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VirTra, Inc. (VTSI)

Q2 2017 Earnings Call· Mon, Aug 14, 2017

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Larry Clark

Management

Good day, and welcome to the Second Quarter 2017 VirTra Inc. Earnings Webcast. My name is Larry Clark, Investor Relations Counsel for the Company, and I will be moderating the webcast today. By now you should have received a copy of today's press release. If not, it's available on the Company's website at www.VirTra.com. The press release also includes a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures used therein. In addition, you can access the Company's second quarter financial report on the corporate section of the website under company reports tab. This webcast is being recorded and will be available for replay for 60 days on the Company's website starting later this afternoon. Before we continue, please take a moment to read the Company's notice regarding forward-looking statements. During this webcast, management may discuss financial projections, information, or expectations about the Company's products and services or markets, or otherwise make statements about the future which statements are forward-looking and subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update them except as required by law. Presenting today for management will be Bob Ferris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Following Bob's remarks and similar to our first quarter webcast, we will review and answer questions that have been received in advance by email as time permits. Now I would like to turn the presentation over to Bob Ferris.

Bob Ferris

Management

Thank you, Larry. Welcome everyone and we appreciate you joining us today. We are very pleased to report a very strong second quarter converting a significant portion of our first quarter orders and backlog into realized revenue. During the quarter we generated total revenue a $5.3 million up 55% from the year ago period and a gross profit of $3.8 million almost double the amount recorded in the second quarter of 2016. We generated second quarter net income of $1.6 million up from $361,000 in the year ago quarter. Our financial results for the quarter represent the second highest level of both revenue and net income in the company's history as a testament to the dedicated efforts of the entire VirTra team. In addition we have generated positive cash flow from operations year to date and continue to maintain a strong balance sheet. From a new sales perspective we remain active during the quarter even though we didn't announce any major new contracts as our new business involved a number of smaller contracts. We continue to be encouraged by the traction that we are receiving in both domestic and international markets based on our ongoing investment in sales and marketing. As we have discussed in the past our orders and our revenue can and will vary from quarter to quarter due to the long sales cycle involved in our business as well as the timing of installations that are driven by our customer schedules and their ability to have their training facilities ready to receive our equipment. That being said we are encouraged by our strong start to 2017. In addition to our strong financial results in the second quarter we continue to make progress on our other corporate goals and initiatives such as our focus on moving to a…

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A - Larry Clark

Management

Thanks, Bob. Similar to our first quarter webcast I will be reading questions that have been previously submitted to us for you or shareholders. In the spirit of transparency and disclosure is our intention to answer every question that was submitted unless we believe that by answering it it would put the company at a competitive disadvantage. With that I'll start with the first question. Of the 100 largest police departments and sheriff's offices in the U.S. how many currently use VirTra simulators today?

Bob Ferris

Management

Well there's no official industry data detailing the market penetration of judgemental use of force simulators in the U.S. Many times VirTra must first educate the customer on the critical importance and need for high quality judgemental use of force simulation training because they currently don't have a working simulator in use. While we don't release statistical information on our total number of larger customers, we do publicly announce new customers from time to time when the customer approves it.

Larry Clark

Management

How many employees does VirTra currently have and how many in the machine shop?

Bob Ferris

Management

VirTra currently has 75 employees and four of those are in the machine shop.

Larry Clark

Management

Bob, can you talk about the status of the $40 million forty million IDIQ Award?

Bob Ferris

Management

Sure. We review each individual contract offered by the government under that IDIQ from shooting simulators to driving simulators and we pursue only those contracts that we believe are good fit for our company. Now we're pleased with the contracts that we have secured from the IDIQ to-date and we're continuing to compete for those specific contracts that are best suited to our products and services in the future.

Larry Clark

Management

Thanks What's your outlook for simulators sales to the U.S. government and also international?

Bob Ferris

Management

I believe the outlook for simulator sells the U.S. and international is very strong . Our investment in marketing, sales, customer relations management has considerably accelerated during 2017 and as a result our sales pipeline is robust.

Larry Clark

Management

Have you been affected by any current or future contract delays and if so please explain?

Bob Ferris

Management

Well VirTra is susceptible to common delays that occur during the contracting process for governmental agencies but none that have negatively affected our business at present.

Larry Clark

Management

When do you anticipate releasing new product launches and information to the public? Are you working on expanding into driver or flight simulation?

Bob Ferris

Management

When it comes to new product or service introductions we intentionally keep those plans confidential until the new product or service is officially release.

Larry Clark

Management

Okay. Thanks. Bob, are any VirTra systems in operation at Dave & Buster's locations?

Bob Ferris

Management

[Indiscernible] does have some systems in operation at an Dave & Buster's location that is using VirTra technology.

Larry Clark

Management

What type of economics do you receive from a Dave & Buster's location?

Bob Ferris

Management

I'm not at liberty to disclose the economics regarding the Dave & Buster's location at this time.

Larry Clark

Management

When will expenses decline as a percentage of revenue?

Bob Ferris

Management

Well while we continue to invest back into our business it's unlikely that expenses will decline as a percentage of revenue. This is due to the cost normally associated with growing of business including sales and marketing, customer service, R&D, corporate infrastructure, and to name a few.

Larry Clark

Management

Okay. Would you please provide an update regarding your plans to register with the SEC and your plans of uplist either to NASDAQ or NYSE and what's the minimum stock price requirement to list with NASDAQ?

Bob Ferris

Management

Sure. As you know we have retained Boustead Securities as our financial advisor, an underwriter to represent VirTra in the capital markets and the sponsor are uplisting to NASDAQ. Information about Boustead Securities can be found at their website listed in the recent press release. We intend to pursue our uplisting using a recent process created under the Jobs Act called Regulation A Plus, this process is more efficient, less expensive than the prior registration process and will ultimately result if successful in VirTra becoming registered with the SEC and thus eligible to uplist to national exchange. Of course one national exchange NASDAQ, we obviously have interest in that and it has a different standard for admission which requires either a $2 or $3 minimum stock price for companies that are already quoted in a public market such as ours. In order to achieve the standard with a lower $2 requirement we must have a market capitalization of $50 million which we do not currently meet. If we're unable to meet the $50 million threshold after our anticipated public offering then we must achieve a minimum price of $3 in order to qualify.

Larry Clark

Management

Does the company have plans to raise equity and under what market conditions or circumstances would you do so?

Bob Ferris

Management

Although VirTra does generate very healthy margins and cash flow present, those funds are limited. As such we've determined that additional capital may be required to allow us to substantially grow revenues and enable VirTra to be in a position to acquire other businesses that we find attractive and act quickly when those opportunities become available. The machine shop recently was a fairly small purchase but has been a tremendous advantage of VirTra. Furthermore a capital raise may be necessary in order to qualify for national exchange. With respect to market conditions we obviously believe the market price of our stock is trading below fair value to the point that our Board of Directors decided to buy back our shares. It is our hope that the result we announced today will be just one of many achievements to come that will ultimately drive the share price to where it would be attractive to potentially raise funds. If we do raise funds our plans would be to use those funds to drive the future results for the company which is something we've done exceptionally well for the past nine years.