04.04.2008 14:54:00
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QuoteMedia Reports 49% Increase in Revenue for 2007 Fiscal Year
QuoteMedia, Inc. (OTCBB: QMCI), a leading provider of market data and
financial applications, announced financial results for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007. These results reflect a 49% increase in
year-over-year revenue, from $3,742,534 in 2006 to $5,569,107 in 2007.
At December 31, 2007, QuoteMedia's deferred revenue balance was $433,630
compared to $363,785 at December 31, 2006, an increase of 19%. Deferred
revenue represents payments received in advance from customers that will
be recognized as revenue in future quarters when the services are
performed.
"In 2007 QuoteMedia’s
revenue grew to $5,569,107. In 2008, we already have sales under
contract of approximately $6,800,000 on an annualized basis,”
reports Robert J. Thompson, Chairman of the Board of QuoteMedia, Inc. "This
only accounts for revenue we will realize in 2008 from currently
committed contracts. Based on these existing committed contracts, as
well as contracts in active negotiation, we expect our revenues to
continue to expand significantly in the coming year.” "2007 was a year of unparalleled expansion for
QuoteMedia,” says Thompson. "The
company experienced major growth in data and market coverage,
technological capability and product development, business development,
and personnel.
"Throughout the year, QuoteMedia broadly
increased its market coverage, adding a wide range of market data and
research information, and expanding its news coverage. We added trading
data from over 40 international exchanges as well as corresponding
supplemental data, to our product lines; and vastly increased our
coverage of North American markets with the addition of a broad array of
research information and data including corporate actions and dividends,
earnings estimates, analyst ratings, and IPO information. We also
greatly expanded our news coverage adding several press wires, as well
as concluding agreements with several premium news providers, such as
Dow Jones News Service, TSX/CP Equities News, Market News Publishing and
StockWatch News, for the inclusion of their professional level content
into our Quotestream Professional product.
"The 2007 year saw significant technological
and product development achievements for QuoteMedia™,
with the most significant advancement being the substantial completion
of QuotestreamTM Professional, the company’s
new streaming portfolio management solution designed specifically for
use by financial services professionals, such as brokers, financial
advisers and fund managers. QuoteMedia has developed this product in
response to incredible demand for a high quality, more cost effective
alternative to the traditional terminal style products offered by the
company’s competitors.
"QuoteMedia experienced incredible business
growth in 2007, both through the acquisition of scores of new clients,
including such notables as Zecco Trading, Inc., Motorola, H.D. Vest
Financial Services (a non-bank subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company),
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Interactive Investor (UK), International
Private Banking Systems, MarketWire and CNW Group, and by growing our
existing relationships with existing clients such as the Nasdaq Stock
Market, Dow Jones, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Nexa Technologies.
"Also on the marketing front, QuoteMedia
opened offices in Toronto and New York during 2007, adding respected
industry veterans Paul Pryde and George Katsch to lead these new
offices. Paul Pryde established QuoteMedia’s
Toronto office, bringing with him over 25 years of experience in
providing innovative solutions to the financial services industry,
having served as Senior Vice President and Regional Director for Thomson
Financial Canada. Mr. Pryde also held senior management positions with
other industry leaders, including Star Data Systems and Dow Jones
Telerate Canada. In our New York office, Mr. Katsch brings more than 15
years of industry experience gained from his involvements as Vice
President of Sales for FinancialContent, Inc., where he was responsible
for business development and sales for the entire North American market,
and in key management positions with Standard and Poor’s
and Interactive Data Corporation (Comstock).
"The loss reported for the year ended
December 31, 2007, is $1,561,209. This loss was primarily due to a
planned increase in operating costs associated with our expansion,
including adding infrastructure costs for QuoteMedia’s
move into the North American and International data feed provisioning
market. Added stock exchange fees related to this expansion, as well as
expenses associated with expanded lead generation and customer support
capabilities were also incurred to support this growth. A significant
portion of these costs were either non-recurring or are fixed and will
not increase as revenues grow.
"Also contributing to the reported loss was
the strength of the Canadian Dollar relative to the US Dollar. The vast
majority of QuoteMedia’s revenue is received
in US dollars, but a large portion of the company’s
operating costs are paid in Canadian dollars. On a comparative basis,
had our 2007 Canadian expenses been incurred at constant, average 2006
exchange rates, QuoteMedia’s recorded loss
would have been lessened by $147,323.” "As was announced in previous quarterly press
releases, QuoteMedia had planned for significantly increased expenses
and a decreased gross profit margin in 2007 associated with our entry
and growth in several major new markets,”
says Thompson. "It is expected that, in
future periods, these investments will support significantly increased
revenues and profitability.
"The fourth quarter of 2007 was characterized
by strong revenue growth. Based on management indicators, 2008 is
expected to be a banner year, as this trend continues. While our plans
for the first half of 2008 contemplate continuing expenditures which
will substantially complete our refinements of the Quotestream
Professional product and Quotestream II for non-professionals, we expect
to end the coming year showing major strengthening of our bottom line
results and our cash balances.
"In 2008, QuoteMedia will continue to expand
and energetically market its line of Financial Data Provisions. As in
years past, increased sales of our online content products will be
important, as is increased uptake of our Quotestream line of portfolio
management and Wireless solutions by individual and enterprise
customers. We will be bringing particular focus, however, to
aggressively entering the Investment Professional market with
Quotestream Professional. Additionally, continuing our strong movement
into the Data Feed Market will be a priority. We expect major growth in
2008, and we are very excited.”
About QuoteMedia
QuoteMedia is a leading software developer and syndicator of financial
market information and streaming financial data solutions to media,
corporations, online brokerages and financial services companies. The
Company licenses interactive stock research tools such as streaming
real-time quotes, market research, news, charting, option chains, NASDAQ
level 2, TSX/TSXV market depth, LSE level 2, SEC filings, corporate
financials, insider reports, market indices, portfolio management
systems, and data feeds. QuoteMedia provides data and services for
companies such as the NASDAQ, the OTCBB, Forbes.com, Scotia Capital, Dow
Jones & Company, Southwest Securities, General Electric, Motorola,
Automated Financial Systems, FBRDirect, AIM Trimark, Zacks Investment
Research, Business Wire, Regal Securities, Broadridge Financial Systems,
ChoiceTrade, QTrade, Schaeffer's Investment Research and others. For
more information, please visit: www.quotemedia.com.
Statements about QuoteMedia's future expectations, including future
revenue, earnings, and transactions, as well as all other statements in
the press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. QuoteMedia intends that such forward-looking
statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These
statements involve risks and uncertainties that are identified from time
to time in the company's SEC reports and filings, and are subject to
change at any time. QuoteMedia's actual results and other corporate
developments could differ materially from that which has been
anticipated in such statements.
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