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Thursday, 04/06/2017 9:24:10 AM

Thursday, April 06, 2017 9:24:10 AM

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Elbit Vision Systems Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results

GlobeNewswire•April 6, 2017

Fourth quarter revenues at $2.8 million, up 18% year-over-year
Fourth quarter net income of $449 thousand, up 35% year-over-year


Fourth Quarter 2016 highlights

Revenue at $2.8 million, up 18% year-over-year
Gross and operating margins at 54.7% and 17.2%, respectively
Net income of $449 thousand, representing 16.1% of revenues
Full year 2016 highlights

Record revenue at $10.1 million, up 11% year-over-year
Gross and operating margins at 55.4% and 21.3%, respectively
Net income of $2.0 million, representing 19.9% of revenues
Positive operating cash flow of $2 million with year-end cash and equivalents at $4.5 million

CAESAREA, Israel, April 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Elbit Vision Systems Ltd. (OTCQB: EVSNF, EVSND1), a pioneer in the science of camera-based automatic vision inspection for textile fabrics and technical webs, announced today its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2016.

Sam Cohen, CEO of EVS commented, “These results reflect another successful year of growth for EVS in both sales and profits, and more importantly we made solid strategic progress towards our long term goal of complete textile automation. Our efforts for continuous improvement in both IQ-TEX4 and iBar have been fruitful over the past twelve months. Our legacy products have shown real resilience in the traditional textile market, while out-performing even our expectations in nonwovens. This continued success coupled with the emergence of iBar has allowed us to advance EVS in technology, costs, and revenue.”

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1 The ticker symbol EVSND shall be in use for a 20 business days period following the company's 1-for-10 reverse shall split.

Fourth Quarter 2016 Results

Revenues for the quarter were $2.8 million, representing an increase of 18% compared to $2.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Gross profit for the quarter was $1.5 million, representing 54.7% of revenues, an increase of 22% compared to $1.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, which represented 53.2% of revenues.

Operating income for the quarter was $478 thousand (17.2% of revenue), an increase of 23% compared to $388 thousand (16.5% of revenues) in the fourth quarter of 2015. During the quarter R&D expenses increased to $614 thousand versus $253 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2015. R&D expenses in 2017 are expected to revert to the similar quarterly rate seen in recent quarters.

Net income was $449 thousand (16.1% of revenue), an increase of 35% compared to $333 thousand (14.2% of revenues) in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Full Year 2016 Results

Revenues for the year were $10.1 million, representing an increase of 11% compared to $9.1 million in 2015.

Gross profit for the year was $5.6 million, representing 55.4% of revenues, an increase of 7% compared to $5.2 million for 2015, which represented 57.5% of revenues.

Operating income for the year was $2.2 million (21.3% of revenue), a decrease of 5% compared to $2.3 million (24.8% of revenues) in 2015.

Net income was $2.0 million (19.9% of revenue), an increase of 222% compared to $2.1 million (23.2% of revenues) in 2015.

The Company reported a positive operating cash flow of $2 million for the year.

As of December 31, 2016, cash and cash equivalents were $4.5 million.

Conference call details
The Company will also host a conference call later today at 9:00 am ET. Sam Cohen, Chief Executive Officer and Yaron Menashe, Chief Financial Officer, will host the call and will be available to answer questions after presenting the results.

To participate, please call one of the following telephone numbers at least 10 minutes before the start of the call:

US: 1 888 668 9141 at 09:00 am Eastern Time
Israel: 03 918 0610 at 4:00 pm Israel Time
International: +972 3 918 0610
For those unable to participate, the teleconference will be available for replay on Elbit Vision Systems’ website at http://www.evs.co.il/ beginning 24 hours after the call.

About Elbit Vision Systems Ltd. (EVS): www.evs.co.il

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