-Reports Fourth Consecutive Quarter of Revenue above $5 million
-FY 2025 Revenue Growth of 4% YOY
- Backlog Remains Strong at $8.6 Million
- Projecting Continued Revenue Growth and Profitability in the First Half of Fiscal Year 2026
-Conference Today at 11:00 am ET
MILTON, N.Y., May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sono-Tek Corporation (Nasdaq: SOTK), the leading developer and manufacturer of ultrasonic coating systems, today reported financial results for the fiscal year 2025, ended February 28, 2025.
Dr. Christopher L. Coccio, Executive Chairman, stated, "We are extremely proud of our performance this past fiscal year, with the continuing revenue trend of $5 million plus for the past four consecutive quarters. We remain pleased with the overall performance and trajectory of the business, as reflected by our strong backlog, and are excited to report continued revenue growth in the first half of FY 2026 with continued profitability. While we are seeing steady demand across key markets, our visibility beyond the first half remains limited due to significant uncertainty related to the potential curtailment or elimination of governmental clean energy incentives, rapidly evolving tariff policies, and the timing of customer orders. These factors may impact demand later in the fiscal year. As such, we are only providing visibility into the first half of FY 2026 at this time and intend to revisit guidance when we announce Q1 results.
That said, we are seeing promising momentum in the medical device industry, particularly in interest for our high-volume production systems. With solid customer demand and our strong balance sheet, we remain focused on continued execution and look forward to building on our recent success."
Steve Harshbarger, CEO & President of Sono-Tek stated, "We continue to be excited by our growth strategies taking hold with customers moving through R&D and pilot systems to complex large-scale production systems with significantly higher ASPs. We also remain excited about our prospects for attracting additional high-volume, high-ASP production system orders in fiscal year 2026 and beyond. We are proud to report record-high revenues for FY 2025, reflecting strong customer demand and momentum. Our strategy of focusing on high average selling priced "ASP" orders continues to drive growth, and we are well positioned as we enter our 50th year in business. We are excited about our growth and look forward to continued revenue growth and profitability over the long term."
Fiscal Year 2025 Highlights
- Net Sales: Record $20.5 million, up 4% from $19.7 million in FY 2024, driven by strong shipments to the Alternative/Clean Energy Market. This marks the highest annual revenue in company history.
- Gross Profit: $9.74 million, down 1% or $106,000 from the prior year. Gross margin decreased to 47.5% from 50%, mainly due to product mix and the reclassification of labor costs from engineering to cost of goods sold.
- Operating Income: Decreased $172,000 to $1.01 million compared to $1.20 million in FY 2024, due to the decrease in gross profit combined with higher operating expenses.
- Net Income: Approximately $1.3 million, down from $1.4 million in FY 2024, reflecting a combination of lower gross profit and higher operating expenses.
- Other Income: Interest income, dividend income, and unrealized gains on marketable securities totaled $524,000, down $38,000 due to a slight reduction in interest rates.
Backlog and Expected Revenue Growth for Fiscal Year 2026
- Backlog: Equipment and service-related backlog remains strong at $8.67 million at fiscal year-end, down 6.6% from the prior year-end record high of $9.28 million.
- FY 2026 Guidance: Continued revenue growth and profitability is expected for the first half of the fiscal year ending February 28, 2026, fueled by shipments from Sono-Tek's strong backlog, projected new and reoccurring orders, steady demand across key markets and promising momentum in the medical device industry, particularly in interest for high-volume production systems. Visibility beyond the first half remains limited due to significant uncertainty related to potential changes in governmental clean energy incentives, evolving tariff policies, and the timing of customer orders. Sono-Tek intends to revisit guidance when it reports Q1 results.
| Fiscal 2025 Review | (Results compared with fiscal 2024) | |||||||||
| ($ in thousands) | ||||||||||
| Change | ||||||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2024 | $ | % | |||||||
| Net Sales | $ | 20,504 | $ | 19,700 | 804 | 4.0% | ||||
| Gross Profit | $ | 9,739 | $ | 9,845 | (106) | (1.0%) | ||||
| Gross Profit | 47.5% | 50.0% | (2.5%) | |||||||
| Operating Income | $ | 1,010 | $ | 1,182 | (172) | (14.5%) | ||||
| Operating Margin | 4.9% | 6.0% | (1.1%) | |||||||
| Net Income | $ | 1,273 | $ | 1,441 | 132 | 11.6% | ||||
| Net Margin | 6.2% | 7.3% | (1.1%) | |||||||
| Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2025 Review | (Results compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024) | |||||||
| ($ in thousands) | ||||||||
| Change | ||||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2024 | $ | % | |||||
| Net Sales | $ | 5,121 | $ | 4,768 | 353 | 7.4% | ||
| Gross Profit | $ | 2,425 | $ | 2,341 | 84 | 3.6% | ||
| Gross Profit | 47.0% | 49.0% | (2.0%) | |||||
| Operating Income (Loss) | $ | 288 | $ | (12) | 300 | 2500% | ||
| Operating Margin | 5.6% | (0.3%) | 5.9% | |||||
| Net Income | $ | 328 | $ | 157 | 171 | 109% | ||
| Net Margin | 6.4% | 3.0% | 3.4% | |||||
Fiscal Year 2025 Product and Market Sales Overview
- Geography: US/Canada sales increased 15%, up $1.6 million, driven by a record shipment of 5 high Average Selling Price "ASP" systems totaling $3.85 million-the largest number of high ASP systems shipped in a year.
- Product Categories: Integrated Coating Systems increased 28%, up $814,000, and Multi-Axis Systems grew 6%, up $603K, both supported by significant orders from the solar and clean energy sectors.
- End Markets: Alternative/Clean Energy rose 64%, up $3.84 million, driven by production-scale system shipments to the solar market, including 4 high ASP system deliveries totaling $3.31 million. The Industrial market declined 47%, down $1.68 million as our customers saw reduced demand for float glass coating systems due to rising competition from China-based float glass producers.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Overview
- At February 28, 2025, cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $11.9 million compared to $11.8 million at the prior year-end.
- At February 28, 2025, Sono-Tek had no debt on its balance sheet and stockholders' equity was $17,792,195 million.
- Capital expenditures in the full year of fiscal 2025 were $496,000, which were invested in ongoing upgrades to the Company's manufacturing facilities.
Conference Call Information
- Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 11:00 am ET.
- Dial in: 1-844-481-2752 or 1-412-317-0668 at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call and ask to join the Sono-Tek call.
Webcast Information
A simultaneous webcast of the call may be accessed through the Company's website, Events & Presentations | Sono-Tek or at https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=hrhk6j1y
A replay of the call will be available at 1-877-344-7529 or 1-412-317-0088, access code 6534088, through June 4, 2025. A replay of the call will also be available on the Company's website for one year at www.sono-tek.com.
About Sono-Tek
Sono-Tek Corporation is a global leader in the design and manufacture of ultrasonic coating systems that are shaping industries and driving innovation worldwide. Our ultrasonic coating systems are used to apply thin films onto parts used in diverse industries including microelectronics, alternative energy, medical devices, advanced industrial manufacturing, and research and development sectors worldwide. Sono-Tek's inroads into the clean energy sector are showing transformative results in next-gen solar cells, fuel cells, green hydrogen generation, and carbon capture applications.
Our product line is rapidly evolving, transitioning from R&D to high-volume production machines with significantly higher average selling prices, showcasing our market leadership and adaptability. Our comprehensive suite of thin film coating solutions and application consulting services are expected to generate unparalleled results for our clients and help some of the world's most promising companies achieve technological breakthroughs and bring them to the market. The Company strategically delivers its products to customers through a network of direct sales personnel, carefully chosen independent distributors, and experienced sales representatives, ensuring efficient market reach across diverse sectors around the globe.
The Company's solutions are environmentally friendly, efficient and highly reliable, and enable dramatic reductions in overspray, savings in raw material, water and energy usage and provide improved process repeatability, transfer efficiency, high uniformity and reduced emissions.
Sono-Tek's growth strategy is focused on leveraging its innovative technologies, proprietary know-how, unique talent and experience, and global reach to further develop thin film coating technologies that enable better outcomes for its customers' products and processes. For further information, visit www.sono-tek.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward looking statements regarding future events and the future performance of Sono-Tek Corporation that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These "forward-looking statements" are based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data and our operating plans. They are inherently uncertain, and investors must recognize that events could turn out to be significantly different from our expectations and could cause actual results to differ materially. These factors include, among other considerations, general economic and business conditions; political, regulatory, tax, competitive and technological developments affecting our operations or the demand for our products; inflationary and supply chain pressures; the recovery of the Electronics/Microelectronics and Medical markets; rebound of sales to the industrial market in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025; maintenance of increased order backlog; the imposition of tariffs; timely development and market acceptance of new products and continued customer validation of our coating technologies; adequacy of financing; capacity additions, the ability to enforce patents; maintenance of operating leverage; consummation of order proposals; completion of large orders on schedule and on budget; continued sales growth in the medical and alternative energy markets; successful transition from primarily selling ultrasonic nozzles and components to a more complex business providing complete machine solutions and higher value subsystems; and realization of quarterly and annual revenues and income within the forecasted range of sales guidance.
For more information:
Sono-Tek Corp.
Stephen J. Bagley
Chief Financial Officer
Ph: (845) 795-2020
info@sono-tek.com
Investor Relations
Kirin Smith
PCG Advisory, Inc.
ksmith@pcgadvisory.com
-FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW -
| SONO-TEK CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||||||||
| February 28, 2025 | February 29, 2024 | ||||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||||
| Current Assets: | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,202,361 | $ | 2,134,786 | |||||
| Marketable securities | 6,727,678 | 9,711,351 | |||||||
| Accounts receivable (less allowance for credit losses of $12,225, respectively) | 2,347,764 | 1,470,711 | |||||||
| Inventories | 4,474,401 | 5,221,980 | |||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 236,261 | 207,738 | |||||||
| Total current assets | 18,988,465 | 18,746,566 | |||||||
| Land | 250,000 | 250,000 | |||||||
| Buildings, equipment, furnishings and leasehold improvements, net | 2,610,600 | 2,832,156 | |||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 37,386 | 47,566 | |||||||
| Deferred tax asset | 1,525,185 | 1,255,977 | |||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 23,411,636 | $ | 23,132,265 | |||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||||||||
| Current Liabilities: | |||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 859,483 | $ | 1,049,742 | |||||
| Accrued expenses | 1,718,574 | 1,739,478 | |||||||
| Customer deposits | 2,413,195 | 3,419,706 | |||||||
| Income taxes payable | 496,055 | 414,807 | |||||||
| Total current liabilities | 5,487,307 | 6,623,733 | |||||||
| Deferred tax liability | 132,134 | 229,534 | |||||||
| Total Liabilities | 5,619,441 | 6,853,267 | |||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 13) | |||||||||
| Stockholders' Equity | |||||||||
| Common stock, $.01 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized, 15,751,153 issued and 15,749,037 outstanding as of February 28, 2025, and 15,750,880 issued and outstanding as of February 29, 2024 | 157,512 | 157,509 | |||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 10,018,034 | 9,770,387 | |||||||
| Accumulated earnings | 7,624,516 | 6,351,102 | |||||||
| Treasury stock, at cost, 2,116 shares | (7,867 | ) | - | ||||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 17,792,195 | 16,278,998 | |||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | $ | 23,411,636 | $ | 23,132,265 | |||||
| SONO-TEK CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | ||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year Ended | ||||||||||||
| February 28, 2025 | February 29, 2024 | |||||||||||
| Net Sales | $ | 20,504,381 | $ | 19,699,886 | ||||||||
| Cost of Goods Sold | 10,765,362 | 9,855,311 | ||||||||||
| Gross Profit | 9,739,019 | 9,844,575 | ||||||||||
| Operating Expenses | ||||||||||||
| Research and product development | 2,724,482 | 2,885,773 | ||||||||||
| Marketing and selling | 3,677,915 | 3,695,870 | ||||||||||
| General and administrative | 2,326,582 | 2,080,447 | ||||||||||
| Total Operating Expenses | 8,728,979 | 8,662,090 | ||||||||||
| Operating Income | 1,010,040 | 1,182,485 | ||||||||||
| Other Income: | ||||||||||||
| Interest and dividend income | 488,504 | 529,735 | ||||||||||
| Net unrealized gain on marketable securities | 35,548 | 32,360 | ||||||||||
| Income before Income Taxes | 1,534,092 | 1,744,580 | ||||||||||
| Income Tax Expense | 260,678 | 303,117 | ||||||||||
| Net Income | $ | 1,273,414 | $ | 1,441,463 | ||||||||
| Basic Earnings Per Share | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.09 | ||||||||
| Diluted Earnings Per Share | $ | 0.08 | $ | 0.09 | ||||||||
| Weighted Average Shares - Basic | 15,750,997 | 15,743,763 | ||||||||||
| Weighted Average Shares - Diluted | 15,770,102 | 15,774,007 | ||||||||||
| SONO-TEK CORPORATION PRODUCT, MARKET, AND GEOGRAPHIC SALES (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product Sales: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Twelve Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| February 28, | % of | February 29, | % of | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Total | 2024 | total | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fluxing Systems | $ | 467,000 | 2 | % | $ | 724,000 | 4 | % | $ | (257,000 | ) | (35%) | ||||||||||||
| Integrated Coating Systems | 3,703,000 | 18 | % | 2,889,000 | 14 | % | 814,000 | 28% | ||||||||||||||||
| Multi-Axis Coating Systems | 10,678,000 | 52 | % | 10,075,000 | 51 | % | 603,000 | 6% | ||||||||||||||||
| OEM Systems | 1,484,000 | 7 | % | 1,533,000 | 8 | % | (49,000 | ) | (3%) | |||||||||||||||
| Other | 4,172,000 | 21 | % | 4,479,000 | 23 | % | (307,000 | ) | (7%) | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | $ | 20,504,000 | $ | 19,700,000 | $ | 804,000 | 4% | |||||||||||||||||
| Market Sales: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Twelve Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| February 28, | % of | February 29, | % of | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Total | 2024 | total | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electronics/Microelectronics | $ | 5,426,000 | 27 | % | $ | 5,602,000 | 29 | % | $ | (176,000 | ) | (3%) | ||||||||||||
| Medical | 3,250,000 | 16 | % | 4,180,000 | 21 | % | (930,000 | ) | (22%) | |||||||||||||||
| Alternative Energy | 9,838,000 | 48 | % | 5,997,000 | 30 | % | 3,841,000 | 64% | ||||||||||||||||
| Emerging R&D and Other | 67,000 | 0 | % | 315,000 | 2 | % | (248,000 | ) | (79%) | |||||||||||||||
| Industrial | 1,923,000 | 9 | % | 3,606,000 | 18 | % | (1,683,000 | ) | (47%) | |||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | $ | 20,504,000 | $ | 19,700,000 | $ | 804,000 | 4% | |||||||||||||||||
| Geographic Sales: | ||||||||||||||
| Twelve Months Ended | ||||||||||||||
| February 28, | February 29, | Change | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| U.S. & Canada | $ | 12,506,000 | $ | 10,878,000 | $ | 1,628,000 | 15% | |||||||
| Asia Pacific (APAC) | 2,758,000 | 3,268,000 | (510,000 | ) | (16%) | |||||||||
| Europe, Middle East, Asia (EMEA) | 4,431,000 | 4,333,000 | 98,000 | 2% | ||||||||||
| Latin America | 809,000 | 1,221,000 | (412,000 | ) | (34%) | |||||||||
| TOTAL | $ | 20,504,000 | $ | 19,700,000 | $ | 804,000 | 4% | |||||||
