executive Officer. "We are pleased to see that our work at integrating our most recent acquisitions, and building scale across the business is making an impact on our business. Large deployments such as Hub, Doosan and now the large transportation OEM, are continuing to solidify our market leadership position in the global M2M industry."
"Results for the second quarter were operationally very strong with record Total Revenues, significant organic revenue growth of 20%, and good cost controls driving Adjusted EBITDA to $10.3 million at a margin of 23%," said Robert Costantini, Chief Financial Officer of ORBCOMM. "Excluding the satellite Impairment Loss and the Acquisition-Related and Integration costs, we had Net Income - Ex-Items of $1.6 million and Basic EPS - Ex-Items of $0.02 per share."
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2015, Service Revenues were up 61% over the prior year period in 2014 to $24.0 million. The increase in Service Revenues in Q2 of 2015 was driven by both organic growth and the recent acquisitions.
Product Sales during the second quarter of 2015 were $20.9 million compared to $9.4 million during the same period last year, increasing $11.5 million or 122%. The quarterly year-over-year increase in Product Sales was driven by large customer orders for our solutions, and was aided by sales from the acquired companies.
Total Revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 were $44.9 million compared to $24.3 million during the same period of 2014, an increase of 85%.
Total direct costs and operating expenses for the second quarter of 2015 were $56.4 million compared to $22.5 million during the same period in 2014. Direct costs, exclusive of Depreciation and Amortization, increased year-over-year largely due to increases in both Service Revenues and Product Sales and costs to operate the companies acquired. Gross Profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was $21.8 million compared to $13.1 million for the prior year quarter, increasing $8.7 million or 66% due to the increase in Service Revenues and Product Sales. Operating Expenses were higher than the prior year period primarily due to expenses from the companies acquired such as acquired employees, an Impairment Loss of $12.7 million related to an OG2 satellite that lost communication, higher Depreciation and Amortization, and higher Acquisition-Related and Integration costs of $1.1 million related to the recent acquisitions.
In June 2015, the Company lost communication with one of the in-orbit OG2 satellites. While we are still trying to recover the satellite, due to the extended period without communication we are recording an impairment charge of $12.7 million to write-off the net book value of this satellite as of June 30, 2015. The loss of this one satellite is not expected to have a material adverse effect on network communications services. Prior to losing communication, this satellite experienced two short outages. Since the other OG2 satellites have not exhibited this problem, the Company believes the loss of communication is likely a workmanship or piece part issue, specific to this one satellite. Under the terms of our in-orbit insurance program, this satellite would be the first of our three satellite deductible across both OG2 launch missions.
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes for the second quarter of 2015 was a loss of ($12.6) million compared to income of $1.9 million for the second quarter of 2014, lower primarily due to higher costs as described above and higher Interest Expense of $1.3 million.
Net Income (Loss) attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. Common Stockholders was a loss of ($12.2) million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 compared to income of $1.4 million for the same three-month period in 2014. Basic Earnings Per Share were a loss of ($0.17) for the second quarter of 2015 versus $0.03 for the second quarter of 2014. Excluding Acquisition-Related and Integration costs of $1.1 million and the Satellite Impairment Loss of $12.7 million, Net Income (Loss) - Ex-Items, attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. Common Stockholders was $1.6 million and Basic EPS - Ex-Items was $0.02 for the second quarter of 2015 compared to Net Income (Loss) - Ex-Items, attributable to ORBCOMM Inc. Common Stockholders of $1.6 million and Basic EPS Ex-Items of $0.03 for the comparable period last year.
EBITDA for the second quarter of 2015 was a loss of $4.7 million compared to a gain of $4.0 million in the second quarter of 2014 and includes a $12.7 million Impairment Loss and $1.1 million in Acquisition-Related and Integration costs.
Adjusted EBITDA was $10.3 million for the second quarter of 2015 compared to $5.1 million in the second quarter of 2014, an increase of 102%.
At June 30, 2015, Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash were $65.9 million, compared to $81.9 million at March 31, 2015, decreasing $16.0 million. Cash decreased primarily due to Capital Expenditures of $18.6 million mostly related to milestone payments for the OG2 program, offset by Cash from Operations of $2.5 million.
ORBCOMM will host a conference call and webcast for the investment community this morning at 10:30 AM ET. Senior management will review the results, discuss ORBCOMM's business, and address questions. To access the call, domestic participants should dial 1-888-778-9065 at least ten minutes prior to the start of the call. International callers should dial 1-913-312-1453. To hear a live web simulcast or to listen to the archived webcast following completion of the call, please visit the Company's website at www.orbcomm.com, select the "Investors" tab, then select "Presentations" to access the link to the call. To listen to a telephone replay of the conference call, please dial 1-888-203-1112 domestically or 1-719-457-0820 internationally and enter reservation identification number 1269201. The replay will be available from approximately 3:30 PM ET on August 6, 2015, through 3:30 PM ET on August 20, 2015.
Certain statements discussed in this presentation constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to our plans, estimates, objectives and expectations for future events and other statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements, including those concerning our expectations and estimates, are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results, projected, expected or implied by the forward-looking statements, some of which are beyond our control, that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: the costs and expenses associated with the acquisition of SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. ("SkyWave"); failure to successfully integrate SkyWave with our existing operations or failure to realize the expected benefits of the acquisition of SkyWave; dependence of SkyWave's business on its commercial relationship with Inmarsat plc and the services provided by Inmarsat plc, including the continued availability of Inmarsat plc's satellites; substantial losses we have incurred and may continue to incur; demand for and market acceptance of our products and services and the applications developed by us and our resellers; market acceptance and success of our Automatic Identification System business; dependence on a few significant customers, including a concentration in Brazil for SkyWave, loss or decline or slowdown in the growth in business from key customers, such as Caterpillar Inc., Komatsu Ltd., Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Union Pacific Railroad and Maersk Lines, and other value-added resellers, or VARs, and international value-added resellers, or IVARs for ORBCOMM and Onixsat, Satlink and Sascar, and other value-added Solution Providers, or SPs, for SkyWave; dependence on a few significant vendors or suppliers, loss or disruption or slowdown in the supply of products and services from key vendors, such as Inmarsat plc. and Amplus Communication Pte Ltd.; loss or decline or slowdown in growth in business of any of the specific industry sectors we serve, such as transportation, heavy equipment, fixed assets and maritime; our potential future need for additional capital to execute on our growth strategy; additional debt service acquired with or incurred in connection with existing or future business operations; our acquisitions may expose us to additional risks, such as unexpected costs, contingent or other liabilities, or weaknesses in internal controls, and expose us to issues related to non-compliance with domestic and foreign laws, particularly regarding our acquisitions of businesses domiciled in foreign countries; the terms of our credit agreement, under which we currently have borrowed $150 million and may borrow up to an additional $10 million, could restrict our business activities or our ability to execute our strategic objectives or adversely affect our financial performance; the inability to effect suitable investments, alliances and acquisitions or the failure to integrate and effectively operate the acquired businesses; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; the inability of our subsidiaries, international resellers and licensees to develop markets outside the United States; the inability to obtain or maintain the necessary regulatory authorizations, approvals or licenses, including those that must be obtained and maintained by third parties, for particular countries or to operate our satellites; technological changes, pricing pressures and other competitive factors; satellite construction and launch failures, delays and cost overruns of our next-generation satellites and launch vehicles; in-orbit satellite failures or reduced performance of our existing satellites; our inability to replenish or expand our satellite constellation; the failure of our system or reductions in levels of service due to technological malfunctions or deficiencies or other events; significant liabilities created by products we sell; litigation proceedings; inability to operate due to changes or restrictions in the political, legal, regulatory, government, administrative and economic conditions and developments in the United States and other countries and territories in which we provide our services; ongoing global economic instability and uncertainty; changes in our business strategy; and the other risks described in our filings with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements or cautionary factors except as required by law. For more detail on these and other risks, please see Part I, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as amended, and other documents, on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.