CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Results of Operations
Net sales for the second quarter of 2019 were $8,875,451 compared to $9,792,784 in the second quarter of 2018, a decline of $917,333, or 9.4%. For the first half of 2019, net sales totaled $17,497,129 compared to $19,804,425 in the first half of 2018, a decline of $2,307,296, or 11.7%. The decline in net sales in the current year is primarily due to reduced demand for fastener segment parts, especially from automotive customers. Net income for the second quarter of 2019 was $229,559, or $0.24 per share, compared to $703,092, or $0.73 per share, in the second quarter of 2018. Net income for the first half of 2019 was $516,401, or $0.54 per share, compared to $1,410,880, or $1.46 per share, in the first half of 2018. Net income in the current year has been negatively impacted by the decline in sales as well as the increase in certain production costs.
Fastener segment revenues were $7,816,704 in the second quarter of 2019 compared to $9,034,275 reported in the second quarter of 2018, a decline of $1,217,571, or 13.5%. For the first six months of 2019, fastener segment revenues were $15,395,824 compared to $17,959,374 in the first half of 2018, a decline of $2,563,550, or 14.3%. The automotive sector is the primary market for our fastener segment products and demand from such customers has been particularly weak in the current year due to changes in consumer preferences and lower vehicle sales domestically and even more so abroad. Fastener segment sales to automotive customers declined $965,536, or 16.5%, in the second quarter and $2,315,330, or 19.4%, in the first half of 2019 compared to the prior year periods. Sales tonon-automotive customers have declined a more modest 4.1% in the first half of the current year. Fastener segment gross margins were $1,219,047 in the second quarter of 2019 compared to $2,047,372 in the second quarter of 2018, a decline of $828,325. For the first six months of 2019, gross margins for the fastener segment were $2,544,233 compared to $4,024,012 in the first half of 2018, a decline of $1,479,779. In addition to the negative impact lower sales have had on gross margins, production costs in the first half of 2019 were higher than a year earlier. Steel is our primary raw material and on average, steel prices were approximately 12% higher in the first half of 2019 than a year earlier, primarily due to tariffs instituted in 2018. Labor costs have also risen more than expected due to the tightening of the labor market.
Assembly equipment segment revenues were $1,058,747 in the second quarter of 2019 compared to $758,509 in the second quarter of 2018, an increase of $300,238, or 39.6%. For the first half of 2019, assembly equipment revenues were $2,101,305 compared to $1,845,051 for the first half of 2018, an increase of $256,254, or 13.9%. The large increase in sales during the second quarter and the year to date increase was primarily due to the timing of certain high dollar value machine orders in the current year. Higher revenue was the primary cause of the increase in assembly equipment segment gross margins to $328,923 in the second quarter of 2019 from $241,062 in the second quarter of 2018. For the first half of the year, gross margins were $665,500 compared to $607,427 in 2018, an increase of $58,073.
Selling and administrative expenses for the second quarter of 2019 were $1,306,665, a decline of $105,304, or 7.5%, compared with the year earlier quarter total of $1,411,969. The decline was primarily due to a $80,000 reduction in profit sharing expense related to lower operating profit in the current year quarter and a $50,000 reduction in sales commissions due to lower sales. For the first six months of 2019, selling and administrative expenses were $2,649,361 compared to $2,876,687 in 2018, a decline of $227,326, or 7.9%. As in the second quarter, expenditures for the first half of 2019 were lower primarily due to a reduction in profit sharing and commission expenses of $142,000 and $84,000, respectively. Selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales for the first half of 2019 were 15.1% compared to 14.5% in the first half of 2018.
Other Income
Other income in the second quarter of 2019 was $49,254, compared to $37,627 in the second quarter of 2018. Other income for the first six months of 2019 was $98,029, compared to $71,128 in the first six months of 2018. The increases were primarily related to greater interest income on certificates of deposit due to higher interest rates in the current year.
Income Tax Expense
The Company’s effective tax rates were approximately 21.0% and 23.1% for the second quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively, and 21.6% and 22.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
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