Biometric firm BIO-key expects H1 revenue to rise 50%, positive net income

BIO-key International

16/04/2026 13:10

Overview

US biometric authentication firm's H1'26 revenue expected to grow 50% yr/yr, positive net income forecast

Q1'26 and Q2'26 revenues projected to rise 37% and 65% yr/yr, respectively

Improved results driven by expanded software license renewal and hardware contracts

Outlook

BIO-key expects 1H'26 revenue to grow 50% to about $5 mln

Company expects positive net income in H1'26 vs. $1.9 mln net loss in H1'25

BIO-key sees improving traction with larger contract opportunities benefiting results in H2'26 and 2027

Result Drivers

SOFTWARE LICENSE RENEWAL - Co cited a $1.04 mln expanded, one-year software license renewal with a longstanding foreign retail bank customer as a key driver in Q1'26

HARDWARE CONTRACTS - More than $1 mln in contracts for Pocket 10 Finger Scanners and Mobile POS Pro point-of-sales devices contributed to results

MARGIN MANAGEMENT - Co said disciplined management of margins and overhead supported net income improvement

Company press release: ID:nGNX5vXsnp

Key Details

Metric
Beat/Miss
Actual
Consensus Estimate
Q1 Revenue
$2.2 mln
$2.2 mln (1 Analyst)

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