second quarter. Gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was $6.5 million, or 47% of sales, compared to $5.0 million, or 38% of sales, representing a 9% improvement as higher margin services revenue along with the high margin AZT sale fueled the growth. The Company reported net income of $1.6 million, or $0.16 per diluted common share for the fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2024, compared to net income of $0.3 million, or $0.03 per diluted common share for the fiscal second quarter ended March 31, 2023. Earnings per diluted common share are retroactively adjusted for the effects of a stock split effected in the form of a 100% stock dividend which occurred during the second fiscal quarter of 2024.
The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $27.1 million as of March 31, 2024, providing it with the resources to invest in market awareness and growth initiatives for its products and services, including the transformative AZT offering.
Fiscal Year 2024 Six Month Results
Revenue for the fiscal six months ended March 31, 2024, was $29.1 million compared with revenue of $31.6 million in same prior year period. Gross profit for the fiscal six months ended March 31, 2023, was $10.6 million, or 36% of sales compared with $10.8 million, or 34% of sales, reflecting a more favorable product mix and benefiting from the higher margin services revenue in the 2024 fiscal second quarter. The Company reported net income of $1.5 million, or $0.16 per diluted common share in the fiscal six months ended March 31, 2024 compared with net income of $1.3 million, or $0.14 per diluted common share for the fiscal six months ended March 31, 2023.
Conference Call Details
CSPi Chief Executive Officer Victor Dellovo and Chief Financial Officer Gary W. Levine will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. (ET) today, May 8, 2024, to review CSPi’s financial results and provide a business update. To listen to a live webcast of the call, the event link is https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2912/50580. Individuals also may listen to the call via telephone, by dialing 77-545-0523 or 973-528-0016 and use the Participant Access Code: 533105 when greeted by the live operator. For interested parties unable to participate in the live call, an archived version of the webcast will be available for approximately one year on CSPi’s website.
About CSPi
CSPi (NASDAQ:CSPI) operates two divisions, each with unique expertise in designing and implementing technology solutions to help their customers use technology to success. The High Performance Product division, including ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions, recognizes that better, stronger, more effective cybersecurity starts with a smarter approach. ARIA's solutions provide new ways for organizations to protect their most critical assets—they can shield their critical applications from attack with our AZT solution, while monitoring internal traffic, device-level logs, and alert output with our ARIA ADR solution to substantially improve threat detection and surgically disrupt cyberattacks and data exfiltration. Rounding out the portfolio, Aria's AZT Gateway Software allows us to interrogate network packets at 100mbps line-rate to enforce forwarding and capture policies on the fly. Customers in a range of industries rely on our solutions to accelerate incident response, automate breach detection, and protect their most critical assets and applications—no matter where they are stored, used, or accessed. CSPi's Technology Solutions division helps clients achieve their business goals and accelerate time to market through innovative IT solutions and professional services by partnering with best-in-class technology providers. For organizations that want the benefits of an IT department without the cost, we offer a robust catalog of Managed IT Services providing 24×365 proactive support. Our team of engineers have expertise across major industries supporting five key technology areas: Advanced Security; Communication and Collaboration; Data Center; Networking; and Wireless & Mobility.
Safe Harbor
The Company wishes to take advantage of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to statements that may be deemed to be forward-looking under the Act. Such