WidePoint Corporation Reports Solid Year-over-Year Revenue Growth and Margin Expansion in First Quarter of 2010

WASHINGTON, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WidePoint Corporation (NYSE Amex: WYY), a specialist in wireless mobility management and cybersecurity solutions, today announced financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2010.

First Quarter 2010 Highlights

• Net revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 increased 10.1% to $11.2 million from $10.1 million in last year's comparable period.
• Growth was driven by a 9% year-over-year increase in Wireless Mobility Management segment revenue and a 19% increase in Consulting Services segment revenue.
• Gross profit increased 25% to approximately $2.6 million (22.6% gross margin), compared to $2.0 million (20.2% gross margin).
• Operating income was approximately $299,000, a 28% increase, compared to operating income of approximately $234,000 in last year's comparable period.
• Net income increased 85% to approximately $239,000, compared to net income of approximately $129,000, in last year's comparable period.

Corporate Activities

• In January 2010, WidePoint, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Advanced Response Concepts Corporation, consummated the acquisition of the assets and relationships of VUANCE, Inc.'s Government Solutions Division, which focuses on security solutions for locating, credentialing, and managing critical personnel and "first responders" in emergency management situations.

Steve Komar, CEO, WidePoint commented, "This quarter's performance represents a solid start to the year as we grew revenue in all business segments and expanded our margins in the first quarter of 2010 over the first quarter of 2009. Our Wireless Mobility Management segment continues to gain traction within the federal government, and we are increasing our presence in state and local government entities as well, due to our proven ability to manage mobile phone assets to optimize environments while substantially reducing expenses. In addition, our Consulting Services segment benefited from a greater mix of higher-margin direct consulting services. While our CyberSecurity Solutions business posted nominal growth in Q1 2010, we expect this segment's revenue to increase and accelerate as federal agencies and state and local jurisdictions strengthen their requirements for identity management and deploy technologies to secure their information technology infrastructure. "

First Quarter Financial Results

Net revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased approximately $1.0 million, or 10.1%, to $11.2 million from $10.1 million in last year's comparable period. This was primarily due to annual growth in the Wireless Mobility Management and Consulting Services segments, which increased 9% and 19%, respectively. CyberSecurity Solutions also increased modestly in the first quarter.

Gross profit for the quarter increased 25% to approximately $2.6 million, representing 22.6% gross margin, compared to $2.0 million (20.2% gross margin) last year. Total operating expenses increased 23.0% to $2.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 compared to $1.8 million for the year-ago period. Operating expenses as a percentage of sales increased approximately 200 basis points to 19.9% from 17.8% in the year-ago period, due to increases in both sales and marketing and in general and administrative expenses. Sales and marketing expenses increased with the addition of several new hires, tools, and service infrastructure improvements in the first quarter of 2010. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily attributable to costs associated with the newly acquired "frequent responder" security business, as were a non-recurring increase in legal expenses associated with that acquisition during the first quarter.

WidePoint reported operating income of approximately $299,000 in the first quarter, up approximately 27.7% from approximately $234,000 in the first quarter last year. Net income was approximately $239,000, or $0.004 per fully diluted share, up approximately 85.6% compared to net income of approximately $129,000, or $0.002 per fully diluted share, in the year-ago period.  

WidePoint CFO Jim McCubbin added, "During the first quarter, which is traditionally our slowest quarter, we grew revenue by 10.1%, primarily in our Wireless Mobility Management and Consulting Services segments as we executed new contract awards and renewals and expanded work from our current customer base materially during the month of March.  Gross profit, for the quarter, increased by 23.5% year-over-year, primarily from higher-margins associated with improved economies of scale in our Wireless Mobility Management and CyberSecurity/PKI segments and a from a greater mix of higher-margin direct consulting services compared to lower margin software reselling in our consulting services segment. This led to improved operating and net margins, despite the higher cost of revenue and increased operating expenses, demonstrating the leverage in our operating model."

Mr. McCubbin concluded, "We continue to expect to continue to grow our top-line and expand our profitability in 2010.  For 2010, management expects to:

• Increase consolidated revenues by 20-30%
• Continue to expand gross margins and operating margins. Management has targeted gross margins in the range of 22-26% and operating margins in the range of 6-8%
• Maintain or decrease selling, general and administrative costs as a percent of total revenue
• Accelerate the growth rate of net income."

Conference Call Information

A conference call and live webcast will take place at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on  Monday, May 17, 2010. Anyone interested in participating should call 1-877-941-2069 if calling within the United States or 1-480-629-9713 if calling internationally. There will be a playback available until May 24, 2010. To listen to the playback, please call 1-800-406-7325 if calling within the United States or 1-303-590-3030 if calling internationally. Please use pin number 4293918 for the replay.

The call will also be accompanied live by webcast over the Internet and accessible at http://viavid.net/dce.aspx?sid=000074C6.

About WidePoint

WidePoint is a specialist in providing wireless mobility management and cybersecurity solutions utilizing its advanced information technology products and services. WidePoint has several wholly owned subsidiaries holding major government and commercial contracts including, Operational Research Consultants, Inc., iSYS, LLC, Protexx, Advanced Response Concepts, Inc., and WidePoint IL. WidePoint enables organizations to deploy fully compliant IT services in accordance with government-mandated regulations and advanced system requirements. For more information, visit http://www.widepoint.com.

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SOURCE WidePoint Corporation

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