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Data Storage Corporation Reports 2024 Third Quarter Financial Results and Provides Business Update

Gross Profit Margin Increased over 400 Basis Points to 43.2% For the Third Quarter of 2024

Achieved Profitability for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Data Storage Corporation (Nasdaq: DTST) (“DSC” and the “Company”), a provider of diverse business continuity solutions for disaster-recovery, cloud infrastructure, cyber-security, and IT automation, today provided a business update and reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.

“We have made important progress during recent months,” commented Chuck Piluso, CEO of Data Storage Corporation. “Specifically, we achieved $19.0 million in sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and attained profitability for both the three and nine month periods. For the third quarter, we generated $5.8 million in sales. While this reflects a slight decline from the previous year, it does align with our strategic focus on building high margin recurring subscription revenue, that typically renew for many years, rather than relying on one-time sales. As a result of this strategy, we are pleased to report our gross profit increased by 8.7% and our gross margin increased by over 400 basis points for the third quarter of 2024. Our primary objective remains the same – securing high margin service agreements on our enterprise infrastructure platform, which create a more stable revenue foundation and support long-term growth and profitability.”

“These results highlight the success of our growth strategy, including expanding partnerships with major industry players, launching a new data center in Chicago, and establishing a presence in the UK. First, we expanded our relationship with a billion-dollar insurance firm to enhance its cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity, reaffirming our role as a trusted provider for large, compliance-driven organizations. In healthcare, we secured a contract with a leading medical center for compliant cloud hosting, further strengthening our position in this highly regulated sector. Additionally, we secured a six-figure contract with a music publishing organization in education, demonstrating our adaptability to meet data-intensive needs across diverse industries. These agreements highlight our strategic focus on sectors requiring secure, scalable cloud based solutions. Furthermore, our strategically located new data center in Chicago strengthens our ability to support our growing U.S. customer base, ensuring we meet our clients’ needs with reliability and capacity.”

“In addition, our recent expansion into the UK market, along with the successful integration of Flagship Solutions, has further strengthened our global presence and operational efficiency, positioning us for accelerated growth and global reach. We also recently announced the appointment of Colin Freeman as Managing Director of UK Cloud Host Technologies Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CloudFirst Technologies, an important step in our strategy to expand across the European market and deliver our solutions to this key market. With Colin’s extensive leadership experience, we are confident he will be instrumental in accelerating our growth in the region. In addition to his appointment, we are establishing strategic infrastructure deployment in data centers in the UK, positioning us to make a strong entry and enhance our footprint in this key market. These achievements are important to our organic growth strategy, allowing us to capture new opportunities and broaden our impact. We’re proud of our progress in expanding contracts, extending our international reach, and increasing industry prominence.”

Chris Panagiotakos, CFO of Data Storage Corporation, added, “We are in a strong financial position with approximately $11.9 million in cash and marketable securities and no long-term debt, providing us the flexibility to make strategic investments, keeping us well-prepared to pursue growth opportunities that deliver long-term value for our shareholders. We look forward to continuing to carefully manage expenses and execute on our growth strategy.”

Conference Call

The Company plans to host a conference call at 11:00 am ET today, to discuss the Company’s financial results for the third quarter of 2024 which ended September 30, 2024, as well as corporate progress and other developments.

The conference call will be available via telephone by dialing toll-free 877-451-6152 for U.S. callers or for international callers +1-201-389-0879. A webcast of the call may be accessed at https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1677740&tp_key=34d545e620 or on the Company’s News & Events section of the website, www.dtst.com/news-events.

A webcast replay of the call will be available on the Company’s website (www.dtst.com/news-events) through November 14, 2025. A telephone replay of the call will be available approximately three hours following the call, through November 21, 2024, and can be accessed by dialing 844-512-2921 for U.S. callers or + 1-412-317-6671 for international callers and entering conference ID: 13747396. 

About Data Storage Corporation
Data Storage Corporation (Nasdaq: DTST) is a leading provider of fully managed cloud hosting, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, IT automation, and voice & data solutions. With strategic technical investments in multiple regions, DTST serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, in sectors such as government, education, and healthcare. Focused on the fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar business continuity market, DTST is recognized as a stable and emerging growth leader in cloud infrastructure, support and the migration of data to the cloud. Our regional data centers across North America enable us to deliver sustainable services through recurring subscription agreements.

Additional information about the Company is available at: www.dtst.com and on X @DataStorageCorp.

Safe Harbor Provision
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created thereby. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “plans” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may” and “could” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts, although not all forward-looking statements include the foregoing. The forward looking statements in this press release include statements regarding the Company’s ability to build high margin recurring subscription revenue, secure high margin service agreements, meet data-intensive needs across diverse industries and ensure it meets its clients’ needs with reliability and capacity; the Company’s recent expansion into the UK market and the integration of Flagship Solutions further strengthening the Company’s global presence and operational efficiency, positioning it for accelerated growth and global reach; the Company’s ability to expand across the European market and deliver its solutions to this key market; the success of the Company’s strategic infrastructure deployment in data centers in the UK positioning it to make a strong entry and enhance the Company’s footprint in this key market; the Company’s ability to capture new opportunities and broaden its impact; continuation of the Company’s progress in expanding contracts, extending its international reach, and increasing industry prominence; and the Company’s ability to pursue growth opportunities that will deliver long-term value for its shareholders. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can provide no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations and assumptions from those set forth or implied by any forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include the Company’s ability to build high margin recurring subscription revenue, secure high margin service agreements, meet data-intensive needs across diverse industries and ensure it meets its clients’ needs with reliability and capacity; the Company’s ability to expand across the European market and deliver its solutions to this key market; the success of the Company’s strategic infrastructure deployment in data centers in the UK positioning it to make a strong entry and enhance the Company’s footprint in this key market; the Company’s ability to capture new opportunities and broaden its impact; and the Company’s ability to make strategic investments in order to pursue growth opportunities that will deliver long-term value for its shareholders. These risks should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read together with the other cautionary statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was initially made. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.

Contact:

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[email protected]

[Tables to Follow]

DATA STORAGE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                 
    September 30, 2024
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2023
ASSETS                
Current Assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 513,718     $ 1,428,730  
Accounts receivable (less provision for credit losses of $31,456 and $7,915 in 2024 and 2023, respectively)     1,973,153       1,259,972  
Marketable securities     11,374,769       11,318,196  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     760,564       513,175  
Total Current Assets     14,622,204       14,520,073  
                 
Property and Equipment:                
Property and equipment     8,925,184       7,838,225  
Less—Accumulated depreciation     (5,865,481 )     (5,105,451 )
Net Property and Equipment     3,059,703       2,732,774  
                 
Other Assets:                
Goodwill     4,238,671       4,238,671  
Operating lease right-of-use assets     599,625       62,981  
Other assets     204,599       48,436  
Intangible assets, net     1,493,792       1,698,084  
Total Other Assets     6,536,687       6,048,172  
                 
Total Assets   $ 24,218,594     $ 23,301,019  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
Current Liabilities:                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 2,629,414     $ 2,608,938  
Deferred revenue     160,237       336,201  
Finance leases payable     79,652       263,600  
Finance leases payable related party     74,077       235,944  
Operating lease liabilities short term     95,545       63,983  
Total Current Liabilities     3,038,925       3,508,666  
                 
Operating lease liabilities     548,897        
Finance leases payable           17,641  
Finance leases payable related party           20,297  
Total Long-Term Liabilities     548,897       37,938  
                 
Total Liabilities     3,587,822       3,546,604  
                 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)                
                 
Stockholders’ Equity:                
Preferred stock, Series A par value $0.001; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively            
Common stock, par value $0.001; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 7,014,373 and 6,880,460 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively     7,014       6,881  
Additional paid in capital     40,143,684       39,490,285  
Accumulated deficit     (19,270,544 )     (19,505,803 )
Total Data Storage Corporation Stockholders’ Equity     20,880,154       19,991,363  
Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary     (249,382 )     (236,948 )
Total Stockholder’s Equity     20,630,772       19,754,415  
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity   $ 24,218,594     $ 23,301,019  
 
DATA STORAGE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,   Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2024   2023   2024   2023
                 
Sales   $ 5,808,835     $ 5,986,625     $ 18,955,074     $ 18,770,739  
                                 
Cost of sales     3,297,164       3,656,271       11,069,038       11,771,886  
                                 
Gross Profit     2,511,671       2,330,354       7,886,036       6,998,853  
                                 
Selling, general and administrative     2,537,501       2,316,213       8,086,857       6,918,982  
                                 
Income (Loss) from Operations     (25,830 )     14,141       (200,821 )     79,871  
                                 
Other Income (Expense)                                
Interest income     160,770       152,471       456,580       375,953  
Interest expense     (9,815 )     (8,874 )     (31,335 )     (56,985 )
Loss on disposal of equipment     (1,599 )           (1,599 )      
Total Other Income (Expense)     149,356       143,597       423,646       318,968  
                                 
Income before provision for income taxes     123,526       157,738       222,825       398,839  
                                 
Provision for income taxes                        
                                 
Net Income     123,526       157,738       222,825       398,839  
                                 
(Income) Loss in Non-controlling interest of consolidated subsidiary     (1,129 )     21,273       12,434       57,661  
                                 
Net Income attributable to Common Stockholders   $ 122,397     $ 179,011     $ 235,259     $ 456,500  
                                 
Net Income per Share – Basic   $ 0.02     $ 0.03     $ 0.03     $ 0.06  
Net Income per Share – Diluted   $ 0.02     $ 0.02     $ 0.03     $ 0.06  
Weighted Average Number of Shares – Basic     6,999,447       6,847,264       6,918,253       6,834,811  
Weighted Average Number of Shares – Diluted     7,340,545       7,246,250       7,269,644       7,212,048  
 
DATA STORAGE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
                 
    Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2024   2023
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:                
Net Income   $ 222,825     $ 398,839  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:                
Depreciation and amortization     991,773       928,180  
Stock-based compensation     564,800       338,145  
Provision for credit losses     25,541        
Loss on disposal of equipment     1,599        
Changes in Assets and Liabilities:                
Accounts receivable     (738,725 )     1,158,493  
Other assets     (156,163 )      
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (247,389 )     (287,368 )
Right of use asset     111,314       136,954  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     20,478       (348,851 )
Deferred revenue     (175,964 )     (21,518 )
Operating lease liability     (67,499 )     (141,450 )
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities     552,590       2,161,424  
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:                
Capital expenditures     (1,116,008 )     (1,246,996 )
Purchase of marketable securities     (456,573 )     (1,520,953 )
Sale of marketable securities     400,000        
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities     (1,172,581 )     (2,767,949 )
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                
Repayments of finance lease obligations related party     (182,163 )     (392,287 )
Repayments of finance lease obligations     (201,590 )     (294,522 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     88,732        
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities     (295,021 )     (686,809 )
                 
Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents     (915,012 )     (1,293,334 )
                 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Period     1,428,730       2,286,722  
                 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Period   $ 513,718     $ 993,388  
Supplemental Disclosures:                
Cash paid for interest   $ 18,034     $ 48,471  
Cash paid for income taxes   $     $  
Non-cash investing and financing activities:                
Assets acquired by operating lease   $ 647,958     $  


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