Tucows Inc.
Tucows Inc. Reports Record Revenue
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Tucows Inc., a provide of Tucows whois and domain registration, released Q2'06 results.
Highlights for the Tucows Inc. second quarter included:
- Successful completion of the acquisition and integration
of Mailbank.com Inc. (NetIdentity) by Tucows Inc.;
- A 31% year-over-year increase in net revenue of Tucows Inc. to a record
$15.7 million;
- Net income of $0.2 million, notwithstanding $0.5 million
of transitional costs related to the Critical Path hosted
messaging asset acquisition;
- Adjusted EBITDA growth of 120% at Tucows Inc. to $1.8 million;
- Cash flow from operations of $3.2 million, Tucows Inc.'s nineteenth consecutive quarter of positive cash flow from
operations;
- An 18% year-over-year increase in deferred revenue to
a record $43.2 million;
- The addition of three large hosted email customers.
"Our continued strong results for the quarter were driven
by contributions across our range of service offerings, with
almost 50% of gross margin generated by Internet services
other than domain names," said Elliot Noss, President and
Chief Executive Officer, Tucows Inc. "Our revenue growth was
driven about equally by organic growth and the contributions
of our acquisitions. Our hosted email business continues to
perform above expectations following the Critical Path asset
acquisition. During the quarter, we added three significant
customers. This is a testament to the strength of Tucows'
reputation, the value of the acquired platform and our customer
relationships. At the same time, we are seeing continued leverage
in our business model as evidenced by the decrease in our
operating expenses as a percentage of revenue.".
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Tucows Inc. net revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 increased
31% to $15.7 million from $12.0 million for the second quarter
of fiscal 2005. The increase was primarily the result of the
acquisition of the hosted messaging assets of Critical Path,
Inc., as well as a higher number of domain transactions and
higher revenue from Internet services.
Tucows Inc. net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 was $0.2
million, or $0.00 per share (notwithstanding $0.5 million
of transitional costs related to the Critical Path hosted
messaging asset acquisition) compared with $0.5 million, or
$0.01 per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2005. Adjusted
EBITDA for the second quarter of fiscal 2006 doubled to $1.8
million, or 11.2% of net revenue, from $0.8 million, or 6.7%
of net revenue, for the corresponding quarter of last year.
Tucows Inc. deferred revenue at the end the second quarter of fiscal
2006 was $43.2 million, an increase of 18% from $36.6 million
at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005 and an increase
of 5% from $41.1 million at the end of the first quarter of
fiscal 2006.
Tucows Inc. cash, short-term investments and restricted cash at the end
of the second quarter of fiscal 2006 decreased to $7.0 million
from $15.8 million at the end of the second quarter of fiscal
2005 and $11.8 million at the end of the first quarter of
fiscal 2006. The decrease compared to the end of the first
quarter of fiscal 2006 is primarily the result of cash payments
of $5.8 million for part of the purchase price of Mailbank.com
Inc. (NetIdentity). Tucows Inc. also invested $2.4 million
in property and equipment, primarily to improve its Internet
services infrastructure to take advantage of hosted email
opportunities that are materializing earlier than expected
and to strengthen the integrity of its network. These investments
were partially offset by positive cash flow from operations
for the quarter of $3.2 million.
Cash flow from operations for Tucows Inc. in the second quarter of fiscal
2006 included cash provided by working capital and other activities
of $2.4 million and reflects changes in accounts receivable,
accounts payable, accrued expenses, deferred revenue and prepaid
domain name registry fees. The increases in accounts receivable
and accounts payable were largely due to the Critical Path
asset acquisition. Accounts payable was also impacted by the
aforementioned investment in infrastructure. Tucows Inc. does
not expect these levels of accounts receivable and accounts
payable to continue.
Tucows
Inc. Press Release
Tucows Inc. Website
This press release was posted August 9th, 2006.
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