TORONTO & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--POSaBIT Systems Corporation (CSE: PBIT), a leading financial technology company delivering unique payment processing and point-of-sale (POS) systems for cash-only businesses with a focus on the cannabis industry, is pleased to report its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.
During the third quarter, POSaBIT experienced increased revenues of 55% compared to the third quarter of last year. “We are pleased to witness continued strong demand for our retail payment and POS solutions,” said Ryan Hamlin, co-founder and CEO of POSaBIT. “In addition to our mission to provide the very best retail solutions across the cannabis landscape, we have increased our focus on growing operating margins, and have recently embarked on several restructuring activities to enhance our path to profitability.”
Financial Summary
Nine Months Ended |
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| in United States Dollars | Sept 30, |
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2019 |
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2018 |
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Total Revenue |
$ |
3,267,987 |
|
$ |
1,386,447 |
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Total Cost of Sales |
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2,704,342 |
|
|
1,373,290 |
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Gross Profit |
$ |
563,645 |
|
$ |
13,157 |
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Total Operating Expenses |
$ |
4,601,357 |
|
$ |
2,011,037 |
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Total Other Income (Expenses) |
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(5,917 |
) |
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(634,744 |
) |
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Loss and Comprehensive Loss |
$ |
(4,043,809 |
) |
$ |
(2,632,634 |
) |
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Basic and Diluted Loss per Common Share |
$ |
(.067 |
) |
$ |
(.115 |
) |
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Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding |
|
59,991,512 |
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|
22,820,113 |
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Third Quarter 2019 Financial Summary
Transactional Sales
Transactional sales totaled $15.8 million, representing an increase of 192% compared with $5.4 million in third quarter 2018.
Revenue
Total revenue was $1.15 million, up 55% compared with $740 thousand in third quarter 2018.
Gross Profit
Gross profit was $160 thousand, up 540% compared with a gross profit of $25 thousand in third quarter 2018.
Loss and Comprehensive Loss
Loss and comprehensive loss was $(813) thousand, or a loss of $(.010) per basic and diluted share, compared with a comprehensive loss of $(774) thousand, or a loss of $(.031) per basic and diluted share in third quarter 2018.
Financial Reports
Full details of the financial and operating results for the third quarter 2019 are described in the company’s consolidated financial statements with accompanying notes. The consolidated financial statements and additional information about POSaBIT are available on the company’s website at www.posabit.com/investor-relations or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Financial Outlook
POSaBIT provides guidance based on current market conditions and expectations. Please refer to the comments below regarding forward-looking statements.
POSaBIT updated its full year 2019 outlook to be:
- Revenue to grow in the range of approximately 70% to 90% year over year
- Cost of sales in the range of $3.5 million to $4.0 million
- Transactional sales will grow nearly 150% to approximately USD $55 million, assuming the average store processes between USD $350,000 and USD $500,000 per year through the POSaBIT service
- To expand POSaBIT’s footprint to end 2019 in 7 to 8 recreational and medical states.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our business strategy, product development, timing of product development, events and courses of action. Statements which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, outlook, expectations or intentions regarding the future including words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “objective,” “may,” “will,” “might,” “should,” “could,” “can,” “intend,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “plan,” “is designed to” or similar expressions suggesting future outcomes or the negative thereof or similar variations. Forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements about: our expectations regarding our expenses, sales and operations; our future customer concentration; our anticipated cash needs and our estimates regarding our capital requirements and our need for additional financing; our ability to anticipate the future needs of our customers; our plans for future products and enhancements of existing products; our future growth strategy and growth rate; our future intellectual property; and our anticipated trends and challenges in the markets in which we operate. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which POSaBIT will operate in the future, including the demand for our products, anticipated costs and ability to achieve goals. Although we believe that the assumptions underlying these statements are reasonable, they may prove to be incorrect. Given these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, business, economic and capital market conditions; the ability to manage our operating expenses, which may adversely affect our financial condition; our ability to remain competitive as other better financed competitors develop and release competitive products; regulatory uncertainties; market conditions and the demand and pricing for our products; our relationships with our customers, distributors and business partners; our ability to successfully define, design and release new products in a timely manner that meet our customers’ needs; our ability to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel; competition in our industry; our ability to maintain technological leadership; our ability to manage risks inherent in foreign operations; the impact of technology changes on our products and industry; our failure to develop new and innovative products; our ability to successfully maintain and enforce our intellectual property rights and defend third-party claims of infringement of their intellectual property rights; the impact of intellectual property litigation that could materially and adversely affect our business; our ability to manage working capital; and our dependence on key personnel. POSaBIT is an early stage company with a short operating history; it may not achieve profitability; and it may not actually achieve its plans, projections, or expectations.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from POSaBIT’s expectations include consumer sentiment towards POSaBIT’s products and blockchain/cryptocurrency exchange technology generally, litigation, global economic climate, loss of key employees and consultants, additional funding requirements, changes in laws, technology failures, competition, and failure of counterparties to perform their contractual obligations.
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About POSaBIT
POSaBIT (CSE: PBIT) is a financial technology company that delivers unique and innovative, blockchain-enabled payment processing and point-of-sale systems for cash-only businesses. POSaBIT specializes in resolving pain points for complex, high-risk, emerging industries like cannabis with an all-in-one solution that is compliant, user-friendly and utilizes top-of-the-line hardware. POSaBIT’s unique solution provides a safer and transparent environment for merchants while creating a better overall experience for the consumer. For additional information, visit: www.posabit.com.