• HeartCore Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

    Source: Nasdaq GlobeNewswire / 14 Nov 2022 07:30:00   America/Chicago

    NEW YORK and TOKYO, Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. (“HeartCore” or “the Company”), a leading software development company, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

    Third Quarter 2022 and Recent Operational Highlights

    • Grew total number of global enterprise customers to 889 as of September 30, 2022.
    • HeartCore’s Content Management System (“CMS”) led Japan in CMS market share for the seventh straight year according to ITR Corporation, an independent IT consulting and research firm.
    • Signed fourth Go IPO consulting service agreement within a six-month period by engaging Metros Development.
    • Entered into a licensing agreement with Transcosmos Digital Technology Inc. to license its advanced process mining tool, Apromore.
    • Hosted HeartCoreDAY2022, a special event focused on solutions that promote digital transformation through two business lines within HeartCore’s CMS product offering, which help businesses create, manage, and modify web content and Digital Transformation.
    • Executed a deal with GMO MAKESHOP Co. Ltd., to offer its CMS and help augment GMO MAKESHOP’s digital transformation efforts prior to the launch of its Cloud E-Commerce Plan.
    • Signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 51% majority stake in privately held Sigmaways, Inc. (“Sigmaways”), a software engineering service provider delivering IT solutions.

    Management Commentary
    “Even with a softer financial quarter, we are very encouraged by the qualitative progress that is being made across each front of our business, as the advancements being made today are setting us up for success going forward,” said CEO Sumitaka Yamamoto. “As the CMS leader in Japan by market share, we are confident in our ability to further augment our footprint into the U.S. by utilizing Sigmaways’ network, which we expect will add significant revenue in calendar year 2023. By acquiring Sigmaways, we will be able to develop software in-house at a lower cost instead of using outsourcing partners. Furthermore, we plan to cross-sell and upsell HeartCore solutions to our 800+ existing clients by utilizing Sigmaways' development capabilities, whereas before we would rely on our partners to do the development work for us. We have already hit the ground running in jointly conducting business and look forward to completing the acquisition and further enhancing growth opportunities for both entities in 2023.”

    “Furthermore, we remain extremely active on the Go IPO consulting end, as we are offering a white glove service to each of our four signed on clients and are continuing to receive significant inbound interest from prospective companies. In particular, with two of our Go IPO clients scheduled to go public over the coming months, we are expected to receive warrants as part of our contract, which would contribute significantly to our bottom line. Looking ahead into calendar year 2023, our goal is to help 10 companies through the Go IPO process and assist each of them reach the objective of becoming a publicly-traded entity.”

    Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
    Revenues were $1.9 million compared to $3.5 million in the same period last year. The decrease in revenues was due to a decrease in sales of on-premise software, and primarily because of an accounting based principle around an important customer that renewed its software license in July 2021. The five-year term customer renewal had its total contract recognized as revenue in the third quarter of 2021. On Yen-based sales, revenues decreased by 24% year-over-year.  

    Operating expenses increased to $2.3 million from $1.5 million in the same period last year. The increase was due to an increase in general and administrative expense. In particular, the increase resulted from an increase of hiring for the Go IPO Consulting Service and advertising.

    Net loss attributable to HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. was $2.0 million, or $(0.11) per diluted share, compared to a net income attributable to HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. of approximately $186,000 or $0.01 per diluted share, in the same period last year. The net loss was primarily due to an increase in operating expenses and a decrease in revenues.

    As of September 30, 2022, the Company had a cash and cash equivalents of $7.8 million compared to $3.1 million as of December 31, 2021.

    About HeartCore Enterprises, Inc.
    Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, HeartCore Enterprises is a leading software development company offering Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to enterprise customers in Japan and worldwide. The Company also provides data analytics services that allow enterprise businesses to create tailored web experiences for their clients through best-in-class design. HeartCore's customer experience management platform (CXM Platform) includes marketing, sales, service and content management systems, as well as other tools and integrations, which enable companies to enhance the customer experience and drive engagement. HeartCore also operates a digital transformation business that provides customers with robotics process automation, process mining and task mining to accelerate the digital transformation of enterprises. Additional information about the Company's products and services is available at www.heartcore.co.jp and https://heartcore-enterprises.com/.

    Forward-Looking Statements
    All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “believe,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “potential,” “continue” or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors, risks and uncertainties are discussed in HeartCore’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors should not place any undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond HeartCore’s control which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects HeartCore’s current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. HeartCore assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. The contents of any website referenced in this press release are not incorporated by reference herein.

    HeartCore Investor Relations Contact:
    Gateway Group, Inc.
    Matt Glover and John Yi
    HTCR@gatewayir.com
    (949) 574-3860


    HeartCore Enterprises, Inc.
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

           
       For the three months ended September 30,
       2022   2021 
       (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)
    Revenues $1,872,476  $3,470,510 
    Cost of revenues  1,543,256   1,786,125 
    Gross profit  329,220   1,684,385 
           
    Operating expenses:      
    Selling expenses  771,496   79,438 
    General and administrative expenses  1,513,028   1,202,701 
    Research and development expenses  58,275   189,686 
    Total operating expenses  2,342,799   1,471,825 
           
    Income (loss) from operations  (2,013,579)  212,560 
           
    Other income (expenses):      
    Interest income  21,707   1,598 
    Interest expense  (10,500)  (6,695)
    Other income  15,195   1,341 
    Other expenses  (2,826)  (3,933)
    Total other income (expenses)  23,576   (7,689)
           
    Income (loss) before income tax provision  (1,990,003)  204,871 
           
    Income tax expense (benefit)  (19,069)  13,522 
           
    Net income (loss)  (1,970,934)  191,349 
    Less: net income attributable to non-controlling interest  -   5,176 
    Net income (loss) attributable to HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. $(1,970,934) $186,173 
           
    Other comprehensive income (loss):      
    Foreign currency translation adjustment  128,705   (15,309)
           
    Total comprehensive income (loss)  (1,842,229)  176,040 
    Less: comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest  -   4,770 
    Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to HeartCore Enterprises, Inc. $(1,842,229) $171,270 
           
    Net earnings (loss) per common share attributable to HeartCore Enterprises, Inc.      
        Basic $(0.11) $0.01 
        Diluted $(0.11) $0.01 
           
    Weighted average common shares outstanding      
        Basic  17,835,027   15,242,454 
        Diluted  17,835,027   15,515,943 
           
           

    HeartCore Enterprises, Inc.
    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

           
       September 30,  December 31,
       2022   2021 
       (unaudited)   
    ASSETS
           
    Current assets:      
    Cash and cash equivalents $7,843,208  $3,136,839 
    Accounts receivable, net  621,345   960,964 
    Prepaid expenses  618,955   444,405 
    Due from related party  43,900   50,559 
    Loan receivable from employee  -   8,341 
    Other current assets  143,999   15,654 
    Total current assets  9,271,407   4,616,762 
           
    Non-current assets:      
    Property and equipment, net  199,329   261,414 
    Operating lease right-of-use assets  2,458,485   3,319,749 
    Deferred tax assets  242,358   297,990 
    Security deposits  221,460   278,237 
    Long-term loan receivable from related party  234,316   335,756 
    Loan receivable from employee, non-current  -   4,518 
    Other non-current assets  2,188   8,737 
    Total non-current assets  3,358,136   4,506,401 
           
    Total assets $12,629,543  $9,123,163 
           
    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
           
    Current liabilities:      
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses $445,752  $646,425 
    Accrued payroll and other employee costs  245,113   255,082 
    Due to related party  3,622   1,110 
    Current portion of long-term debts  622,937   849,995 
    Insurance premium financing  89,652   - 
    Operating lease liabilities, current  264,387   332,277 
    Finance lease liabilities, current  19,502   37,459 
    Income tax payables  1,867   10,919 
    Deferred revenue  1,386,559   1,690,917 
    Mandatorily redeemable financial interest  -   447,986 
    Other current liabilities  42,475   281,673 
    Total current liabilities  3,121,866   4,553,843 
           
    Non-current liabilities:      
    Long-term debts  1,133,945   1,871,580 
    Operating lease liabilities, non-current  2,259,284   3,076,204 
    Finance lease liabilities, non-current  3,573   23,861 
    Other non-current liabilities  124,963   156,627 
    Total non-current liabilities  3,521,765   5,128,272 
           
    Total liabilities  6,643,631   9,682,115 
           
    Shareholders' equity (deficit):      
    Preferred shares ($0.0001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021)  -   - 
    Common shares ($0.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 18,999,276 and 15,819,943 shares issued; 17,649,886 and 15,546,454 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)  1,899   1,554 
    Additional paid-in capital  18,220,206   3,350,779 
    Treasury shares, at cost (1,349,390 and 0 shares as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)  (3,500,000)  - 
    Accumulated deficit  (9,149,139)  (3,896,113)
    Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  412,946   (15,172)
    Total shareholders' equity (deficit)  5,985,912   (558,952)
    Total liabilities and shareholders' equity (deficit) $12,629,543  $9,123,163 
           
           

    HeartCore Enterprises, Inc.
    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

            
       For the nine months ended September 30,
       2022    2021 
       (unaudited)   (unaudited)
    Cash flows from operating activities:       
    Net income (loss) $(5,253,026)  $414,826 
    Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash        
    provided by (used in) operating activities:       
    Depreciation expenses  64,398    80,297 
    Amortization of debt issuance costs  3,051    4,358 
    Non-cash lease expense  207,549    254,848 
    Deferred income taxes  (5,843)   85,004 
    Share-based compensation  1,225,477    - 
    Changes in assets and liabilities:       
    Accounts receivable, net  168,021    (634,711)
    Prepaid expenses  (56,553)   (177,880)
    Other assets  (142,967)   34,568 
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (96,238)   684,960 
    Accrued payroll and other employee costs  59,059    63,126 
    Due to related party  3,098    - 
    Operating lease liabilities  (213,691)   (265,984)
    Finance lease liabilities  (370)   (961)
    Income tax payables  (7,704)   2,092 
    Deferred revenue  45,938    639,643 
    Other liabilities  (206,569)   55,064 
    Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities  (4,206,370)   1,239,250 
            
    Cash flows from investing activities:       
    Purchases of property and equipment  (41,672)   (24,675)
    Advance and loan provided to related parties  -    (126,390)
    Repayment of loan provided to related party  33,042    - 
    Net cash flows used in investing activities  (8,630)   (151,065)
            
    Cash flows from financing activities:       
    Proceeds from initial public offering, net of issuance cost  13,602,554    - 
    Proceeds from issuance of common shares prior to initial public offering  220,572    - 
    Repurchase of common shares  (3,500,000)   - 
    Payments for finance leases  (29,051)   (42,941)
    Proceeds from long-term debt  258,087    - 
    Repayment of long-term debts  (699,407)   (770,181)
    Repayment of insurance premium financing  (298,886)   - 
    Payments for debt issuance costs  (1,030)   (3,033)
    Payment for mandatorily redeemable financial interest  (430,489)   - 
    Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities  9,122,350    (816,155)
            
    Effect of exchange rate changes  (200,981)   (239,423)
            
    Net change in cash and cash equivalents  4,706,369    32,607 
            
    Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of the period  3,136,839    3,058,175 
            
    Cash and cash equivalents - end of the period $7,843,208   $3,090,782 
            
    Supplemental cash flow disclosure:       
    Interest paid $38,387   $22,100 
    Income taxes paid $3,013   $9,738 
            
    Non-cash investing and financing transactions       
    Remeasurement of the lease liability and right-of-use asset due to lease modification $-   $225,983 
    Payroll withheld as repayment of loan receivable from employees $12,034   $9,399 
    Expense paid by related party on behalf of the Company $-   $107,178 
    Reclassification of non-controlling interest to mandatorily redeemable financial interest $-   $447,986 
    Liabilities assumed in connection with purchase of property and equipment $17,731   $- 
    Share repurchase liability settled by issuance of common shares $16   $- 
    Deferred offering costs recognized against the proceeds from the offering $178,847   $- 
    Insurance premium financing $388,538   $- 
            

     


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