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Note 18 - Segment Information
 9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

18.

SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

The Company is engaged in the design, development and commercialization of directed and multidirectional sound technologies, voice broadcast products, and location-based mass messaging software for emergency warning and evacuation management. The Company operates in two business segments: Hardware and Software and its principal markets are North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. As reviewed by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, the Company evaluates the performance of each segment based on sales and operating income. Cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, accounts receivable, inventory, property and equipment, deferred tax assets, goodwill and intangible assets are primary assets identified by segment. The accounting policies for segment reporting are the same for the Company as a whole.

 

 

The following table presents the Company’s segment disclosures:

 

  

June 30,

  

June 30,

 
  

2022

  

2021

  

2022

  

2021

 
                 

Revenue from external customers

                

Hardware

 $13,419  $11,877  $36,041  $29,889 

Software

  733   750   1,956   2,067 
  $14,152  $12,627  $37,997  $31,956 
                 

Intersegment revenues

                

Hardware

 $-  $-  $-  $- 

Software

  860   581   2,354   1,187 
  $860  $581  $2,354  $1,187 
                 

Segment operating income (loss)

                

Hardware

 $2,495  $1,938  $6,204  $4,242 

Software

  (3,124)  (1,418)  (8,969)  (3,862)
  $(629) $520  $(2,765) $380 
                 

Other expenses:

                

Depreciation and amortization expense

                

Hardware

 $95  $98  $285  $282 

Software

  543   303   1,635   671 
  $638  $401  $1,920  $953 
                 

Income tax expense (benefit)

                

Hardware

 $(13) $447  $1,053  $978 

Software

  (18)  (219)  (1,420)  (472)
  $(31) $228  $(367) $506 

 

  

June 30,

  

September 30,

 
  

2022

  

2021

 

Long-lived assets

        

Hardware

 $1,623  $1,748 

Software

  11,119   12,811 
  $12,742  $14,559 
         

Total assets

        

Hardware

 $47,177  $50,364 

Software

  37,934   39,764 
  $85,111  $90,128