Partial Dissection of 10-Q
posted on
Apr 21, 2009 08:59AM
You can draw your own conclusions from the calculated percentages below. It seems to me that the numbers are not unusual for such a company as PTSC. A few of my observations are below.
· R&D of $117,781 per Q equates to less than 4 good engineer’s salary. All engineering salaries may not be included under the R&D entry, but the number could be a concern given the fast moving competitive market they are in. Does anyone else have a better interpretation of this number?
· We can only guess at which part of costs are fixed and which parts are variable. Variable costs often go up as sales go up.
· Minimum additional revenue required to breakeven (assuming all expenses are fixed – simplistic, they are not) would be $2,529,354. Total revenue would then have been 3,939,555. So we might guess that the most optimistic estimate is PTSC needs at least $4M in gross revenue to breakeven. Looking at expenses %, a more realistic estimate might be at least $8M gross income to breakeven.
· Note: Each $4 million of net income = 1 cent earnings per share. My guess is they need $8M in gross income to breakeven, then an additional $8M gross income for each 1 cent EPS.
|
Product |
License |
Total |
% of Revenue |
Revenue |
$1,193,378 |
$216,823 |
$1,410,201 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of Sales |
$534,555 |
$89,195 |
$534,555 |
|
% of Revenue |
44.8% |
41.1% |
37.9% |
|
Amortization of intangibles |
|
|
$223,902 |
|
% of Revenue |
|
|
15.9% |
|
Total Cost of Sales |
|
|
$758,457 |
|
% of revenue |
|
|
53.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
|
R&D |
|
|
$117,781 |
8.4% |
Selling & Administration |
|
|
$2,088,100 |
148.1% |
Total Operating Expenses |
|
|
$2,205,881 |
|
% of Revenue |
|
|
156.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of Sales + Operating Expenses |
|
|
$2,964,338 |
|
% of Revenue |
|
|
210.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before taxes |
|
|
$2,529,354 |
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