SEGMENTS | 2. SEGMENTS. The Company reports its financial and operating performance in three segments: (1) marketing and distribution, which includes marketing and merchant trading for Company-produced alcohols and essential ingredients on an aggregated basis, and sales of fuel-grade ethanol sourced from third parties (2) Pekin production, which includes the production and sale of alcohols and essential ingredients produced at the Company’s Pekin, Illinois campus (“Pekin Campus”), and (3) Other production, which includes the production and sale of fuel-grade ethanol and essential ingredients produced at all of the Company’s other production facilities on an aggregated basis (“Other production”), none of which are individually so significant to be considered a separately reportable segment. The following tables set forth certain financial data for the Company’s operating segments (in thousands): Three Months Ended 2023 2022 Net Sales Pekin Campus production, recorded as gross: Alcohol sales $ 132,381 $ 116,050 Essential ingredient sales 63,631 55,280 Intersegment sales 313 256 Total Pekin Campus sales 196,325 171,586 Marketing and distribution: Alcohol sales, gross $ 84,381 $ 53,926 Alcohol sales, net 114 351 Intersegment sales 2,843 2,996 Total marketing and distribution sales 87,338 57,273 Other production, recorded as gross: Alcohol sales $ 20,932 $ 59,805 Essential ingredient sales 8,353 18,938 Intersegment sales 1 12 Total Other production sales 29,286 78,755 Corporate and other 4,099 3,768 Intersegment eliminations (3,157 ) (3,264 ) Net sales as reported $ 313,891 $ 308,118 Cost of goods sold: Pekin Campus production $ 198,178 $ 168,881 Marketing and distribution 83,126 54,716 Other production 33,982 78,244 Corporate and other 2,369 2,872 Intersegment eliminations (600 ) (1,368 ) Cost of goods sold as reported $ 317,055 $ 303,345 Gross profit (loss): Pekin Campus production $ (1,853 ) $ 2,705 Marketing and distribution 4,212 2,557 Other production (4,696 ) 511 Corporate and other 1,730 896 Intersegment eliminations (2,557 ) (1,896 ) Gross profit (loss) as reported $ (3,164 ) $ 4,773 Loss before provision for income taxes: Pekin Campus production $ (5,117 ) $ 85 Marketing and distribution 2,010 785 Other production (5,698 ) (1,209 ) Corporate and other (4,361 ) (2,263 ) $ (13,166 ) $ (2,602 ) Depreciation and amortization expense: Pekin Campus production $ 4,819 $ 4,538 Other production 1,009 1,456 Corporate and other 227 140 $ 6,055 $ 6,134 Interest expense, net of capitalized interest: Pekin Campus production $ (485 ) $ — Marketing and distribution 494 200 Other production (354 ) — Corporate and other 1,910 — $ 1,565 $ 200 The following table sets forth the Company’s total assets by operating segment (in thousands): March 31, December 31, Total assets: Pekin Campus production $ 254,293 $ 257,089 Marketing and distribution 116,135 114,755 Other production 46,832 51,886 Corporate and other 42,644 54,591 $ 459,904 $ 478,321 |