CreditRiskMonitor Announces Third Quarter Results
VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. - November 10, 2022 - CreditRiskMonitor (OTCQX: CRMZ) reported operating revenues of $4.55 million, an increase of 5%, for the three months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2021. The Company reported pre-tax income of approximately $627 thousand corresponding to a pre-tax profit margin of 14% as compared to 16% in the third quarter of fiscal 2021. The decrease in pre-tax profitability was primarily driven by increased expenses related to employee salaries, employee benefits, commissions, and third-party content due to inflation.
Mike Flum, President & COO, said, "We have launched the update to our proprietary, private company bankruptcy analytic, the PAYCE® score, which expands coverage by a factor of three to over 330 thousand businesses while also improving its predictive accuracy by approximately 10% to capture 80%+ of declared bankruptcies. The new model also enhances the transparency of the score by adding the PAYCE® Score Analysis section to our credit reports that summarize the factors driving the score, a consistent request from our subscribers since the launch of the FRISK® Score Analysis report section for public companies in 2018. Based on February 2022 data published by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Association, we believe that the PAYCE® score now covers the vast majority of U.S. private companies with annual revenues of $5 million or more. For more information on the updated PAYCE® score, please see refer to our new whitepaper at https://www.creditriskmonitor.com/resources/white-papers/updated-creditriskmonitor-payce-score.
We continue to be pleased with the launch of SupplyChainMonitor™ as our go-to-market strategy is starting to get some traction. The response from subscribers and prospects on this new supply chain-focused platform has been very encouraging, validating our design decisions and agile development approach. Subscriber and prospect feedback is informing our feature roadmap, with some notable enhancements that are in the works including electric power outage map overlays and alerting, business certification data, and cyber security scores. Our affordable pricing and ‘all-you-can-eat' supplier coverage model are resonating with the market. The mounting recessionary pressures of the current inflationary-come-rising-interest-rate environment have put solutions that address counterparty financial risk squarely in the ‘must-have' category for all sophisticated operators.
These aggressive interest rate hikes by central banks globally coupled with the large population of zombie companies that have approaching debt maturity walls set the stage for a potentially major swath of bankruptcies rolling in over the next 24-36 months. Such environments have traditionally advanced our business and I think we are well-positioned to reap additional value for our shareholders, subscribers, employees, and partners during this period and beyond. As always, we remain committed to reinvesting in the Company through new product development, data acquisition, and employee retention in support of delivering subscription services whose value exceeds the cost to our clients."
A full copy of the financial statements can be found at https://crmz.ir.edgar-online.com/
Overview
CreditRiskMonitor (creditriskmonitor.com) sells a suite of web-based, SaaS subscription products providing access to comprehensive commercial credit reports, bankruptcy risk analytics, financial and payment information, and curated news on public and private companies worldwide. The products help corporate credit and procurement professionals stay ahead of and manage financial risk more quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively.
The Company’s newest platform, SupplyChainMonitor™, leverages its financial risk analytics expertise to create a risk management solution built specifically for procurement, supply chain, sourcing, and finance personnel involved in the supplier lifecycle, risk assessment, and ongoing risk monitoring. Users can assess counterparty risks at the aggregate and granular levels under a variety of categories including geography and industry, as well as customized, customer-specific configurations. The platform features mapping capabilities with real-time weather/natural disaster event overlays as well as customizable news notifications, reports, and charts.
Our subscribers, including nearly 40% of the Fortune 1000 and well over a thousand other large corporations worldwide, use the Company's timely news alerts, research, and reports on public and private companies to make important risk decisions. The Company's comprehensive commercial credit reports covering both public and private companies worldwide are published through its web-based platform and feature detailed analyses of financial statements, including ratio analysis and trend reports, peer analysis, corporate issuer ratings from key Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations ("NRSROs"), as well as the Company's proprietary bankruptcy analytics: the FRISK® and PAYCE® scores. One of the FRISK® scoring model's exclusive input features is the aggregate risk sentiment of our subscribers based on their crowdsourced usage behaviors resulting in the improved classification of bankruptcy risk for the riskiest corporations and boosting overall accuracy.
The Company, through its Trade Contributor Program, receives confidential accounts receivables data from hundreds of subscribers and non-subscribers every month. This trade receivable data is parsed, processed, aggregated, and finally reported to summarize the invoice payment behavior of B2B counterparties, without disclosing the specific contributors of this information. The Trade Contributor Program's current trade credit file exceeds $2.5 trillion of transaction data annually.
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CONTACT:
CreditRiskMonitor.com, Inc.
Mike Flum, CEO & President
845.230.3037
ir@creditriskmonitor.com