BIO-key Q2’25 Revenue Rose 49% Driven by Increases Across All Three Segments; Launches “BIO-key CyberDefense Initiative” to Support Growing Global Investment in Military and Defense Preparedness; Investor Call 10am ET Today

HOLMDEL, N.J., Aug. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key® International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BKYI), an innovative provider of workforce and customer Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions featuring passwordless, phoneless and tokenless enhanced biometric authentication, announced results for its second quarter (Q2’25) and six months (6M’25) ended June 30, 2025. BIO-key is hosting an investor call today at 10:00am ET (details below).

Q2 Key Highlights

• Foreign Defense Ministry Awarded BIO-key over $600K in Follow-On orders for Secure Biometric Access to Critical Information.

• BIO-key and Runlevel Secured First Major IAM Deployment with a National Bank in Mozambique, Extending a Growing List of Banking Customers.

• BIO-key Partnered with Cloud Distribution Co. of Saudi Arabia to Expand IAM and Biometric Security Solutions Across the Middle East [and with Arrow ECS Iberia to Strengthen Market Access in Spain and Portugal].

• Completed Initial Phase Biometric-Based Deployment for a New International Defense Agency Customer.

BIO-key CEO, Mike DePasquale commented, “BIO-key’s Q2 revenue improved both sequentially and versus last year as we make steady progress advancing our direct and channel sales efforts which have been refocused solely on BIO-key branded solutions principally in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as well as domestic markets.

BIO-key CyberDefense Initiative
“In addition to ongoing engagement in core North American enterprise markets, we are pursuing the substantial potential for IAM and biometric enabled solutions within the global defense market. Building on our growing base of highly respected military and defense customers across Europe, South America and the Middle East, we are forming the BIO-key CyberDefense Initiative. We are assembling a team of seasoned cybersecurity sales and support resources with specific military and intelligence expertise to engage with leading defense industry prime contractors to expand our market reach and potential. We expect this initiative to be supported by the recent and significant ramp in European defense spending commitments, including the clear shift toward cyber resilience as a security priority for European nations.

“This initiative positions us as a trusted provider of MFA, IAM and biometric enabled solutions to Ministries of Defense, Armed Forces, Intelligence and defense-integrated partners to support classified access environments aligned with European Union, NATO and other cyber frameworks. EU Member states are expected to spend €350B or more on defense in 2026, with Germany alone boosting its defense budget by over 30% to €83 billion from its 2025 level, with a meaningful portion set aside to ensure cyber resilience.

“We believe BIO-key’s successful track record in providing efficient, robust and highly secure authentication and identification solutions to the most discriminating defense sector IT groups puts us in a very strong position to capitalize on this opportunity both in Europe and around the globe. With a robust pipeline of existing opportunities, based on expected procurement cycles, we expect to see meaningful contract activity in the first half of next year.

“Turning back to our Q2’25 performance, gross margin moderated to 73% vs. 77% in Q2’24, reflecting an increase in hardware sales as a percentage of total revenue. We made further progress reducing total operating expenses to $2.3M in Q2’25 vs. $2.5M in Q2’24 as we trimmed selling, general and administrative expense by 13.5% compared to last year, more than offsetting a $45,000 increase in R&D expense. Q2’25 SG&A did reflect roughly $0.3M in expenses related to our global sales efforts, as well as the launch of new marketing initiatives that capitalize on customer traction and our core strengths in biometric enabled identification. Our R&D investments are currently advancing a significant platform modernization and deployment improvements for PortalGuard IDaaS. This is the first major upgrade of the platform since 2018, with a targeted release in Q4’25.

“With increasing interest in our biometric solutions, growing adoption of passwordless, phoneless and tokenless IAM solutions, a strong margin profile, and revenue traction in EMEA markets, we are optimistic about our growth outlook. We feel that the security, flexibility, ease of deployment and the compelling ROI of our solutions, combined with growing market acceptance of the need, should position us to deliver improved top- and bottom-line results in 2025. Of course the timing of large customer orders or renewals is likely to cause quarter-to-quarter fluctuations in our financial performance. We also continue to pursue opportunities to reduce costs and lower our breakeven level to support our path to positive cash flow and profitability, while balancing these efforts with our product development and marketing efforts.”

Financial Results
Q2’25 revenues increased 49% to $1,696,907 from $1,141,286 a year ago, reflecting higher revenues across the business. Software license fees increased 4% to $806,087 in Q2’25 from $774,225 a year ago, principally due to the ramp up of BIO-key product sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) territories following the termination of sales and support of AuthControl products in Europe. BIO-key EMEA has been experiencing and expects to see growing engagement for its product suite based on the products’ unique combination of security, flexibility, biometric capabilities, ease of use, quick installation and [superior/compelling] value and return on investment relative to other solutions.

Services revenues increased to $321,996 in Q2’25 from $283,569 in Q2’24, largely due to custom services revenue related to a large upgrade for one customer. Q2’25 hardware sales increased to $568,824 from $83,492 in Q2’24, principally due to the expanding deployment of biometric security solutions of a long-term customer, as well as the sale of some of fully reserved hardware inventory.

Q2’25 gross profit increased 40% to $1,232,727 from $879,014 in Q2’24, reflecting gross margins of 73% and 77%, respectively. The gross profit decline is due primarily to the significant year-over-year increase in hardware revenues which carry lower margins.

Reflecting ongoing efforts to reduce costs across the business, BIO-key’s total operating expenses decreased by 8.5% to $2,316,577 from $2,533,100 in Q2’24. The improvement reflects a 13.5% reduction in SG&A expenses to $1,680,550 in Q2’25 from $1,941,866 in Q2’24, on lower administration, sales personnel costs, and professional service fees. RD&E expenses increased 7.6% to $636,027 compared to $591,234 in Q2’25, primarily related to increased professional services and personnel costs, offset by lower rent costs.

Reflecting higher revenues and the benefit of lower operating costs, BIO-key’s Q2’25 net loss improved to ($1,167,396), or ($0.20) per share, compared to ($1,666,950), or ($1.00) per share, in Q2’24. Per share results are based on weighted average basic shares outstanding of 5,821,133 in Q2’25 and 1,663,042 in Q2’24.

Balance Sheet
As of June 30, 2025, BIO-key’s total current assets were $4.0M, including $2.3M of cash and cash equivalents, $1.1M of net accounts receivable and due from factor, and $0.3M of inventory. This compares to total current assets of $1.9M, including $0.4M of cash and cash equivalents, $0.8M of net accounts receivable and due from factor, and $0.4M of inventory at December 31, 2024.

BIO-key further reduced its note payable by $0.4M in Q2’25, leaving a $0.3M balance on the original $2.3M note.

Call Details

About BIO-key International, Inc. (www.BIO-key.com)
BIO-key is revolutionizing authentication and cybersecurity with biometric-centric, multi-factor identity and access management (IAM) software securing access for over forty million users. BIO-key allows customers to choose the right authentication factors for diverse use cases, including phoneless, tokenless, and passwordless biometric options. Its hosted or on-premise PortalGuard IAM solution provides cost-effective, easy-to-deploy, convenient, and secure access to computers, information, applications, and high-value transactions.

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