[May 18, 2016] |
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EZTD Inc. Reports First Quarter 2016 Financial Results
EZTD Inc. (OTCQX:EZTD), a worldwide leader of online binary options
trading with a proprietary business-to-consumer platform, today reported
its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016.
Financial Highlights Include:
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Transaction volume for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 increased to
$52.8 million compared with $24.3 million in the year-ago first
quarter, an increase of 117%.
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The number of transactions for the first quarter 2016 increased by
125% to 1.17 million transactions compared with 519 thousand
transactions in the first quarter 2015.
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The number of active customers in the first quarter 2016 was 18,425
compared with 17,475 active users at the end of March 2015, an
increase of 8.6%, reflecting the company's increased sales and
marketing efforts.
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At the end of the first quarter 2016, the company raised $6 million in
a private placement transaction at a share price of $6.00 per share,
compared with a trading price of $4.20 per share on that date.
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Total revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 were $7.0 million
compared with $7.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The
slight decrease in total revenues is attributed to significant changes
in operations this quarter, versus the year ago quarter, made to
comply with new regulations imposed by the company's Cypriot
regulator. Sequentially, total revenues increased by 9.4% since the
fourth quarter of 2015.
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During the first quarter of 2016, the company invested in expanding
its business and brand awareness, investing in better technology,
precise sponsorship focusing, and strict regulatory discipline, which
resulted in increased acquisition costs of $5.0 million, compared with
$3.6 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2015.
Shimon Citron, CEO of EZTD Inc., said, "As we implement our strategy to
increase the number of customers as well as the value per customer, we
continue to make great strides in all of our markets. We recently
finished making adjustments to our business in Japan to comply with
regulator requests, and will start generating revenue from this
subsidiary in the coming weeks as we prepare for what we believe will be
a very successful market for our company. In addition, we are focusing
on expanding into other Asian countries, the Gulf States and Australia,
which are all markets we believe will contribute to our growth."
"The company invested significant sums this quarter to accommodate
regulator demands and improve regulatory compliance. We believe this
work will place us as one of the leading companies in the industry as
customers will look to better, highly regulated "by the book" companies
as their Binary and Forex investment providers."
He added, "To prepare for our anticipated growth and to attract new
customers, we invested this quarter in sales and marketing to continue
to build our brand equity and were successful in converting site
visitors into customers. We are very excited about the launch of our new
website, eztraderfc.com, as we target avid sports fans and work toward
converting them into active customers."
"We remain enthusiastic about new business opportunities as we continue
to pursue potential partners in our targeted markets. We look forward to
reporting on what we believe will be another year of growth and market
expansion," Mr. Citron concluded.
Additional highlights:
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EZTD effected a 1-for-30 reverse split of its common stock in order to
attempt to meet NASDAQ's share price eligibility criteria, one of the
several requirements necessary to list on that market.
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Net loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 was $3.37 million, or
$0.87 per share, compared with a net loss of $1.25 million, or $0.40
per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. (Per share figures
have been adjusted to reflect the company's 1-for-30 reverse stock
split effected on April 7, 2016.)
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EZTD launched its new website, eztraderfc.com, as part of its overall
marketing plan to align itself with leading football clubs and attract
sports fans to its platform.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to providing financial measurements based on generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("U.S.
GAAP"), the company provides additional financial metrics that are not
prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP ("non-GAAP financial measures").
Management uses non-GAAP financial measures in addition to U.S. GAAP
financial measures to understand and compare operating results across
accounting periods, for financial and operational decision making, for
planning and forecasting purposes and to evaluate our financial
performance.
Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect the
company's ongoing business in a manner that allows for meaningful
comparisons and analyses of trends in its business, as they exclude
expenses and gains that are not reflective of the company's ongoing
operating results. Management also believes that these non-GAAP
financial measures provide useful information to investors in
understanding and evaluating the company's operating results and future
prospects in the same manner as management and in comparing financial
results across accounting periods and to those of peer companies.
The non-GAAP financial measures do not replace the presentation of our
U.S. GAAP financial results and should only be used as a supplement to,
and not as a substitute for, the company's financial results presented
in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
About EZTD
Launched in 2011, EZTD Inc. (F/K/A EZTRADER Inc.), www.eztd.info
(United States) (EZTD) is one of the pioneers of secure and regulated
online binary trading, and maintains its position as a leading,
reputable and reliable operator of a proprietary business-to-consumer
binary options platform. EZTD offers 24/7 trading on more than 120
assets including commodities, stocks, currency pairs and indices.
Currently available in more than 11 languages, EZTD is growing rapidly
and continues to seek exciting opportunities to further enhance its
presence throughout Europe and Asia. EZTD's advanced mobile app is one
of the most user-friendly and secure trading apps and is available for
both Android and iPhone (News - Alert). EZTrader.com is wholly-owned and operated by
EZTD's wholly-owned subsidiary, WGM Services Ltd., which operates
throughout Europe. EZTD also operates in Japan through its wholly-owned
subsidiary, EZInvest Securities Co. Ltd.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. In some cases
these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believe," "anticipate,
"expect," "plan," "may," "will," "should," "potential," or in each case,
their negative or other variations thereon or comparable terminology,
although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. For
example, forward-looking statements are used in this press release when
the company's anticipated growth, when it discusses the reverse stock
split being a key step in our uplisting to NASDAQ, when it discusses
expanding into new international markets to generate additional
revenues, or when the company discusses converting new users into
regular customers due to the launch of its new website. These
forward-looking statements and their implications are based on the
current expectations of the management of EZTD only, and are subject to
a number of factors and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the
control of EZTD, and cannot be predicted or quantified and consequently,
actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. EZTD undertakes no obligation to
publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events. For a more detailed description of
the risks and uncertainties affecting EZTD, reference is made to the
heading "Risk Factors" in EZTD's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
-Financial Tables Follow-
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RECONCILIATION OF EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA TO NET (News - Alert) INCOME
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U.S. dollars in thousands.
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Three months ended
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March 31, 2016
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March 31, 2015
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Unaudited
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Net loss
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($ 3,372
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($ 1,252
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Add: Financial expenses, net
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749
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1,552
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Add: Income taxes
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Add: Depreciation and amortization
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215
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87
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EBITDA
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(2,408
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387
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Add: Other (income) expense
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799
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Add: Stock based compensation
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373
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457
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Adjusted EBITDA
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(1,236
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844
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The table above reconciles net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.
EBITDA is defined as net income before net interest expense, income
taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as
EBITDA before other operating expenses related to the acquisition of a
subsidiary in Japan, legal expenses, and expenses related to
stock-based compensation. Although EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not
measures of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, management
believes that they are useful to the Company and to an investor in
evaluating the Company because they are widely used measures to
evaluate a company's operating performance.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
U.S. Dollars (in thousands)
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March 31, 2016
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December 31, 2015
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Unaudited
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Audited
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ASSETS
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CURRENT ASSETS:
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Cash & cash equivalents
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2,275
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Segregated client cash accounts
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3,330
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1,501
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Restricted cash
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59
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42
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Receivable from credit card companies
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1,106
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1,874
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Other current assets
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2,416
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856
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Total current assets
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9,186
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4,273
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NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
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Property and equipment, net
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3,000
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2,389
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Intangible assets, net
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370
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380
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Total non-current assets
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3,370
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2,769
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Total assets
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12,556
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7,042
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES:
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Short term loan
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594
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Obligation to customers
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4,354
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3,922
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Financial liabilities
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82
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109
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Convertible loans
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5,653
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4,943
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Accounts payable
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1,689
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1,235
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Accrued expenses and other accounts payable
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2,814
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1,909
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Total current liabilities
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14,592
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12,712
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LONG TERM LIABILITIES:
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Accrued severance pay, net
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199
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230
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Total liabilities
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14,791
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12,942
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EQUITY (DEFICIENCY):
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Common stock of $ 0.03 par value:
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Authorized: 10,000,000 shares at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015;
Issued and outstanding: 3,863,260 shares at March 31, 2016
and December 31, 2015
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116
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116
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Prepayment on account of shares
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6,631
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Additional paid-in capital
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35,281
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34,875
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Accumulated deficit
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(44,263
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(40,891
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Equity (deficiency)
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(2,235
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(5,900
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Total liabilities and equity
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12,556
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7,042
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
U.S. Dollars (in thousands, except share and per share data)
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Three months ended
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March 31, 2016
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March 31, 2015
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Unaudited
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Revenues
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7,044
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7,143
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Operating expenses:
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Sales and marketing
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6,846
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5,223
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General and administrative
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2,024
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750
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Research and development
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424
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413
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Stock-based compensation
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373
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457
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Total operating expenses
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9,667
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6,843
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Operating income (loss)
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(2,623
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300
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Financial expenses, net
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749
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1,552
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Net loss before taxes on income
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3,372
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1,252
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Taxes on income
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Net loss attributable to the Company
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3,372
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1,252
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Total basic and diluted net loss per share
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(0.87
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(0.40
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Weighted average number of common stock used in computing basic
and diluted net loss per share
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3,863,260
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3,159,825
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