Geospace Technologies Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Results
HOUSTON--( BUSINESS WIRE)--Geospace Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: GEOS) (“the “Company") today reported revenue for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2025, of $30.7 million compared to revenue of $35.4 million for the comparable year-ago period. Net loss for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2025 was $9.1 million, or $(0.71) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $12.9 million, or $(1.00) per diluted share, for the comparable year-ago period.
Richard “Rich” Kelley, Chief Executive Officer and President of Geospace Technologies, said, “The mixed fiscal year performance across the market segments continues to reinforce our vision of diversification and innovation for the company."
For the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2025, Geospace Technologies reported revenue of $110.8 million for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. This compares to revenue of $135.6 million for the comparable year-ago period. Net loss for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 was $9.7 million, or $(0.76) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $6.6 million, or $(0.50) per diluted share, for comparable year-ago period.
Management’s Comments
Richard “Rich” Kelley, Chief Executive Officer and President of Geospace Technologies, said, “The mixed fiscal year performance across the market segments continues to reinforce our vision of diversification and innovation for the company.
Our Smart Water segment delivered another strong year, exceeding expectations with double digit revenue growth for the fourth sequential fiscal year. The Hydroconn® connector line continued to gain market share and drove significant revenue gains compared to last year. We are also seeing increased market acceptance of the Aquana products both domestically and in the Caribbean markets. We anticipate continued market demand for both the Hydroconn and Aquana solutions. For international markets, we will build upon the municipal water management model in the U.S. and address challenges of water scarcity, environmental changes and natural disaster mitigation.
Continued market uncertainty and volatility in oil prices resulted in lower revenue from Energy Solutions. We experienced another year of reduced offshore exploration, increased competition and consolidation. These factors have led to decreased utilization of our ocean-bottom node rental fleet that has negatively impacted segment revenue. Despite lower revenue, we achieved strategic wins in the segment. As previously announced, we were awarded a major Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) contract with Petrobras as well as released and completed a major sale of our ultra lightweight land node, Pioneer™ to several customers, including Dawson Geophysical, a long-time valued partner. We have a strong backlog going into the next fiscal year and while there are encouraging signs, the short-term exploration market remains uncertain due to continued pressure from low oil prices. However, long-term demand forecasts should drive more favorable market conditions in future periods.
Our Intelligent Industrial segment continues to provide steady, predictable revenue from our industrial sensors and contract manufacturing solutions. As previously announced, to increase revenue from this segment, we acquired Geovox Security, Inc., the exclusive licensee of a human heartbeat detection algorithm developed by Oak Ridge National Lab. The Heartbeat Detector® complements our border and perimeter security solutions. It further serves to advance our strategy toward adding more solutions with annual recurring revenue. We also restructured our Exile product portfolio to increase revenues and improve margins. Both Heartbeat Detector and Exile have seen increased interest in their respective markets.
While Energy Solutions continues to play a key role in our overall strategy, we will continue to drive growth and profitability through diversification. We see incredible opportunities in our Smart Water and Intelligent Industrial segments to leverage our technology and manufacturing capabilities.
Smart Water Segment
Revenue from the Company’s Smart Water segment totaled $8.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025. This compares to $11.9 million in revenue for the same period a year ago a decrease of 28%. For the fiscal year, revenue from this segment totaled $35.8 million versus $32.4 million for the same prior year period for an increase of 10%. The decrease in revenue for the three-month period is due to decreased demand for our Hydroconn universal AMI connectors. Annually the Company expects a slight seasonal drop in demand for those products during the fall and winter months. The twelve-month increase in revenue is due to increased demand for Hydroconn connectors. Fiscal year 2025 marks the fourth annual year with double digit percentage revenue growth due for our connectors.
Energy Solutions Segment
For the three-month period ended September 30, 2025, revenue from the Company’s Energy Solutions segment totaled $15.7 million for a decrease of 11% when compared to $17.6 million from the same prior year period. Revenue from the twelve-month period was $50.7 million, a decrease of 35%, when compared to revenue from the same prior year period of $78.0 million. The decrease for the three-month period and 12-month period is due to lower utilization and sales for our marine ocean bottom node rental fleet, partially offset by sales of our newly released ultralight land node known as Pioneer. In the third quarter of this fiscal year the Company executed an eighteen-month PRM contract. Revenue will be recognized over the duration of the contract, which is anticipated to begin in our second fiscal quarter of 2026 and beyond.
Intelligent Industrial Segment
Revenue from the Company’s Intelligent Industrial segment totaled $6.4 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2025. This compares with $5.8 million from the equivalent year ago period, representing an increase of 9%. Revenue for the twelve-month period ending September 30, 2025, was $24.0 million. This compares to the prior year-ago period of $24.9 million, a decrease of 4%. The increase in revenue for the three-month period was due to higher demand for our industrial sensors, and contract manufacturing services. The decrease in revenue for the twelve-month period was primarily due to revenue recognized for the three and twelve months ended September 30, 2024 on a government contract completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 and lower demand for our imaging products, partially offset by an increase in demand for our industrial sensors and contract manufacturing services.
Balance Sheet and Liquidity
For the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2025, the Company used $22.2 million in cash and cash equivalents from operating activities. The Company generated $42.7 million of cash from investing activities that included $30.4 million in proceeds from the sale of short-term investments, $14.2 million of proceeds from the sale of rental equipment, $8.7 million in proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment and, offset by $8.0 million for additions to property, plant and equipment, $1.1 million in additions to the rental fleet and, $1.8 million for the acquisition of the Heartbeat Detector product line.
As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $26.3 million in cash and maintained an additional borrowing availability of $8.0 million under its bank credit agreement with no borrowings outstanding. For the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2025, the Company’s working capital is $64.1 million which includes $28.0 million of trade accounts and financing receivables. Additionally, the Company owns unencumbered property and real estate in both domestic and international locations. The sale of excess land and facilities owned by Geospace positioned adjacent to our Houston facility was completed in the third quarter.
Conference Call Information
Geospace Technologies will host a conference call to review its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025 financial results on November 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9 a.m. Central). Participants can access the call at (800) 267-6316 (US) or (203) 518-9783 (International). Please reference the conference ID: GEOSQ425 prior to the start of the conference call. A replay will be available for approximately 60 days and may be accessed through the Investor Relations tab of our website at www.geospace.com.
About Geospace Technologies
Geospace Technologies is a global technology and instrumentation manufacturer specializing in advanced sensing, IOT and highly ruggedized products, which serve smart water, energy exploration, industrial, government and commercial customers worldwide. The Company’s products blend engineering expertise with advanced analytic software to optimize energy exploration, enhance national and homeland security, empower water utility and property managers, and streamline electronic printing solutions. With more than four decades of excellence, the Company’s more than 450 employees across the world are dedicated to engineering and technical quality. Geospace is traded on the U.S. NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol GEOS. For more information, visit www.geospace.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “intend”, “expect”, “plan”, “budget”, “forecast”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict”, “potential”, “continue”, “evaluating” or similar words. Statements that contain these words should be read carefully because they discuss our future expectations, contain projections of our future results of operations or of our financial position or state other forward-looking information. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements that we make regarding our expected operating results, the timing, adoption, results and success of our rollout of our Aquana smart water valves and cloud-based control platform, continued demand growth of our Hydroconn universal AMI connectors, future demand for our Quantum and/or Heartbeat Detector® security solutions, the adoption and sale of our products in various geographic regions, potential tenders for permanent reservoir monitoring systems, future demand for ocean bottom node rental equipment, sales or rentals for our Mariner® or Mariner® Deep nodes, the adoption of Quantum's SADAR® product monitoring of subsurface reservoirs, the completion of new orders for channels of our Pioneer™ system, the fulfillment of customer payment obligations, the impact of the current armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, our ability to manage changes and the continued health or availability of management personnel, volatility and direction of oil prices, anticipated levels of capital expenditures and the sources of funding therefor, and our strategy for growth, product development, market position, financial results and the provision of accounting reserves. These forward-looking statements reflect our current judgment about future events and trends based on the information currently available to us. However, there will likely be events in the future that we are not able to predict or control. The factors listed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other cautionary language in such Annual Report, any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or in other period reports, provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements. Such examples include, but are not limited to, the failure of the Quantum and OptoSeis® or Aquana technology transactions to yield positive operating results, decreases in commodity price levels, the failure of our products to achieve market acceptance (despite substantial investment by us), our sensitivity to short term backlog, delayed or cancelled customer orders, product obsolescence resulting from poor industry conditions or new technologies, credit losses associated with customer accounts, inability to collect on financing receivables, lack of further orders for our ocean bottom nodes rental equipment, failure of our Quantum products to be adopted by the border and security perimeter market or a decrease in such market due to governmental changes, and infringement or failure to protect intellectual property. The occurrence of the events described in these risk factors and elsewhere in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or in our other periodic reports could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial position, and actual events and results of operations may vary materially from our current expectations. We assume no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that we may make from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws and regulations.
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GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
Year Ended
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
Revenue:
Products
$
29,624
$
32,602
$
104,204
$
116,036
Rental
1,090
2,836
6,599
19,562
Total revenue
30,714
35,438
110,803
135,598
Cost of revenue:
Products
24,913
16,302
68,079
69,318
Rental
2,340
3,206
9,827
13,707
Total cost of revenue
27,253
19,508
77,906
83,025
Gross profit
3,461
15,930
32,897
52,573
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative
8,074
7,241
29,815
26,554
Research and development
4,549
4,775
18,916
16,251
Other intangible asset impairment
—
2,761
—
2,761
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses
45
(26
)
66
(110
)
Total operating expenses
12,668
14,751
48,797
45,456
Gain on disposal of property
—
—
4,616
—
Income (loss) from operations
(9,207
)
1,179
(11,284
)
7,117
Other income (expense):
Loss on sale of subsidiary
—
(14,539
)
—
(14,539
)
Interest expense
(38
)
(43
)
(169
)
(187
)
Interest income
562
604
2,537
1,558
Foreign currency transaction losses, net
(10
)
(17
)
(275
)
(270
)
Other, net
(376
)
(379
)
(145
)
(143
)
Total other income (expense), net
478
(14,034
)
1,948
(13,581
)
Loss before income taxes
(8,729
)
(12,855
)
(9,336
)
(6,464
)
Income tax expense
333
5
388
114
Net loss
$
(9,062
)
$
(12,860
)
$
(9,724
)
$
(6,578
)
Loss per common share:
Basic
$
(0.71
)
$
(1.00
)
$
(0.76
)
$
(0.50
)
Diluted
$
(0.71
)
$
(1.00
)
$
(0.76
)
$
(0.50
)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic
12,820,403
12,797,653
12,793,075
13,151,600
Diluted
12,820,403
12,797,653
12,793,075
13,151,600
GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands except share amounts) (unaudited)
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
2025
2024
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
26,338
$
6,895
Short-term investments
—
30,227
Trade accounts and financing receivables, net
28,009
21,868
Inventories, net
30,901
26,222
Assets held for sale
—
1,841
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
3,252
2,313
Total current assets
88,500
89,366
Non-current inventories, net
17,113
18,031
Rental equipment, net
8,120
14,186
Property, plant and equipment, net
23,244
21,083
Non-current trade accounts and financing receivables, net
8,190
6,375
Operating right-of-use assets
915
464
Goodwill
1,258
736
Other intangible assets, net
5,155
1,649
Other non-current assets
542
304
Total assets
$
153,037
$
152,194
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable trade
$
10,369
$
8,003
Operating lease liabilities
420
173
Other current liabilities
13,641
9,021
Total current liabilities
24,430
17,197
Contingent consideration
2,540
—
Non-current operating lease liabilities
554
339
Deferred tax liabilities, net
4
34
Total liabilities
27,528
17,570
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
—
—
Common stock, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 14,378,962 and 14,206,082 shares issued, respectively; and 12,820,702 and 12,709,381 shares outstanding, respectively
144
142
Additional paid-in capital
98,845
97,342
Retained earnings
45,558
55,282
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(4,538
)
(4,257
)
Treasury stock, at cost, 1,558,260 and 1,496,701 shares, respectively
(14,500
)
(13,885
)
Total stockholders’ equity
125,509
134,624
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
153,037
$
152,194
GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands) (unaudited)
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
2025
2024
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss
$
(9,724
)
$
(6,578
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
(31
)
18
Rental equipment depreciation
6,176
10,859
Property, plant and equipment depreciation
3,752
3,512
Amortization of intangible assets
218
395
Intangible assets impairment expense
—
2,761
Accretion of discounts on short-term investments
(171
)
(566
)
Stock-based compensation expense
1,505
1,304
Provision for (recovery of) credit losses
66
(110
)
Inventory obsolescence expense
3,071
589
Loss on sale of subsidiary
—
14,539
Gross profit from sale of rental equipment
(16,402
)
(30,998
)
(Gain) loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
(4,679
)
16
Realized gain on investments
(9
)
—
Effects of changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts and notes receivable
(4,244
)
6,593
Inventories
(7,571
)
(10,985
)
Other assets
(1,345
)
(199
)
Accounts payable trade
2,353
2,746
Other liabilities
4,803
(2,979
)
Net cash used in operating activities
(22,232
)
(9,083
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
(7,973
)
(3,857
)
Investment in rental equipment
(1,091
)
(8,321
)
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment
8,675
9
Proceeds from the sale of rental equipment
14,171
31,964
Purchase of short-term investments
—
(32,078
)
Proceeds from the sale of short-term investments
30,407
17,338
Payment for business acquisition
(1,750
)
—
Payments received on note receivable related to sale of subsidiary
253
—
Cash disposed from sale of subsidiary
—
(1,231
)
Net cash provided by investing activities
42,692
3,824
Cash flows from financing activities:
Debt issuance costs
(398
)
—
Purchase of treasury stock
(615
)
(6,385
)
Net cash used in financing activities
(1,013
)
(6,385
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
(4
)
(264
)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
19,443
(11,908
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of fiscal year
6,895
18,803
Cash and cash equivalents, end of fiscal year
$
26,338
$
6,895
GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUMMARY OF SEGMENT REVENUE AND OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
Year Ended
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
September 30, 2025
September 30, 2024
Revenue:
Smart Water
$
8,538
$
11,876
$
35,816
$
32,434
Energy Solutions
15,729
17,649
50,706
77,977
Intelligent Industrial
6,364
5,840
23,960
24,891
Corporate
83
73
321
296
Total
$
30,714
$
35,438
$
110,803
$
135,598
Income (loss) from operations:
Smart Water
$
1,640
$
3,843
$
5,663
$
9,215
Energy Solutions
(4,992
)
5,567
388
18,570
Intelligent Industrial
(1,061
)
(4,510
)
(4,329
)
(6,691
)
Corporate
(4,794
)
(3,721
)
(13,006
)
(13,977
)
Total
$
(9,207
)
$
1,179
$
(11,284
)
$
7,117