AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)—October 28, 2003--Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFT - News), a leading eBusiness solutions provider to Global 3000 companies in the central United States, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2003.
Financial Highlights
For the third quarter ended September 30, 2003:
- Revenue from services and software was up 21% to $7,221,616 versus $5,954,330 in the third quarter of 2002.
- Reported net income was $424,265 or $0.03 earnings per share compared to a net loss of ($507,195) or ($0.06) per share during the third quarter of 2002.
- Gross margin for services revenue was 42%, compared to 44% in the third quarter of 2002. Gross margin for software revenue was 14%, compared to 20% in the third quarter of 2002.
- EBITDA (a non-GAAP performance measure) was up 872% to $920,928 versus $94,826 during the third quarter of 2002.
"Q3 was another record quarter for operating income and EBITDA," said Jack McDonald, chairman and chief executive. "We substantially increased our earnings per share over Q2 2003 and continued to generate positive cash flow," he added. "Q3 also showed sequential growth in services revenue for the third consecutive quarter."
Other Q3 2003 Highlights
Among other Q3 2003 highlights, Perficient:
- Was ranked #151 in Deloitte & Touche’s 2003 Fast500, a listing of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America, from 1998-2002 and #9 on the 2003 Texas Fast50;
- Was ranked #1 on VARBusiness Magazine’s inaugural VAR500 Income Index, an index that ranked quarterly net income percentage growth from Q1 2003 to Q2 2003 among a cross section of the top 500 solution providers, integrators and IT consultants in North America;
- Was featured in BusinessWeek magazine’s “Inside Wall Street” column; and
- Added new customer relationships and follow-on projects with leading companies and organizations including: Amdocs, Anderson Corp., Caremark, Express-Scripts, KV Pharmaceuticals, MetLife, Paragon Life, Sheetz and others.
Conference Call Details
Perficient will host a conference call regarding third quarter 2003 financial results today at 3:30 p.m. CST. Dial-in information is as follows:
Toll-Free number: 800-450-0819
The conference call will be archived and available for replay from Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. CST through Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 11:00 p.m. CST. The replay information is as follows:
Toll-free number: 1-800-475-6701 (U.S. and Canada); 320-365-3844 (International)
Access Code: 702145
About Perficient
Perficient is the leading provider of eBusiness solutions to Global 3000 companies in the Central United States. Perficient helps companies acquire and strengthen their customer relationships, reduce their costs and empower their employees by helping them create Enabled Enterprises™, Web-based infrastructures with dynamically-integrated business applications that extend enterprise technology assets to customers, employees, suppliers and partners. Perficient is an award-winning “Premier Level” IBM business partner and a recognized expert in IBM’s WebSphere® software. Perficient’s other partners consist of leading eBusiness technology and services providers including Microsoft, Stellent, Bowstreet, Wily Technology, Tibco, Mainline, Digex, Fusion and others. For more information about Perficient, which has more than 140 professionals in the Central US and Canada, please visit http://www.perficient.com/.
IBM and WebSphere are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
Safe Harbor Statement
"Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risk and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the impact of competitive services, demand for services like those provided by the company and market acceptance risks, fluctuations in operating results, cyclical market pressures on the technology industry, the ability to manage strains associated with the company’s growth, credit risks associated with the company’s accounts receivable, the company’s ability to continue to attract and retain high quality employees, accurately set fees for and timely complete its current and future client projects, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company’s filings with Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent Form 10-KSB and Form 10-QSB.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
To supplement our unaudited consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), Perficient uses non-GAAP measures, such as EBITDA, which are adjusted from results based on GAAP to exclude certain expenses. Perficient believes these non-GAAP financial measures are important representations of a company’s financial performance and uses such non- GAAP information internally to evaluate and manage its operations. Management has provided information regarding EBITDA to assist investors in analyzing Perficient’s financial position and results of operations. These non-GAAP measures are provided to enhance the user’s overall understanding of our financial performance, but are not intended to be regarded as an alternative to or more meaningful than GAAP measures. The non-GAAP measures presented may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. A reconciliation of EBITDA to income (loss) from operations and net income (loss) is included in the unaudited consolidated statements of operations.