Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending July 31, 2025 (Form 10-Q)

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

The statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q ("Form 10-Q") regarding future earnings and operations and other statements relating to the future constitute "forward-looking" statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include but are not limited to, our inability to integrate operations and personnel, actions by significant customers or competitors, general domestic and international economic conditions, reliance on key customers, including the U.S government, continued acceptance of the Company's products in the marketplace, competitive factors, new products and technological changes, product prices and raw material costs, dependence upon third-party vendors, other supply chain related issues, increasing costs for materials, operating related expenses, competitive developments, changes in manufacturing and transportation costs, the availability of capital, the outcome of any litigation and arbitration proceedings, and failure to maintain an effective system of internal controls over financial reporting. The factors listed above are not exhaustive. Other sections of this Form 10-Q and in Part I, Item 1A (Risk Factors) of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025 (the "Form 10-K") include additional factors that could materially and adversely impact the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, the Company operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict the impact of all these factors on the Company's business, financial condition or results of operations or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not rely on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Any or all of the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q and any other public statement made by the Company or its management may turn out to be incorrect. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The Company believes its most critical accounting policies to be the recognition of revenue and costs on production contracts and the valuation of inventory. Both of these areas require the Company to make use of reasonable estimates including estimating the cost to complete a contract, the realizable value of its inventory and the market value of its products. Changes in estimates can have a material impact on the Company's financial position and results of operations. The Company's significant accounting policies did not change during the three months ended July 31, 2025.

Revenue Recognition

Revenues are reported in operating results predominantly over time using the cost-to-cost method. Under this method, revenue is recorded based upon the ratio that incurred costs bear to total estimated contract costs with related cost of revenues recorded as the costs are incurred. Each month management reviews estimated contract costs through a process of aggregating actual costs incurred and estimating additional costs to completion based upon the current available information regarding labor, outside services, materials, overhead costs, and status of the contract. The effect of any change in the estimated gross margin rate ("GM Rate") for a contract is reflected in revenues in the period in which the change is known. Provisions for the full amount of anticipated losses on contracts are made in the period in which they become determinable.

Significant judgment is used in evaluating the financial information for certain contracts to determine an appropriate budget and estimated cost. The Company evaluates this information continuously and bases its judgments on historical experience, design specifications, and expected costs for material and labor.

Inventories

In accordance with industry practice, inventoried costs contain amounts relating to contracts and programs with long production cycles, a portion of which will not be realized within one year. Inventory write downs are established for slow-moving materials based on percentage of usage over a ten-year period, obsolete items on a gradual basis over five years with no usage and costs incurred on programs for which production-level orders cannot be determined as probable. Such write-downs are based upon management's experience and estimates for future business. Any changes arising from revised estimates are reflected in cost of revenues in the period the revision is made.

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Income Taxes

We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and significant judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets that are not more likely than not to be realized. We monitor the realizability of our deferred tax assets taking into account all relevant factors at each reporting period. In completing our assessment of realizability of our deferred tax assets, we consider our history of income (loss) measured at pre-tax income (loss) adjusted for permanent book-tax differences on a jurisdictional basis, volatility in actual earnings, excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation in recent prior years and impacts of the timing of reversal of existing temporary differences. We also rely on our assessment of the Company's projected future results of business operations, including uncertainty in future operating results relative to historical results, volatility in the market price of our common stock and its performance over time, variable macroeconomic conditions impacting our ability to forecast future taxable income, and changes in business that may affect the existence and magnitude of future taxable income. Our valuation allowance assessment is based on our best estimate of future results considering all available information.

Our provision for or benefit from income taxes for interim periods is determined using an estimate of our annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter, we update our estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if our estimated tax rate changes, we make a cumulative adjustment.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The table below sets forth for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, the percentage of consolidated revenues represented by certain items in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations or notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements:

		Three Months ended July 31,
		2025				2024
Revenues
FEI-NY			75.0	%			72.8	%
FEI-Zyfer			26.9				28.3
Less intersegment revenues			(1.9	)			(1.1	)
			100.0				100.0
Cost of revenues			63.2				55.6
Gross margin			36.8				44.4
Selling and administrative expenses			26.0				18.9
Research and development expenses			8.2				9.8
Operating income			2.6				15.7
Other income, net			1.4				1.3
(Benefit) provision for income taxes			(0.6	)			0.9
Net income			4.6	%			16.1	%

Revenues

		Three months ended July 31,
		(in thousands)
Segment		2025				2024				Change
FEI-NY		$	10,354			$	10,975			$	(621	)			(5.7	)%
FEI-Zyfer			3,718				4,272				(554	)			(13.0	)
Intersegment revenues			(260	)			(170	)			(90	)			52.9
		$	13,812			$	15,077			$	(1,265	)			(8.4	)%

For the three months ended July 31, 2025, revenues from commercial and U.S. Government communication satellite programs accounted for approximately 47% of consolidated revenues compared to approximately 55% of consolidated revenues during this same period in the prior fiscal year. Revenues are recognized primarily over time under the percentage-of-completion ("POC") method. Revenues from the satellite market are recorded in the FEI-NY segment. Revenues from non-space U.S. Government/Department of Defense ("DOD") customers, which are recorded in both the FEI-NY and FEI-Zyfer segments, accounted for approximately 50% of consolidated revenues for the three months ended July, 31, 2025 compared to approximately 42% of consolidated revenue during the same period in the prior fiscal year. Other commercial and industrial revenues for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 accounted for approximately 3% of consolidated revenue.

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The revenue for the three months ended July, 31, 2025 is lower than revenues in the prior period due to several customer imposed program delays. These delays are not expected to result in revenue reductions as the revenue shortfalls are anticipated to be realized in the upcoming quarters, predominately in this fiscal year.

Gross Margin

		Three Months ended July 31,
		(in thousands)
		2025			2024			Change
		$	5,082		$	6,698		$	(1,616	)		(24.1	)%
GM Rate			36.8	%		44.4	%

For the three months ended July 31, 2025, both gross margin ("GM") and GM rate decreased compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. The decrease in GM was primarily due to a decrease in revenue; and the decrease in GM rate was attributable to quarterly fluctuations in the mix of business activity between higher margin programs and lower margin programs, including cumulative catch-up adjustments for some ongoing programs. As we have stated in the past, gross margins on the manufacturing of existing products are generally high; whereas, gross margins on development efforts and new products are typically lower.

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses

Three Months ended July 31,
(in thousands)
2025				2024				Change
$	3,585			$	2,845			$	740				26.0	%

For the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, selling, general, and administrative ("SG&A") expenses were approximately 26% and 19%, respectively, of consolidated revenues. The increase in SG&A expenses during the three months ended July 31, 2025 was an increase in payroll related expenses, including stock compensation, and investments in the future growth of the Company, including expansion into Colorado and Quantum sensing, which are expected to continue through the fiscal year.

Research and Development Expenses

Three Months ended July 31,
(in thousands)
2025				2024				Change
$	1,133			$	1,488			$	(355	)			(23.9	)%

Research and Development ("R&D") expenditures represent investments intended to keep the Company's products at the leading edge of time and frequency technology and enhance future competitiveness. Fluctuations in R&D expenditures will occur in some periods due to current operational needs supporting ongoing programs. The Company plans to continue to invest in R&D in the future to keep its products at the state of the art.

Operating Income

Three Months ended July 31,
(in thousands)
2025				2024				Change
$	364			$	2,365			$	(2,001	)			(84.6	)%

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For the three months ended July 31, 2025, operating income decreased due to lower revenue and gross margin and increased SG&A as described above.

Other Income (Expense), net

		Three Months ended July 31,
		(in thousands)
		2025				2024				Change
Investment income, net		$	218			$	224			$	(6	)			(2.7	)%
Interest expense			(23	)			(26	)			3				(11.5	)%
Other expense, net			(2	)			-				(2	)			-	%
		$	193			$	198			$	(5	)			(2.5	)%

Other income (expense), net is derived from various sources. The income can come from reclaiming of metal, refunds, interest on deferred trust assets, or the sale of a fixed asset. Interest expense is related to the deferred compensation payments made to retired employees. The majority of the approximately $0.2 million of investment income for the three months ended July 31, 2025, was from interest income and unrealized gains on assets held in the Frequency Electronics, Inc. Deferred Compensation Trust.

(Benefit) Provision for Income Tax

Three Months ended July 31,
(in thousands)
2025				2024				Change
$	(77	)		$	133			$	(210	)			(157.9	)%

		Three Months ended July 31,
Effective tax rate on pre-tax book income:		2025			2024
			-13.9	%		5.2	%

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the OBBBA into law. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company will account for the tax effects of changes in tax law in the period of enactment which is the quarter ended July 31, 2025. The OBBBA made changes to the U.S. tax code, including, but not limited to: (1) allowing taxpayers to fully deduct domestic research expenditures for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, (2) provides a catch-up relief provision for taxpayers to accelerate deductions for unamortized domestic research expenditures, (3) a permanent provision for 100% bonus depreciation deductions for most tangible personal property with a recovery period of 20 years or less, acquired and placed in service after January 19, 2025, and (4) for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, restores Adjusted Taxable Income by adding back amortization and depreciation to calculate the limitation on interest deductions (effectively returning to EBITDA).

The estimated annual effective tax rate for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2026 is 20.96%. This calculation reflects an estimated income tax expense based on our current fiscal year annual pretax income forecast which includes non-deductible expenses, estimated research and development credits, and state income taxes. The estimate of the annual effective tax rate is based on evaluations of possible future events and may be subject to revision in subsequent reporting periods.

For the three months ending July 31, 2025, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $77,270 which includes a discrete income tax benefit of $193,919. The discrete income tax benefit is primarily due to stock compensation windfall tax benefits. For the three months ending July 31, 2024, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $132,930 which included a discrete income tax expense of $6,894.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended July 31, 2025 was an income tax benefit of 13.89% on pretax income of $0.6 million compared to an income tax provision of 5.19% on pretax income of $2.6 million in the comparable prior fiscal year period. The effective tax rate for the three months ended July 31, 2025 differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to non-deductible expenses, state income taxes, R&D credits and discrete items.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The Company's consolidated balance sheets continue to reflect a strong working capital position of approximately $29.6 million at July 31, 2025 and approximately $29.7 million at April 30, 2025. Included in working capital at July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025 was $4.5 million and $4.7 million, respectively, of cash and cash equivalents. The Company's current ratio was 2.3 to 1 at both July 31, 2025 and at April 30, 2025.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended July 31, 2025 was approximately $1.2 million and net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended July 31, 2024 was approximately $1.5 million. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities in the first three months of fiscal 2026 as compared to the prior fiscal year period was primarily due to timing of billings and cash collections. For the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company incurred approximately $1.3 million, in both periods, of non-cash operating expenses including amortization of ROU assets, depreciation and amortization, inventory net realizable value adjustments, deferred compensation, and accruals for employee benefit programs.

Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $0.8 million and $0.3 million, respectively, all relating to purchases of capital expenditures.

Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 was $0.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively, all related to purchase of treasury stock.

The Company has been authorized by its Board of Directors to repurchase up to $5.0 million worth of shares of its common stock when appropriate opportunities arise. During the three months ended July 31, 2025, the Company acquired 21,910 shares, at a weighted average share price of $26.60 per share, for withholdings pursuant to RSU tax repayments. As of July 31, 2025, the Company has repurchased approximately $4.4 million of its common stock out of the $5.0 million authorization. During the three months ended, July 31, 2024, the Company repurchased 4,569 shares of outstanding common stock at a weighted average share price of $13.60 per share.

The Company will continue to expend resources for R&D to develop, improve and acquire products for space applications, guidance and targeting systems, and communication systems that management believes will result in future growth and profitability. The Company anticipates securing additional customer funding for a portion of its R&D activities and will allocate internal funds depending on market conditions and identification of new opportunities. The Company expects internally generated cash will be adequate to fund these R&D efforts. The Company may also pursue acquisitions to expand its range of products and may use internally generated cash and external funding in connection with such acquisitions.

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As of July 31, 2025, the Company's consolidated funded backlog was approximately $71 million compared to approximately $70 million at April 30, 2025. Approximately 64% of the backlog, as of July 31, 2025, is expected to be realized in the next twelve months. The Company excludes from backlog any contracts or awards for which it has not received authorization to proceed. On fixed price contracts, the Company excludes any unfunded portion. Over time, as partially funded contracts become fully funded, the Company will add the additional funding to its backlog. The backlog is subject to change for various reasons, including possible cancellation of orders, change orders, terms of the contracts and other factors beyond the Company's control. Accordingly, the backlog is not necessarily indicative of future revenues or profits (losses) which may be realized when the results of such contracts are reported.

The Company believes that its liquidity is adequate to meet its short-term operating and investment needs through at least September 15, 2026 and its long-term operation and investment needs for the foreseeable future thereafter.

The Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the Company's financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources that is material to investors.