Date: Aug 05, 2014 Author: Lynda Engler Source: Company Data (
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Northern Power Systems Announces Q2 2014 Financial Results
Strong revenue growth; substantially reduced EBITDA losses
Second Quarter 2014 Highlights:
Expanded quarterly revenues to $13.8 million from $4.3 million in the prior year period; revenue expansion driven by strong continued demand for the Company's distributed class turbines.
Reduced quarterly net loss to $2.2 million from $2.8 million in the prior year period, and quarterly non-GAAP EBITDA loss to $1.3 million from $3.0 million in the prior year quarter; driven by sales into higher wind regimes and production cost control.
Completed prototype of next generation distributed class turbine which will offer improved performance and economic returns.
Concluded capital raise of $22.3 million in April, supporting strategic plans for global expansion in sales of Northern Power's offerings.
Barre, VT USA (August 5, 2014) -- Northern Power Systems Corp. (TSX:NPS), a next generation renewable energy technology company, today announced financial results for its three and six month periods ended June 30, 2014.
"Our second quarter financial results demonstrated continued strong year-over-year revenue growth. With our next generation distributed turbine ready for the market and our capital raise concluded, we are planning our targeted expansion strategy to enter new regions and market sectors," said Troy Patton, president and chief executive officer. "We also continue to be very pleased with the scope of our strategic partnership with WEG Industries. WEG's production and delivery of 2MW turbines leveraging our licensed technology platform continues on pace to fill its current Brazilian orders of greater than 150 MW. The 3.3MW turbine now under development supported by Northern Power should add to a strong portfolio of offerings for WEG's commercialization of our permanent magnet/direct drive technology in this rapidly expanding market."
"Our significant reductions in quarterly net loss and non-GAAP EBITDA loss, at 22 percent and 58 percent year-over-year, respectively, are demonstrating our path toward break-even," commented Ciel Caldwell, chief financial officer. "We are optimistic in our continued progress of tracking to profitability."
Consolidated Financial Metrics:
Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2014 grew to $13.8 million, a 220 percent increase over revenue of $4.3 million reported in the prior year period.
Order backlog at June 30, 2014 was $41 million, a 21 percent increase over backlog of $34 million at June 30, 2013.
Gross margin (revenue minus the cost of revenue as a percent of total revenue) in the second quarter was 16 percent, up from a gross margin loss of 1 percent in the prior year period.
GAAP net loss for the second quarter was $2.2 million, representing a 22 percent decrease compared to a $2.8 million loss in the prior year period.
Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA loss for the second quarter was $1.3 million, representing a 58 percent decrease compared to a non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA loss of $3.0 million, in the prior year period.
Cash used in operations in the second quarter was $6.9 million, representing a 244 percent increase compared to a $2.0 million usage of cash for operations in the prior year period.
Debt at June 30, 2014 was $0 as compared to $12.5 million at December 31, 2013.
Webcast and conference call reminder
In conjunction with this announcement Northern Power Systems' management will present prepared remarks and participate in a question and answer session at 5:00 p.m EDT on August 5, 2014. Those who wish to view the presentation should visit the "Investors" section of the Northern Power Systems' website at http://www.ir.northernpower.com/events-and-presentations.aspx. The live call can be accessed domestically at +1-877-317-6789 and internationally at +1-412-317-6789. Participants should ask to be joined to the Northern Power Systems call.
About non-GAAP financial measures
To supplement Northern Power Systems' consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Northern Power Systems has used a non-GAAP financial measure, specifically non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA. Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income/(loss), excluding share-based compensation expense, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, depreciation of property, plant and equipment, interest expense, tax charges, and certain other non-cash charges, as applicable.
The presentation of non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. For more information on non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA, please see the table captioned "Reconciliation of GAAP net loss to non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA net loss" included at the end of this release. The table has more details on the GAAP financial measure that is most directly comparable to non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA and the related reconciliation between these financial measures.
Northern Power Systems' management believes that this non-GAAP financial measure provides meaningful supplemental information in assessing our performance and liquidity by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our recurring core business operating results, which could be non-cash charges or discrete cash charges that are infrequent in nature. This non-GAAP financial measure also has facilitated management's internal comparisons to Northern Power Systems' historical performance and our competitors' operating results, as well as reflects measurements which are used by creditors and other third parties in assessing our performance.
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About Northern Power Systems
Northern Power Systems designs, manufactures, and sells wind turbines, and provides engineering development services and technology licenses for energy applications, into the global marketplace from its US headquarters and European offices.
Northern Power Systems has almost 40 years' experience in technologies and products generating renewable energy.
Northern Power Systems currently manufactures the NPS™ 60 and NPS™ 100 turbines. With over 5 million run time hours across its global fleet, Northern Power wind turbines provide customers with clean, cost effective, reliable renewable energy.
Patented next generation permanent magnet/direct drive (PM/DD) technology uses fewer moving parts, delivers higher energy capture, and provides increased reliability due to reduced maintenance and downtime.
Northern Power Systems offers comprehensive in‐house development services, including systems level engineering, advanced drivetrains, power electronics, PM machine design, and remote monitoring systems to the energy industry.
Some of the world's largest manufacturers license the company's next generation technology and IP for their utility and distributed wind products and markets.
To learn more about Northern Power Systems, please visit www.northernpower.com.
