BGS SYSTEMS INC
10-Q, 1996-12-13
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                                 FORM 10-Q

                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                          Washington, D.C.  20549



[X]   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE 
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

             For the quarterly period ended October 31, 1996

                                    OR

[ ]   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE 
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                    to                   
                                    
                       Commission File No. 0-12192


                             BGS SYSTEMS, INC.
                                    
         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Massachusetts                                             04-2559993          
(State of Incorporation)                              (I.R.S. Employer
                                                      Identification No.)

          128 Technology Center, Waltham, Massachusetts  02254
                  (Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (617) 891-0000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                            Yes  X               No    


Number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock.

Common stock, $.10 par value

Shares outstanding @ October 31, 1996...............................3,214,849








                            BGS Systems, Inc.

                             Table of Contents


Part I  Financial Information:                                   Page No.

        Item 1 - Financial Statements:

                 Balance Sheets                                      

                 Statements of Income                                

                 Statements of Cash Flows                            
 
                 Notes to Financial Statements                       

        Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis 
                 of Financial Condition and Results
                 of Operations                                      


Part II Other Information:
 
       
        Item 6 - Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                   

                 Signatures                                         
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                       Part I Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements                                      
                             BGS SYSTEMS, INC.
                        CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                (Unaudited)      
                                                 October 31,     January 31,
                                                    1996            1996
                                              -----------------------------
<S>                                          <C>                 <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                  $10,489,465         $11,228,411
  Marketable securities                        2,220,000           1,040,000
  Accounts receivable, less allowances of
    $365,000 at October 31, 1996 and January 
    31, 1996 for doubtful accounts            10,421,253          14,162,823
  Prepaid expenses and other assets            1,517,718             951,033
  Deferred income taxes                          257,398             257,398
Total current assets                          24,905,834          27,639,665

Capitalized software                             915,625             775,000

Equipment:
  Land                                         2,258,360           2,258,360  
  Building                                     3,607,792           3,037,777
  Furniture and fixtures                       1,660,573           1,607,098
  Computer equipment                           7,379,517           6,488,993
                                              14,906,242          13,392,228
  Less accumulated depreciation                7,225,217           6,426,094
                                               7,681,025           6,966,134

Total Assets                                 $33,502,484         $35,380,799
                                            ============        ============
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable                           $   894,993         $ 1,343,665
  Accrued expenses                               690,499           1,162,102
  Accrued compensation and employee benefits   1,537,457           2,197,567
  Deferred revenue                            13,028,425          15,082,034
  Federal and state income taxes payable        (548,963)            421,159
  Billings in excess of costs and earnings on
    uncompleted contracts                          -                 213,110
  Dividends payable                                -                   -    
Total current liabilities                     15,602,411          20,419,637

Stockholders' equity:
  Common stock, $.10 par value-authorized
    10,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding
    3,214,849 shares                             321,486             321,486
  Capital in excess of par value              14,424,076          14,387,404
  Retained earnings                            5,665,882           3,082,920
  Equity adjustment from foreign currency
    translation                                 (516,002)           (700,680)
                                              19,895,442          17,091,130
  Less cost of 85,363 shares (112,885 shares
  in 1995) of common stock in treasury         1,995,369           2,129,968

Total stockholders' equity                    17,900,073          14,961,162

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $33,502,484         $35,380,799
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                              BGS SYSTEMS, INC.
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                 (Unaudited)

                              Three Months Ended          Nine Months Ended
                                  October 31,               October 31,
                              1996         1995         1996         1995

<S>                            <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>
REVENUES:
  License fee                  $ 6,813,400  $ 5,262,032  $18,366,699 $14,458,851
  Maintenance fees               4,484,157    4,176,412   13,366,570  12,597,705
  Other                            742,066      555,077    2,113,288   1,565,332
                              ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
                                12,039,623    9,993,521   33,846,557  28,621,888
                              ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
COSTS AND EXPENSES:

  Costs of software                723,461      280,841    2,848,501   1,456,806
  Costs of maintenance & support 2,801,587    2,592,477    6,884,540   5,970,017
  Costs of consulting, develop-
    ment contracts and other       272,487      160,634      831,508     541,380
  Sales and marketing            3,444,488    3,143,656    9,986,230   8,951,379
  General and administrative       918,277      857,672    2,692,976   2,583,622
  Research and development         746,358      114,005    1,531,010   1,120,408
                              ------------  ----------- ------------  ----------
                                 8,906,658    7,149,285   24,774,765  20,623,612
                              ------------  ----------- ------------  ----------

OPERATING INCOME                 3,132,965    2,844,236    9,071,792   7,998,276

Investment income:
  Interest income, net             127,117      199,623      411,119     614,400
  Other income                     181,268      (16,493)     418,520     157,561
                              ------------  ----------- ------------  ----------
                                   308,385      183,130      829,639     771,961
                              ------------  ----------- ------------  ----------

INCOME BEFORE TAXES              3,441,350    3,027,366    9,901,431   8,770,237

  Income taxes                   1,226,596    1,077,819    3,410,928   3,051,385

NET INCOME                     $ 2,214,754  $ 1,949,547  $ 6,490,503 $ 5,718,852
                              ============  =========== ============ ===========

Net income per share           $       .70  $       .62  $      2.05 $      1.83
                              ============  ===========  ============ ==========

Weighted average number of 
  shares outstanding             3,180,721    3,138,938    3,162,966   3,126,190
                              ============ ============  ============ ==========


Net income per share:  The computations of income per share are based on the 
weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during the 
periods, including the dilutive effect of stock options.

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                              BGS SYSTEMS, INC.
                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (Unaudited)

                                                       October 31,
                                                   1996          1995
                                             -----------------------------
<S>                                            <C>           <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
  Net income                                   $ 6,490,503   $ 5,718,852
  Adjustment to reconcile net income to net
    cash provided by operating activities:
      Depreciation and amortization              1,119,552       696,590
      Changes in operating assets and                            
      liabilities:
        Accounts receivable                      4,112,721     3,457,926
        Billings in excess of costs & estimated
         earnings on uncompleted contracts        (213,111)        -
       Other current assets                       (565,425)     (912,918)
        Accounts payable and accrued expenses   (1,856,836)     (941,674)
        Deferred revenue                        (2,235,976)   (2,831,165)
        Federal and state income taxes            (979,965)      (96,851)
        Foreign currency transaction               122,868       (91,848)
                                               ------------   ------------
Net cash provided by operating activities        5,994,331     4,998,912
                                               ------------   ------------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of common stock for treasury              36,672       390,162
Proceeds from issuance of common stock             134,599      (149,366)
Dividends paid                                  (3,907,540)   (2,330,647)
                                               ------------   ------------
Net cash used in financing activities           (3,736,269)   (2,089,851)
                                               ------------   ------------

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of available-for-sale securities      (1,180,000)   (2,260,000)
Proceeds from maturity of available-for-sale
  securities                                         -         2,405,000
Additions to capitalized software costs           (482,813)     (375,000)
Additions to equipment                          (1,480,476)     (829,338)
                                             
Net cash provided by (used in) investing       ------------   ------------
  activities                                    (3,143,289)   (1,059,338)
                                               ------------   ------------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and
  cash equivalents                                 146,281        78,849
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash 
  equivalents                                     (738,946)    1,928,572
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
  fiscal year                                   11,228,411     9,084,622
                                              ------------   ------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period     $10,489,465   $11,013,194
                                              ============   ============

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

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FORM 10-Q


                              BGS SYSTEMS, INC.
                        NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



I.   Accounting Comments

     With respect to the unaudited statements for the interim periods included 
in this report, management of the Company believes that all adjustments 
necessary for fair presentation of the results for such interim periods have 
been included, and are of a normal recurring nature.


     Reference is made to the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 1996, which 
incorporates the financial statements and notes thereto, including a summary of
significant accounting policies, for the fiscal years ended January 31, 1996 and
January 31, 1995.


     The results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the
results for the entire year.


















                                                                          
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                               Part 1-Item 2

                             BGS SYSTEMS, INC.
                   MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
             OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Material Changes in Results of Operations

Operating revenues for the first nine months and the third quarter of fiscal
year 1997 were 18% and 20% above the levels of the comparable periods of the
prior fiscal year.  The Company s newer UNIX and Visualizer products continued
their growth trend and pushed license fee growth to 27% for the nine-month
period.  Sales of the Company s Datacenter products posted modest declines in
the nine-month period.  While still showing growth in license fee revenue for
the nine-month period, the Company's international operations posted weak
results in the third quarter.  The Company's United Kingdom and Australian
operations posted gains in third quarter license fee revenue that was more
than offset by the shortfalls experienced at the balance of the Company's
international operations.  Both the domestic and international operations of
the Company continue to experience the impact of the timing of large software
purchases by its customers.  The receipt of several large orders by the
Company's domestic operations was somewhat offset by the delay of several
orders expected by the Company's international operations.  While these
anomalies did somewhat offset each other in the current quarter, they continue
to be of concern because of the increased potential for unevenness in the
total revenue of the Company for the foreseeable future.  In the third quarter
the Company released for production, products for local area networks and
Windows NT.  While both of these markets are quite large,  neither can be
characterized as traditional markets of the Company and we expect increased
competition.   Additionally, the Company has an agreement(which expires in the 
first quarter of the next fiscal year) with another software company to 
distribute the product which provides data used in our LAN product.  While
discussions are continuing,  it appears that we may not come to an agreement
on the terms of a new agreement and this will be disruptive to our planned
entry to that market.   

Maintenance fee revenue grew approximately 6% in the nine month period and 7%
in the third quarter over the comparable periods of the prior year.  The
Company's overall maintenance renewal rate is improving over the prior fiscal
year's rate.  In particular, the maintenance renewal rate for our domestic
operations is 6% above the levels of the prior year.  The Company continues to
experience a high degree of nonrenewal for its more mature products and
expects that this will continue as its customers transition to newer
technology.  

Other revenue for both the nine-month period and the third quarter was over
30% above last year's levels.  An increase in the number of customers
requiring on site installation and other consulting services was the primary
reason for the improved revenue for both periods.  This increased level of
consulting services has placed a strain on the Company's available consulting
resources and unless the Company can engage more of these scarce resources
this growth will not continue.  The level of third party development contract
revenue continues at a minimum maintenance level and is not expected to vary
significantly over the next few quarters.




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Aggregate costs and expenses for the third quarter and the nine-month period
increased 20% and 25% over the comparable periods of the prior year.  Sales
and marketing expenses were higher for both periods primarily as a result of
the increased levels of software sales.  In the prior fiscal year the Company
incurred a higher level of expenditures for marketing activity relating to the
Company's new products, especially introductory marketing expenses for the
UNIX products.  General and administrative expenses increased nominally and
were primarily the result of normal salary and overhead increases.  

The cost of software increased substantially in both periods.  Development
work on an increased number of product features and product iterations as well
as a shortage of qualified software engineers has driven up the cost of
developing and maintaining software.   A continuation of this shortage of
qualified software engineers will continue to increase the Company's product
development cost and may result in delays in the release of new products.  
The cost of maintenance and support increased in both periods and will
continue to increase as the Company introduces both additional new products
and new iterations of the current product line.  The cost of the consulting
portion of other revenue is labor intensive and any increase in consulting
revenue produces a somewhat disproportionate increase in the associated costs. 
The increase in the costs of other revenue is directly related to the increase
in the costs of earning the consulting revenue.

Gross margins for the nine-month period were 4 to 5 percent lower on all
categories of revenue.  The costs of developing and supporting the increased
breadth of products as well as the required growth in the infrastructure
necessary to support our continued growth combined to cause this reduction in
margins.  A continuation of the elevated costs to employ qualified software
engineers and the growth in the Company's infrastructure will put pressure on
the Company's margin throughout the next fiscal year.  Research and
development costs on new products will continue to increase as the Company
continues its expansion into the distributed systems market and use of outside
consultants to assist in development projects when qualified software
engineers cannot be hired.

Investment income declined from both periods last year as the level of
marketable securities was lower due to the purchase and renovation of the
Company's new headquarters.  The Company does not enter into any forward
exchange contracts. 

Net income grew approximately 13% for both periods and earnings per share grew
13% for the nine-month period and 11% for the third quarter.  The effective
tax rate was approximately 34% for both years. 


Material Changes in Financial Condition/Liquidity


Cash and marketable securities increased $441,000 as current year earnings
were offset by an increase in the payment and rate of the quarterly dividends,
the costs related to the renovation of the Company's new headquarters and the
purchase of new computer equipment.  The decrease in accounts receivable from
January 31 is primarily due to the collection of outstanding accounts and the
lower sales levels in the third quarter of the current fiscal year versus the 
normal increased sales activity during the fourth quarter.  Deferred revenue 
declined as a result of the normal reduced level of prebilled maintenance 
contracts in the third quarter versus the end of the fourth quarter.





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The Company expects to move to its new headquarters in the latter part of the
fourth quarter.  While the Company does not expect an adverse impact on
operations related to the move, it does recognize that any change is
disruptive to an organization and that there is always the remote possibility
that a new system may not work exactly as planned and may result in lost or
delayed revenue.  

The Company's cash resources are considered sufficient to finance the
Company's growth in the foreseeable future.



                                              
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                           

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BGS SYSTEMS, INC.



ITEM 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

            (a) Exhibits.  The exhibits filed as part of this Form 10-Q are
                listed on the Exhibit Index immediately preceding such
                exhibits and are incorporated herein by reference.

            (b) Form 8-K.  The Registrant did not file any reports on 
                Form 8-K during the quarter for which this report is filed.
            





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                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibits                                        Page Number

11 Statement regarding Computation
   of per share earnings                          

27 Financial Data Schedule




                                                                           
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                              BGS SYSTEMS, INC.



SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                       BGS Systems, Inc.
                                       128 Technology Center
                                       Waltham, Massachusetts  02254



Date: December 13, 1996                 By: /S/ HAROLD S. SCHWENK, JR. 
                                                Harold S. Schwenk, Jr.
                                  President and Chief Executive Officer

                                                                            



Date: December 13, 1996                 By: /S/ NORMAND BILODEAU    
                                                Normand Bilodeau
                                                Chief Financial Officer
                                                                            
 



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          STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATIONS OF PER SHARE EARNINGS 

                             BGS SYSTEMS, INC.

                                            For the quarter ended
                                                  October 31,
                                              1996           1995
                                         ---------------------------
<S>                                      <C>            <C>
PRIMARY

Average shares outstanding                 3,129,486      3,116,159
                                   
Net effect of stock options, if dilutive,
based on the treasury stock method using
the average market price                      51,235         22,779
                                         -----------    -----------
  Total                                    3,180,721      3,138,938
                                         -----------    -----------

Net income                               $ 2,214,754    $ 1,949,547
                                         ===========    ===========

Net income per share                     $       .70    $       .62
                                         ===========    ===========
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                                          For the nine months ended
                                                  October 31,
                                              1996           1995
                                         ---------------------------
<S>                                      <C>            <C>
PRIMARY

Average shares outstanding                 3,126,869      3,108,478
                                   
Net effect of stock options, if dilutive,
based on the treasury stock method using
the average market price                       36,09         17,712
                                         -----------    -----------
  Total                                    3,162,966      3,126,190
                                         -----------    -----------

Net income                               $ 6,490,503    $ 5,718,852
                                         ===========    ===========

Net income per share                     $      2.05    $      1.83
                                         ===========    ===========
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