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Dynasil Corporation of America Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2018 Revenue Increase of 19%NEWTON, Mass., Aug. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Dynasil Corporation of America (NASDAQ: DYSL), a developer and manufacturer of optics and photonics products, optical detection and analysis technology and components for the homeland security, medical and industrial markets, today announced consolidated revenue of $10.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2018, a 19% increase over the same period in fiscal year 2017. "I am happy to report our Optics segment revenue showed a 27% increase for the quarter as compared to the same period last year – the third consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in Optics' revenue," said CEO Peter Sulick. "Our Research segment revenue increased 10% this quarter as compared to the same quarter last year, largely due to an increase in commercial revenue. "Additionally, gross profit for the three months was 40% of revenues, as compared to 38% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2017. Our Optics segment gross margin increased to 37% of revenues in the quarter ended June 30, 2018, as compared to 34% of revenues for the same period in 2017, as a direct result of the increase in revenue and specific steps taken to improve gross margin. Gross profit in the Contract Research segment remained steady at 43% in the quarter ended June 30, 2018, compared to the same quarter in 2017." For the nine months ended June 30, 2018, overall gross profit was $11.7 million, or 39% of sales, compared to $10.7 million, or 38% of sales for the nine months ended June 30, 2017. Gross profit for the Optics segment increased approximately $0.9 million to $6.0 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2018, compared to the gross profit for the same period in fiscal year 2017. "The significantly improved performance of our operating companies is a further confirmation of our continuing strategy of growing the commercial side of our company and our product revenue within RMD, while maintaining our Contract Research revenue at a steady level with a $30.0 million backlog," continued Mr. Sulick. "We adopted this strategy four years ago. We anticipate a number of products coming to market for RMD over the next few years. While we do not anticipate any one of these products being extremely significant for RMD, the cumulative effect should be noticeably positive for RMD's commercial revenue in the coming two to three years. This is exciting for us, as it is confirmation that our contract research business can supply product development opportunities for our operating divisions, as well as for RMD." Certain key metrics by segment for the current quarter and the same quarter last year are presented below:
Net income attributable to common stockholders was approximately $0.4 million or $0.02 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 and a net loss of approximately ($0.2) million or ($0.01) per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. Year to date net income attributable to common stockholders was approximately $0.9 million or $0.05 per share for the nine months ended June 30, 2018 and approximately $2.6 million or $0.15 per share for the nine month period ended June 30, 2017, largely as a result of the release of the tax valuation allowance due to the federal tax deconsolidation of Xcede from the Company in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017. During the quarter ended June 30, 2018, the Company completed its state PATH 2015 R&E Tax Credit analysis which resulted in an additional $800,000 of tax credits, largely against future state tax expenses. Due to the Company's state tax filing status requiring Dynasil to continue to consolidate the Xcede losses for state tax purposes, this credit had a full tax valuation reserve applied to it and, accordingly, is not reflected in the statement of operations for the quarter. The PATH 2015 R&E Tax Credit totals approximately $2.1 million, of which the Federal component of $1.3 million is reflected in the Statement of Operations for the nine months ended June 30, 2018. This $800,000 of additional state PATH 2015 R&E Tax Credit is available as an offset to future state tax expenses. Conference Call Information About Dynasil Forward-Looking Statements The statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10 Q which are not historical facts, are forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future results are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections and the beliefs and assumptions of our management, including, without limitation, our expectations regarding results of operations, our compliance with the financial covenants under our loan agreements with Middlesex Savings Bank and Massachusetts Capital Resource Company the commercialization of our technology, our development of new technologies, the future prospects of Xcede's patch technology, the adequacy of our current financing sources to fund our current operations, our growth initiatives, governmental budgetary and funding matters, our capital expenditures and the strength of our intellectual property portfolio. These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "intends," "may," "could," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "continue" or similar terms, though not all forward-looking statements contain such words. The actual results of the future events described in such forward looking statements could differ materially from those stated in such forward looking statements due to a number of important factors. These factors that could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated or predicted include, without limitation, our ability to develop and commercialize our products, including obtaining regulatory approvals, the size and growth of the potential markets for our products and our ability to serve those markets, the rate and degree of market acceptance of any of our products, the ability of Xcede's Board of Directors to successfully contest the assertions by CBI under the collaboration arrangement and otherwise preserve value for its stockholders, including the viability of modifying the Xcede patch to address the shortcomings cited by CBI or selling or licensing Xcede's IP assets, general economic conditions, costs and availability of raw materials and management information systems, our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our products, results of Xcede's programs which may not support further development, competition, the loss of key management and technical personnel, our ability to obtain timely payment of our invoices to governmental customers, changing priorities or reductions in government spending, litigation, the effect of governmental regulatory developments, the availability of financing sources, our ability to comply with our debt obligations, our ability to deleverage our balance sheet, our ability to identify and execute on acquisition opportunities and integrate such acquisitions into our business, and seasonality, as well as the uncertainties set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on December 20, 2017, including the risk factors contained in Item 1A, and from time to time in the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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