GEOS

GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP

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How GEOS rewrote its risk factors

10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025

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In February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, and Russia and Ukraine continue to engage in active and armed conflict as of November 2024.
Based on customer billing data, revenue to customers outside the United States accounted for approximately 37% of our revenue during fiscal year 2025; however, we believe the percentage of revenue outside the United States is likely higher since many of our products are first delivered to a domestic location and ultimately shipped to a foreign location.
We again expect revenue outside of the United States to represent a substantial portion of our revenue for fiscal year 2026 and subsequent years.
Approximately 37% of our revenue for fiscal year 2025 was generated from customers outside of the U.S.
In addition, the current presidential administration is utilizing tariffs to fortify domestic tax revenue which could further impact our business and operations, due to potential trade wars as a result of the implementation of tariffs or otherwise.
Historically, trade tensions have led to a series of tariffs imposed by the U.S. on imports from China, as well as retaliatory tariffs imposed by China on imports from the U.S.
It remains unclear as to the tariff related impact of the future geopolitical climate will bring to our operations.
These efforts have included consideration of cap-and-trade programs, carbon taxes, and GHG reporting and tracking programs and regulations that directly limit GHG emissions from certain sources.
Under the Paris Agreement, the United States has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% by 2030 from its 2005 levels.
However, the United States is currently scheduled to end its participation in the Paris Agreement in January 2026.
In November 2021, the Unites States and other countries entered the Glasgow Climate Pact, which includes a range of measures designed to address climate change, including but not limited to the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, reducing methane emissions 30% by 2030, and cooperating toward the advancement of the development of clean energy.
Because our business depends on the level of oil exploration, existing or future laws or regulations related to GHGs and climate change, including incentives to conserve energy or use alternative energy sources, could negatively impacted our business if such laws or regulations reduce demand for our customers’ products and, accordingly, our services.
These risks may result in our customers restricting or cancelling exploration or production activities which also could reduce demand for our products and services.
In addition to regulatory impacts, the occurrence of weather events caused or exacerbated by climate change could impact local, national or global commodity demand or availability in ways that could be material to our business and/or the businesses of our customers.
We Operate in Highly Competitive Markets, and Our Competitors May Be Able to Provide Newer or Better Products Than We Are Able to Provide.
The markets for most of our products are highly competitive.
Additionally, bankruptcies or financial difficulties among our oil and gas customers could reduce our cash flow and adversely impact our liquidity and profitability.
However, research and development is by its nature speculative, and we cannot assure you that these expenditures will result in the development of new products or services or that any new products and services we have developed recently or may develop in the future will be commercially marketable or profitable to us.
In particular, we have incurred substantial expenditures to develop our ocean bottom nodal seismic data acquisition systems, as well as other products for PRM applications.
In addition, we try to use some of our capabilities to supply products to smart water and intelligent industrial products.
We cannot assure you that we will realize our expectations regarding acceptance of and revenue generated by our new products and services in existing or new markets.
The Limited Market for Oil and Gas Products and Border and Perimeter Security Products Can Affect Our Revenue.
We generally market many of our oil and gas products to seismic service contractors.
During the third quarter of fiscal year 2025, we entered into large-scale seabed PRM system contract, our first since 2014.
Our border and perimeter products are sold to a small number of agencies within the U.S. government.
Significant technological improvements by our competitors could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and earnings.
Our Diversification Strategy Using both Organic Expansion and Acquisitions May Not Be Successful.
We seek to grow our business through a combination of organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions.
Our ability to achieve organic growth depends on factors such as customer retention, market demand, product innovation, and our ability to attract and retain key personnel.
There can be no assurance that our efforts will result in increased revenues or profitability.
In addition, we may pursue acquisitions to expand our market presence, product offerings, or geographic reach.
Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including difficulties in identifying suitable targets, integrating operations, realizing anticipated synergies, retaining key employees, and managing increased operational complexity.
We may also face unforeseen liabilities or costs associated with acquired businesses.
If we are unable to successfully execute our organic growth initiatives or effectively integrate and manage acquired businesses, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Certain electronic components used in our land and marine wireless products are purchased from two single source suppliers.
In the event a change in one or both suppliers is necessary, significant engineering efforts would be required by us, which could adversely affect our financial performance.
Should a fire occur, it could result in personal injuries, damage to our facility and likely interruptions to our manufacturing operations.
We currently are evaluating our fire suppression system in an effort further to mitigate this risk.
The credit agreement limits the incurrence of additional indebtedness, contains covenants that require us to maintain (i) a certain amount of consolidated tangible net worth and liquidity and (ii) minimum asset and interest coverage ratios.
The credit agreement also contains other covenants customary in agreements of this type.

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Crude oil prices have stabilized over the past two years, which may result in higher cash flows for exploration and production companies.
In February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, and Russia and Ukraine and continue to engage in active and armed conflict as of November 2024.
Based on customer billing data, revenue to customers outside the United States accounted for approximately 53% of our revenue during fiscal year 2024; however, we believe the percentage of revenue outside the United States is likely higher since many of our products are first delivered to a domestic location and ultimately shipped to a foreign location.
We again expect revenue outside of the United States to represent a substantial portion of our revenue for fiscal year 2025 and subsequent years.
In fiscal year 2024, customers outside the United States accounted for approximately 53% of our revenues.
Trade tensions have led to a series of tariffs imposed by the U.S. on imports from China, as well as retaliatory tariffs imposed by China on imports from the U.S.
These efforts have included consideration of cap-and-trade programs, carbon taxes, GHG reporting and tracking programs and regulations that directly limit GHG emissions from certain sources.
Under the Paris Agreement, the Biden Administration has committed the United States to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% from 2005 levels by 2030.
In November 2021, the Unites States and other countries entered into the Glasgow Climate Pact, which includes a range of measures designed to address climate change, including, but not limited to the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, reducing methane emissions 30% by 2030, and cooperating toward the advancement of the development of clean energy.
Governmental, scientific, and public concern over the threat of climate change arising from GHG emissions has resulted in increasing political risks in the United States.
President Biden and Congress have identified climate change as a priority, and it is likely that additional executive orders, regulatory action, and/or legislation targeting greenhouse gas emissions, or prohibiting or restricting oil and gas development activities in certain areas, will be proposed and/or promulgated during the Biden Administration.
President Biden issued an executive order imposing a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and offshore waters pending completion of a comprehensive review and reconsideration of federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices.
President Biden’s order also establishes climate change as a primary foreign policy and national security consideration, affirms that achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by or before midcentury is a critical priority, affirms the Biden Administration’s desire to establish the United States as a leader in addressing climate change, generally further integrates climate change and environmental justice considerations into government agencies’ decision-making, and eliminates fossil fuel subsidies, among other measures.
Other actions impacting oil and natural gas production activities that could be pursued by the Biden administration may include more restrictive requirements for the establishment of pipeline infrastructure or the permitting of liquified natural gas export facilities.
Because our business depends on the level of oil exploration, existing or future laws or regulations related to GHGs and climate change, including incentives to conserve energy or use alternative energy sources, our business could be negatively impacted if such laws or regulations reduce demand for our customers’ products and, accordingly, our services.
These political, litigation, and financial risks may result in our customers restricting or cancelling exploration or production activities which also could reduce demand for our products and services.
In addition to regulatory impacts, the occurrence of weather events caused or exacerbated by climate change could impact local, national or global commodity demand or availability in ways that could be material to our business and/or the business of our customers.
We Operate in Highly Competitive Markets and Our Competitors May Be Able to Provide Newer or Better Products Than We Are Able to Provide The markets for most of our products are highly competitive.
Additionally, bankruptcies or financial difficulties among our oil and gas customers could reduce our cash flows and adversely impact our liquidity and profitability.
However, research and development is by its nature speculative, and we cannot assure that these expenditures will result in the development of new products or services or that any new products and services we have developed recently or may develop in the future will be commercially marketable or profitable to us.
In particular, we have incurred substantial expenditures to develop our oil and gas nodal seismic data acquisition systems, as well as other products for PRM applications.
In addition, we try to use some of our capabilities to supply products to new adjacent and emerging markets.
We cannot assure that we will realize our expectations regarding acceptance of and revenue generated by our new products and services in existing or new markets.
The Limited Market for Our Oil and Gas Markets and Emerging Markets' Products Can Affect Our Revenue.
In our Oil and Gas Markets segment, we generally market many of our products to seismic service contractors.
Since this product’s introduction in 2002, we have received system orders from three offshore oil and gas operators: BP, Shell and Equinor, which have accounted for a significant portion of our revenue in fiscal year 2014 and prior fiscal years.
We have not received any orders for large-scale seabed PRM systems since November 2012.
Our emerging markets segment primarily sells its products to a small number of agencies within the U.S. government.
Significant technology improvements by our competitors could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and earnings.
Our Expansion into the Border and Perimeter Security Market May Not Be Successful.
We have not previously operated in the border and perimeter security marketplace prior to our 2018 acquisition of Quantum.
Quantum is also a relatively recent entrant into this marketplace, and Quantum was not cash-flow positive when we acquired it.
In fiscal year 2021, we completed our first contract with the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), except for on-going service and maintenance.
While we will continue to devote management time and resources, financial and otherwise, to develop our business in this marketplace, our lack of experience in this market makes it difficult to estimate our financial returns from this business.
In addition, some of the customers for this business will be governmental entities and contracting with those entities can be difficult, costly, and unpredictable.
We do not have extensive experience in government contracting, and so we may not win, retain, or perform under such future contracts in a manner that is profitable.
If we are not successful in this emerging market segment, it will negatively impact our financial performance and could negatively impact our reputation and harm our other business segments.
Certain models of our oil and gas marine wireless products require a timing device we purchase from a United States manufacturer.
We currently do not possess the ability to manufacture this component and have no other reliable source for this device.

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