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Geospace Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Results
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Geospace Technologies (NASDAQ: GEOS) today announced that revenue for the year ended September 30, 2019 increased by 26% to $95.8

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[{"type":"text","content":" HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nGeospace Technologies (NASDAQ: GEOS) today announced that revenue for the year ended September 30, 2019 increased by 26% to $95.8 million compared to revenue of $75.7 million for the comparable year ago period. Net loss for the year ended September 30, 2019 narrowed to $146,000, or $(0.01) per diluted share compared to a net loss of $19.2 million, or ($1.45) per diluted share for the comparable year-ago period.\n\n\nFor the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2019, the company reported revenue of $28.9 million, an increase of approximately 40%, compared to revenue of $20.6 million for the comparable year-ago period. For the year ended September 30, 2019, the company reported net income of $8.7 million, or $0.63 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $0.2 million, or ($0.02) per diluted share for the prior year.\n\n\nThe company noted that both the 2019 fiscal year and the fourth quarter periods benefited from (i) a $7.0 million gain on the sale of non-essential real estate and (ii) a $2.1 million net reduction to the fair value of contingent consideration related to the acquisitions of Quantum and OptoSeis®. Excluding these favorable adjustments, the fiscal year 2019 net loss was $9.3 million, or $(0.70) per diluted share, and the 2019 fourth quarter net loss was $0.5 million, or $(0.04) per diluted share. The company also noted the 2018 fiscal year fourth quarter benefited from the reversal of a $2.3 million bad debt previously recorded in the 2018 third quarter.\n\n\nWalter R. (“Rick”) Wheeler, President and CEO of Geospace Technologies said, “Increasing demand for our company’s rental equipment fueled fourth quarter and year-end results. Fiscal fourth quarter revenue surged by approximately 40% to $28.9 million , and together with gross profit of $10.4 million, reflect the highest quarterly figures in more than five years. Total revenue for the year ended September 30, 2019 increased by 26% to $95.8 million, while gross profit nearly tripled to $31.4 million. We attribute the higher revenue and improved results to additional gross profit realized from our growing rental equipment business. On a pro forma basis to exclude the favorable adjustments noted above, our 2019 fiscal year and fourth quarter losses declined by 52% and 80%, respectively, compared to the similar prior year periods.”\n\n\n...