Geospace Technologies Realigns Business Segments to Reflect Strategic Focus
September 19 2024 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
Geospace Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: GEOS) (the “Company”)
announces today that beginning in the fiscal year 2025 it will
operate under three new business segments: Smart Water, Energy
Solutions and Intelligent Industrial. The business segment
realignment and name changes take place in an effort to more
accurately reflect the Company’s on-going diversification efforts.
The three new segments replace Oil and Gas Markets, Adjacent
Markets and Emerging Markets, which were adopted in 2018 following
several diversification-oriented acquisitions. Financial reporting
on these new business segments will be represented in the first
quarter of fiscal year 2025 reports.
The Smart Water segment emphasizes the Company’s targeted
approach to growing its footprint in the water management industry.
This business segment contains the highly successful Hydroconn®
smart water connectivity offerings along with the Aquana products.
The adoption of advanced technology in water management has been
bolstered by U.S. Federal funding programs such as Water
Infrastructure Finance Act funding, which provides $7.5 billion for
water-related infrastructure projects. Over the last decade,
Geospace has seen an increase of over 400% in sales volume of its
patented Hydroconn connector cables used in Automated Meter Reading
(AMR) applications. These cables play a role in Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI) and enable remote collection of usage data
from utility meters, eliminating the need for manual meter reading.
The Aquana remote water shut off valves extend this benefit to
remote operational control requiring no personnel in the field.
There is tremendous market interest in water monitoring and
management technology for both municipalities and multi-family
residential applications.
The Energy Solutions segment will encompass the Company’s
traditional business in oil and gas land and marine exploration
products, reservoir monitoring solutions, and will additionally
incorporate emerging energy solutions and microseismic monitoring.
This segment will include energy-related business from Quantum’s
SADAR products and associated analytics. The Company has previously
cited variability in the oil and gas industry as a motivation to
diversify and provide more predictable revenue. Despite the
variability, the Company will continue to invest in new
technologies and support customers who require innovative products
for exploration and monitoring. The Company plans to introduce its
latest shallow water node, Mariner™, into the rental fleet for the
first time in fiscal year 2025. Additionally, the recent launch of
the ultralight weight land node, Pioneer™, is expected to address
increased market demand for high performance, yet affordable and
lightweight land seismic technology. As demonstration of the
continued viability of this business segment, the current Oil &
Gas Markets segment entered into two sales contracts totaling $41.9
million and a rental contract for $10.5 million in the nine-month
period ending June 30, 2024.
The Intelligent Industrial segment will maintain much of the
business from the Company’s former Adjacent Markets segment
including industrial sensors, electronic pre-press solutions and
specialized contract manufacturing. The defense and security
applications offered by Quantum will also be reflected in the
Intelligent Industrial business segment.
“It is essential to set forward a clear strategic vision for the
future of the Company where we provide innovative and collaborative
technology-driven solutions that empower our customers,” said
incoming CEO and President Richard (Rich) Kelley. “Working closely
with the management team, we determined this was an ideal time to
align our business segments with the areas where these
technology-driven solutions should yield increased revenue. For
example, we anticipate the application of Quantum’s SADAR products
and associated analytics will present future growth for the new
Energy Solutions segment. With Industrial Intelligence, we plan to
harness our experience with predictive analytics to gain traction
in the Industrial IoT market and increase our smart technology
offerings. Areas of expansion for this segment include
infrastructure and asset monitoring technologies. Expansion in the
Smart Water segment will be a mix of organic growth in the
Hydroconn water meter cables, market traction for Aquana’s products
and strategic acquisitions.”
About Geospace Technologies
Geospace Technologies is a global technology and instrumentation
manufacturer specializing in vibration sensing and highly
ruggedized products which serve energy, 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 600 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 and has been
added to the Russell 2000®, Russell 3000®, and Russell Micro-cap®.
For more information, visit www.geospace.com.
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