| NEW YORK, November 10, 2008: Reis, Inc. (NASDAQ:REIS) (“Reis” or the “Company”) announced its financial results and operational achievements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008.
Results and Performance
Reis presents financial information for its two operating segments: the information services segment, which we refer to as Reis Services, and the Residential Development Activities segment. The Company believes that the utilization of segment reporting will assist investors in analyzing the two separate businesses. For comparison purposes, the Company has included pro forma financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, which is presented as if the May 30, 2007 merger (the “Merger”) had been consummated between Reis, Inc., then a privately held real estate information company (“Private Reis”), and a wholly owned subsidiary of Wellsford Real Properties, Inc. (“Wellsford”) as of January 1, 2006.
Consolidated Financial Results
For the three months ended September 30, 2008, the Company’s consolidated net loss was $(209,110), as compared to net income of $316,566 for the three months ended September 30, 2007. Total revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 was $11,563,802 and $19,169,758, respectively. During the 2008 period, revenue was comprised of subscription revenue of $6,524,346 and revenue from sales of residential units of $5,039,456. During the 2007 period, revenue was comprised of subscription revenue of $6,342,711 and revenue from sales of residential units of $12,826,987.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company’s consolidated net income was $1,263,326, as compared to a consolidated pro forma net loss of $(8,820,910) for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 were $39,262,149 (actual) and $43,724,428 (pro forma), respectively. During the 2008 period, revenue was comprised of subscription revenue of $19,440,153 and revenue from sales of residential units of $19,821,996. During the 2007 pro forma period, revenue was comprised of subscription revenue of $17,269,212 and revenue from sales of residential units of $26,455,216.
Included in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 is a tax benefit of $1,165,000, recorded in June 2008, which resulted from a change in estimate of net operating losses allocable for income tax purposes to the fiscal 2007 period subsequent to the Merger.
Reis Services EBITDA
Management uses EBITDA to monitor and assess Reis Services’s performance and believes it is helpful to investors in understanding Reis Services’s business (see Reconciliation of Net (Loss) Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA below). For the three months ended September 30, 2008, EBITDA for the Reis Services segment was approximately $2,965,000, representing a 45.4% EBITDA margin and a 16.0% EBITDA growth rate over third quarter 2007 EBITDA of approximately $2,557,000. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, EBITDA for the Reis Services segment was approximately $8,515,000, representing a 43.8% EBITDA margin and 43.5% EBITDA growth rate over the nine months 2007 pro forma EBITDA of approximately $5,933,000.
The increase in EBITDA over the comparable 2007 periods is primarily the result of (i) the revenue growth of 2.9% and 12.6% for the three and nine months ended September 30, | |