Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK, www.miteksystems.com), a global leader in digital fraud prevention, today reported financial results for both its fiscal 2021 fourth quarter and full year ended September 30, 2021. Total revenue for the full year fiscal 2021 increased 18% year over year, driven by increased demand for both digital identity verification solutions and mobile deposit, as commerce continues its rapid shift to digital channels.
Fiscal fourth quarter 2021 financial highlights
- Total revenue increased 9% year over year to a record $33.3 million.
- GAAP net income was $2.2 million, or $0.05 per diluted share.
- Non-GAAP net income was $10.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share.
- Cash flow from operations was $12.3 million.
- Total cash and investments were $227.4 million at the end of the quarter.
Fiscal 2021 full year financial highlights
- Total revenue increased 18% year over year to a record $119.8 million.
- GAAP net income was $8.4 million, or $0.19 per diluted share.
- Non-GAAP net income increased 19% year over year to a record $34.2 million, or $0.76 per diluted share.
- Full year cash flow from operations was a record $37.4 million.
Transactional identity verification revenue continued its solid performance growing 33% year over year, and deposit solutions grew 23% year over year as consumer adoption further expands.
“Fiscal 2021 was a breakout year for Mitek,” said CEO Max Carnecchia. “We again achieved record revenue, earnings and cash flow from operations, as we innovated faster and served more customers than ever before. Launching into fiscal 2022, we are strongly positioned, with both our market leading offerings and innovative product roadmap, to expand further into the identity authentication market and deliver the essential technologies required to help our customers fight identity fraud across the omnichannel.”
Conference call information
Mitek management will host a conference call and live webcast for analysts and investors today at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company’s financial results.
To access the live call, dial 800-367-2403 (US and Canada) or +1 334-777-6978 (International) and give the participant passcode 8698102.
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be accessible on the Investor Relations section of the company’s website at www.miteksystems.com.In addition, a phone replay will be available approximately two hours following the end of the call, and it will remain available for one week. To access the call replay dial-in information, please click here.
About Mitek
Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK) is a global leader in digital fraud prevention using its mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions built on the latest advancements in computer vision and artificial intelligence. Mitek’s identity verification solutions enable organizations to protect their customers by verifying an individual’s identity during digital transactions to reduce risk and meet regulatory requirements, while increasing revenue from digital channels. More than 7,500 organizations use Mitek to enable trust and convenience for mobile check deposit, new account opening, account protection, and more. Mitek is based in San Diego, Calif., with offices across the U.S. and Europe. Learn more at www.miteksystems.com. [(MITK-F)
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Note regarding use of non-gaap financial measures
This news release contains non-GAAP financial measures for non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share that exclude stock compensation expenses, restructuring costs, intellectual property litigation costs, executive transition costs, acquisition-related costs and expenses, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, income tax effect of pre-tax adjustments, and the cash tax difference. These financial measures are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. In evaluating the company’s performance, management uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to supplement financial statements prepared under GAAP. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide a useful measure of the company’s operating results, a meaningful comparison with historical results and with the results of other companies, and insight into the company’s ongoing operating performance. Further, management and the Board of Directors utilize these non-GAAP financial measures to gain a better understanding of the company’s comparative operating performance from period-to-period and as a basis for planning and forecasting future periods. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures, when read in conjunction with the company’s GAAP financial statements, are useful to investors because they provide a basis for meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the company’s ongoing operating results, including results of operations against investor and analyst financial models, which helps identify trends in the company’s underlying business and provides a better understanding of how management plans and measures the company’s underlying business.
Investor contact:
Todd Kehrli or Jim Byers
MKR Group, Inc.
mitk@mkr-group.com