CMSI Reports First Quarter Results
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Credit Management Solutions, Inc. (CMSI) (Nasdaq: CMSS), a leading provider of credit decisioning technology to automate and speed the processing of consumer and business loans, today reported first quarter results.
For the quarter ended March 31, 1999, total revenue was $6.1 million vs. $4.2 million in the comparable period of 1998 and $5.3 million in the fourth quarter of 1998. Losses for the first quarter of 1999 were $(0.6) million, or $(0.08) basic and diluted loss per share, compared to a loss of $(1.4) million, or $(0.18) basic and diluted loss per share in the first quarter of 1998 and a loss of $(3.8) million or $(0.50) basic and diluted loss per share in the fourth quarter of 1998. The number of shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted EPS for the quarters ended March 31, 1999 and 1998 were 7,654,291 and 7,619,625 respectively, the number of shares used in the calculation for the fourth quarter of 1998 was 7,648,797.
Peter M. Leger, President and COO, commented, "While we are encouraged by our first quarter financial results, we are far from satisfied. We are continuing our focus on executing against our 1999 operating plan and returning the business to profitability this fiscal year. We are making steady progress in growing all areas of our business and we are particularly pleased by the interest expressed by the marketplace in our CreditOn-line suite of products. It is increasingly clear that changing market dynamics and rapidly growing trends in Internet based on-line consumer financing will provide CMSI opportunities to further leverage its current core technologies and strategic relationships." |