LEUVEN, Belgium — (BUSINESS WIRE) — April 30, 2019 — Materialise NV (NASDAQ: MTLS), a leading provider of additive manufacturing and medical software and of sophisticated 3D printing services, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019.

Highlights – First Quarter 2019

• Total revenue increased 7.3% to 47,115 kEUR for the first quarter of 2019 from 43,899 kEUR for the first quarter of 2018.
• Total deferred revenue from annual software sales and maintenance contracts increased by 2,305 kEUR to 24,911 kEUR from 22,606 kEUR at the end of 2018.
• Adjusted EBITDA increased 12% from the first quarter of 2018 to 5,829 kEUR for the first quarter of 2019.
• Net loss for the first quarter of 2019 was (304) kEUR, or (0.01) EUR per diluted share, compared to (183) kEUR, or 0.00 EUR per diluted share, over the same period last year.

Executive Chairman Peter Leys commented, “In the year’s opening quarter, all three of our segments performed well. Materialise Software and Materialise Medical, which continue to invest in both sales and marketing and research and development, combined healthy double-digit revenue growth rates with solid double-digit EBITDA margins. In spite of the continuing macro-economic uncertainties, in particular in the automotive sector, Materialise Manufacturing also realized growth, both in terms of revenue and, more significantly, in terms of EBITDA. We believe we are on track to meet our financial guidance for 2019.”

First Quarter 2019 Results

Total revenue for the first quarter of 2019 increased 7.3% to 47,115 kEUR compared to 43,899 kEUR for the first quarter of 2018. Adjusted EBITDA increased to 5,829 kEUR from 5,224 kEUR. The Adjusted EBITDA margin (Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue) in the first quarter of 2019 was 12.4% compared to 11.9% in the first quarter of 2018.

Revenue from our Materialise Software segment increased 12.3% to 9,350 kEUR for the first quarter of 2019 from 8,326 kEUR for the same quarter last year. Segment EBITDA increased to 2,961 kEUR from 2,324 kEUR while the segment EBITDA margin (the segment's EBITDA divided by the segment's revenue) was 31.7% compared to 27.9% in the prior-year period.

Revenue from our Materialise Medical segment increased 13.6% to 13,566 kEUR for the first quarter of 2019 compared to 11,946 kEUR for the same period in 2018. Compared to the same quarter in 2018, revenues from medical devices and services grew 15.8%, and revenues from our medical software grew 9.4%. Segment EBITDA was 1,773 kEUR compared to 2,060 kEUR while the segment EBITDA margin decreased to 13.1% from 17.2% in the first quarter of 2018.

Revenue from our Materialise Manufacturing segment increased 2.3% to 24,184 kEUR for the first quarter of 2019 from 23,632 kEUR for the first quarter of 2018. Segment EBITDA increased to 3,695 kEUR from 3,133 kEUR while the segment EBITDA margin increased to 15.3% from 13.3% for the same quarter in 2018.

Gross profit was 25,579 kEUR, or 54.3% of total revenue, for the first quarter of 2019 compared to 23,955 kEUR, or 54.6% of total revenue, for the first quarter of 2018.

Research and development (“R&D”), sales and marketing (“S&M”) and general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses increased, in the aggregate, 8.5% to 25,361 kEUR for the first quarter of 2019 from 23,374 kEUR for the first quarter of 2018.

Net other operating income increased by 709 kEUR to 1,258 kEUR compared to 549 kEUR for the first quarter of 2018.

Operating result increased 30.6% to 1,476 kEUR from 1,130 kEUR for the same period in the prior year.

Net financial result was (592) kEUR compared to (710) kEUR for the prior-year period. The share in loss of joint venture amounted to (123) kEUR from (103) kEUR for the same period last year.

The first quarter of 2019 contained income tax expenses of (1,065) kEUR, compared to (500) kEUR in the first quarter of 2018. The decrease of 565 kEUR primarily reflects the change in deferred taxes from an income of 320 kEUR as at March 31, 2018 to an expense of 290 kEUR as at March 31, 2019.

As a result of the above, net loss for the first quarter of 2019 was (304) kEUR, compared to (183) kEUR for the same period in 2018. Total comprehensive income for the first quarter of 2019, which includes exchange differences on translation of foreign operations, was 284 kEUR compared to a loss of (278) kEUR for the same period in 2018.

At March 31, 2019, we had cash and equivalents of 111,052 kEUR compared to 115,506 kEUR at December 31, 2018. Cash flow from operating activities for the first quarter of 2019 was 4,081 kEUR compared to 6,200 kEUR in 2018. As a result of the implementation of the new accounting standard IFRS 16, we have recognized additional lease assets and liabilities for an amount of 4,998 kEUR at January 1, 2019. Our Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2019 was affected positively by this new standard from the rental payments decrease of 596 kEUR, but our operating profit was not impacted as the depreciation expenses increased by the same amount.