FONAR Announces Fiscal
2008 First Quarter Financial Results
Net Loss Decreases 97% to $209,000
MELVILLE,
NEW YORK, November 14, 2007 - FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR),
The
Inventor of MR Scanning, today announced its financial
results for the first quarter of fiscal 2008, which ended September
30, 2007. The net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 was
$209,000 as compared to a net loss for the same period one year
earlier of $6.1 million. For the first three months of fiscal
2008 the loss per common share (basic and diluted) was $0.04,
as compared to $1.29 loss per common share (basic and diluted),
for the same period of fiscal 2007.
Also, during the
first fiscal quarter of 2008, the loss from operations dropped to $4.1 million
from $6.1 million one year earlier, a decrease of 33%.
Total revenues for
the three months ended September 30, 2007 were $8.7 million. This compares to
$7.8 million for the same period one year earlier, an increase of 11%. Service
and repair revenues increased, by 8%, from $2.5 million in the fiscal first quarter
of 2007 to $2.7 million in the fiscal first quarter of 2008. The continued rise
in service and repair revenues is due to the result of warranty expirations among
the installed base after the first year. As of September 30, 2007, there were
121 FONAR UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™ MRI units installed worldwide. In
addition, during the first quarter of fiscal 2008, total product sales increased
to $2.6 million from $2.5 million one year earlier for an increase of 4%.
At the end of the
first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2008, total current assets were $24.4 million,
total assets were $42.2 million, total current liabilities were $32.1 million
and total long-term liabilities were $1.1 million. Total cash and cash equivalents,
and marketable securities increased 21% from $3.4 million on June 30, 2007 to
$4.2 million as of September 30, 2007.
The Company sold
its 50% interest in a consolidated subsidiary and its 20% equity interest in
a non-consolidated entity on July 31, 2007. This significant one-time event,
within the reporting period, resulted in a gain of approximately $4.0 million.
The two entities manage outpatient MRI centers using the UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™ MRI
scanner.
Raymond Damadian,
M.D., president and chairman of FONAR said, “Currently there is increasing
recognition by the medical community of the importance of Dynamic™ MRI
scanning as compared to the static MRI scans of recumbent-only conventional MRI
scanners. Dynamic™ MRI, unlike static MRI, enables multi-position assessment
and characterization of spine pathology in the flexion, extension, lateral bending
and rotation positions. The diagnostic information gained by these dynamic scans
is key to the understanding of the cause of a patient’s back pain.”
“Additionally,” continued
Dr. Damadian, “the FONAR UPRIGHT® Multi-Position™ MRI addresses
medical needs that the recumbent-only scanner cannot. Scoliosis, for example,
can now be evaluated by radiation-free imaging in
the FONAR Dynamic™ UPRIGHT® MRI
scanner overcoming the 70% higher risk of breast cancers reported by the National
Cancer Institute in 2000 in a study of 5,466 women with scoliosis and monitored
by chest X-ray. Also, patients with Chiari syndrome, wherein the cerebellar tonsils
of the brain become entrapped in the foramen magnum at the base of the skull,
can now have their pathology fully visualized for the first time. Moreover, elderly
patients who cannot lie flat can now be scanned, the need for anesthesia in children
needing MRI can be minimized, and claustrophobic patients are successfully scanned.”
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Three Months Ended September 30,
|
| |
2007 |
2006 |
| Revenues |
$8,669,000 |
$ 7,783,000 |
| Net Loss |
$(209,000) |
$(6,105,000) |
| Basic & Diluted Loss |
|
|
| per Common Share |
$(0.04) |
$(1.29) |
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The Inventor of MR Scanning, Full
Range of Motion, pMRI, Dynamic, Multi-Position,
True Flow and The Proof is in the Picture are
trademarks and UPRIGHT® and
STAND-UP® are
registered trademarks of FONAR Corporation.
This release may include
forward-looking statements from the company that may or may not
materialize. Additional information on factors that could potentially
affect the company's financial results may be found in the company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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