BIO-key preliminary Q1 sales rise on higher hardware revenue, defense orders

BIO-key International, Inc.

BIO-key International, Inc.

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Overview

  • U.S. biometric IAM provider's preliminary Q1 revenue rose 34% yr/yr

  • Net loss for preliminary Q1 narrowed to $165K from $737K a year earlier

  • Results driven by expanded license renewals and hardware deployments with financial and defense clients


Outlook

  • BIO-key expects Q2’26 revenue to rise 65% to approx $2.8 mln vs $1.7 mln in Q2’25

  • Company expects 1H’26 revenue to rise 50% to approx $5 mln vs $3.3 mln in 1H’25

  • BIO-key expects 1H’26 profitability vs $(1.9 mln) net loss in 1H’25


Result Drivers

  • LICENSE RENEWALS - Q1'26 revenue growth driven by expanded one-year license renewal from a long-time foreign banking customer and several large renewals

  • HARDWARE DEPLOYMENTS - Hardware revenue more than doubled, supported by expansion of a large biometric hardware deployment and sale of previously fully-reserved inventory

  • DEFENSE ORDERS - Follow-on orders from a foreign defense ministry contributed to Q1'26 revenue


Company press release: ID:nGNX63tHGR


Key Details

Metric

Beat/Miss

Actual

Consensus Estimate

Q1 EPS

-$0.15


Analyst Coverage

  • The one available analyst rating on the shares is "buy"

  • The average consensus recommendation for the electronic equipment & parts peer group is "buy"


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