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FONAR Announces Year-End Earnings For Fiscal 2019
MELVILLE, NEW YORK, September 13, 2019 - FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The Inventor of MR Scanning™, reported today its fiscal 2018 results. FONAR’s primary source of income and growth is attributable to its wholly-owned diagnostic imaging management subsidiary, Health Management Company of America (HMCA). At June 30, 2019, HMCA manages 26 diagnostic imaging centers, 19 in New York and 7 in Florida, collectively equipped with 35 MRI scanners. The imaging centers that we own and manage, completed 184,000 MRI scans in fiscal 2019, as compared to 176,000 in fiscal 2018. Financial Discussion: Net revenues increased by 7% to $87.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, as compared to $81.5 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. For the year ended June 30, 2019, the revenues from the management of the diagnostic imaging center segment, consisting of patient fee revenue less the provision for bad debt for patient revenue, and management and other fees of related and non-related medical practices, increased by 8% to $77.2 million as compared to $71.7 million one year earlier. Total Costs and Expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 increased by 5% to $65.1 million, as compared to $61.8 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. Income from Operations increased by 12% to $22.1 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, as compared to $19.7 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. Net Income decreased by 19% to $20.5 million, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, as compared to $25.5 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. Net Income for the year ended June 30, 2019, reflects an income tax provision of $2.0 million versus a benefit of $5.7 million for income taxes for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. For the year ended June 30, 2019, Diluted Net Income per Common Share available to common shareholders decreased by 28% to $2.22, compared to $3.10 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. This is in part due to an income tax provision of $2.0 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 vs. an income tax benefit of $5.7 million recorded in the previous year. The weighted average diluted shares outstanding for the year ended June 30, 2019 increased 1% to 6.5 million versus 6.4 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. At June 30, 2019, Total Assets increased by 13% to $133.6 million, as compared to $118.3 million at June 30, 2018. At June 30, 2019, Total Current Assets increased by 27% to $85.1 million, as compared to $67.1 million at June 30, 2018. At June 30, 2019, Total Liabilities decreased by 4% to $15.5 million, as compared to $16.1 million at June 30, 2018. At June 30, 2019, Total Current Liabilities decreased by 3% to $14.1 million, as compared to $14.6 million at June 30, 2018. At June 30, 2019, total Cash and cash equivalents and Short term investments increased by 47% to $29.0 million, as compared to $19.6 million at June 30, 2018. At June 30, 2019, working capital increased by 35% to $71.0 million, as compared to $52.5 million at June 30, 2018. At June 30, 2019, FONAR Stockholder’s Equity increased by 18% to $116.0 million, as compared to $98.7 million at June 30, 2018. Significant Events Tax Cuts and Jobs Act In December 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law, making numerous changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Among them is the reduction of the U.S. corporate income tax rate to 21%, effective January 1, 2018. Because the Act took effect midway through the Company’s tax year, the Company will have a U.S. statutory income tax rate of 27.7% for fiscal 2018 and a statutory income tax rate of 21% for all subsequent fiscal years. The Company currently records a net deferred tax asset primarily relating to its net operating loss carryforwards available to offset future taxable income through 2030, which lowered the net income for the current fiscal year as compared to the prior year. The net operating losses begin to expire in 2021 for federal tax and state income tax purposes. Given the Company’s available net operating loss carryforwards, a substantial portion of the income tax expense for the current year will not require cash outlay. Net income for the year ended June 30, 2018, reflects income tax benefits associated with the changes to the net deferred income tax assets of $4.9 million and also the benefits associated with the AMT Carryforward Tax Credit of $1.2 million, available as a cash refund. The income tax benefits were precipitated by the changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and a decrease in the corporate income tax rates to 21%. FONAR Technology Critical for Correcting Misalignments at the Cranio-Cervical Junction On March 14, 2019, the Company reported in a press release the on-line publication of a chapter written by the physician-author-researchers who utilized the FONAR UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™ MRI. The title of their chapter is: Craniocervical Junction Syndrome: Anatomy of the Craniocervical and Atlantoaxial Junctions and the Effect of Misalignment on Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow. To learn more visit: www.fonar.com/news/031419.htm. One of the authors, Dr. Scott Rosa, has developed a patented method to restore cerebrospinal integrity by correcting misalignments at the cranio-cervical junction (CCJ) called Image Guided Atlas Treatment™ or IGAT™. He says that the FONAR UPRIGHT® MRI and its imaging sequences are a critical part of the IGAT™ methodology in correcting the misalignments found at the CCJ. This is because only the FONAR UPRIGHT® MRI can visualize the CCJ in the upright, fully weight-loaded position, necessary for detecting fully distended cerebellar tonsillar ectopia and CSF flow impeding vertebral malalignments and cervical disc herniations. Raymond V. Damadian Receives ‘The Excellence in Medicine Medal of Honor’ from the Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation at Brooks’s in London, England. On November 10, 2018, FONAR Founder Raymond V. Damadian, M.D., received ‘The Excellence in Medicine Medal of Honor’ from the Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation at Brooks’s in London, England. Fraser Henderson, M.D., a neurosurgeon and a member of the steering committee for the Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation said: “Raymond Damadian revolutionized medicine with the discovery and development of MRI.” Professor Donlin Long, M.D., former Chairman of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University, called it: “the single most important diagnostic discovery in the history of all of medicine.” The award citation included: In 1970, Raymond Damadian made the discovery that is the basis for MR scanning - that there is a marked difference in relaxation times between normal and abnormal tissues of the same type, as well as between different types of normal tissues. This seminal discovery, which remains the basis for the making of every MRI image ever produced, is the foundation of the MRI industry. FONAR Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Raymond Damadian’s Conception of the MRI Scanner It’s been fifty years since Dr. Damadian first thought about developing a device using magnetic resonance to detect cancer. As evidenced in his September 17, 1969 letter to Dr. George Mirick of the Health Research Council of the City of New York, requesting financial support for equipment to follow up his promising line of research, Dr. Damadian states his intention to “proceed with the development of instrumentation and probes that can be used to scan the human body externally for early signs of malignancy.” It was during the following year, on June 18, 1970, that Dr. Damadian performed the experiment whereby he discovered the distinctly elongated time-lapsed signal marking differences between normal and cancerous tissue as well as differences among various normal organs themselves, that Dr. Damadian had his ‘eureka’ moment. These results were published in the journal, ‘Science,’ on March 19, 1971, marking the birth of the MRI industry. Management Discussion President and CEO, Timothy R. Damadian, said, “As of June 30, our cash and cash equivalents and short term investment figure was $29.0 million, nearly double what it was a year ago ($19.6 million) and nearly triple what is was two years ago ($10.1 million). For the Fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 vs. the previous year, we are well positioned by a 35% increase in working capital and consistent revenue growth. The Company is investing between four and six million dollars in projects that we’re confident will maintain our positive earnings trajectory throughout fiscal 2020. In addition, during the course of this fiscal year ending June 30, and during the months of July and August, the Company has invested $2.4 million developing various upgrades for the UPRIGHT® MRI." “After a thorough evaluation of the demographics, the prevalent local medical insurance carriers, and the competitive landscape in several areas of Florida, we’ve chosen a very promising location for our next de novo enterprise, one that fits perfectly into our existing network. The real estate lease has been signed and we are fully engaged in site preparation and the installation of the first MRI in what will be a two-MRI facility.” “We’re also expanding business at three existing facilities. In order to meet the MRI demands of referring physicians and their patients and to reduce the backlog of those waiting to be scanned, we are adding second MRI scanners at two of our New York facilities as well as a second MRI at one of our Florida facilities. The property leases have been signed and site preparation is underway at all three locations.” “I’ll also point out that Income from Operations increased substantially by 12%, to $22.1 million. I am pleased that our increases in Income from Operations continue to outpace Total Revenues–Net, which grew by 7% in fiscal 2019.” FONAR Chairman Dr. Raymond Damadian added, “Thanks to the enormous appeal of the UPRIGHT® MRI (also known as the STAND-UP® MRI) among patients and physicians, and the remarkable success of our highly skilled and experienced management team, we continue to thrive.” About FONAR FONAR, the Inventor of MR Scanning™, is located in Melville, NY, was incorporated in 1978, and is the first, oldest and most experienced MRI company in the industry. FONAR introduced the world’s first commercial MRI in 1980, and went public in 1981. FONAR’s signature product is the FONAR UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™ MRI (also known as the STAND-UP® MRI), the only whole-body MRI that performs Position™ Imaging (pMRI™) and scans patients in numerous weight-bearing positions, i.e. standing, sitting, in flexion and extension, as well as the conventional lie-down position. The FONAR UPRIGHT® MRI often detects patient problems that other MRI scanners cannot because they are lie-down and ”weightless” only scanners. The patient-friendly UPRIGHT® MRI has a near-zero patient claustrophobic rejection rate. As a FONAR customer states, “If the patient is claustrophobic in this scanner, they’ll be claustrophobic in my parking lot.” Approximately 85% of patients are scanned sitting while watching TV. The FONAR UPRIGHT® MRI often detects patient problems that other MRI scanners cannot because they are lie-down, ”weightless-only” scanners. The patient-friendly UPRIGHT® MRI has a near-zero patient claustrophobic rejection rate. As a FONAR customer states, “If the patient is claustrophobic in this scanner, they’ll be claustrophobic in my parking lot.” Approximately 85% of patients are scanned sitting while watching TV. FONAR has new works-in-progress technology for visualizing and quantifying the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) which circulates throughout the brain and vertebral column at the rate of 32 quarts per day. This imaging and quantifying of the dynamics of this vital life-sustaining physiology of the body’s neurologic system has been made possible first by FONAR’s introduction of the MRI and now by this latest works-in-progress method for quantifying CSF in all the normal positions of the body, particularly in its upright flow against gravity. Patients with whiplash or other neck injuries are among those who will benefit from this new understanding. FONAR’s substantial list of patents includes
recent patents for its technology enabling full weight-bearing
MRI imaging of all the gravity sensitive regions of the human
anatomy, especially the brain, extremities and spine. FONAR’s
UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™ MRI is the only scanner licensed
under these patents.
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