UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 17, 2005
STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 0-14938 | 54-1272589 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1641 Fairystone Park Highway, Stanleytown, Virginia 24168
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (276) 627-2000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On October 17, 2005, the Registrant issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing third quarter 2005 operating results. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1 - Press release by Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. on October 17, 2005.
SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. | |
October 17, 2005 | By: /s/Jeffrey R. Scheffer |
Date | Jeffrey R. Scheffer |
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: | CONTACT: | DOUGLAS I. PAYNE |
October 17, 2005 | Executive Vice President - | |
Finance and Administration | ||
(276) 627-2157 | ||
e-mail:dpayne@stanleyfurniture.com | ||
ANITA W. WIMMER | ||
Vice President - Controller and | ||
Treasurer | ||
(276) 627-2446 | ||
e-mail:awimmer@stanleyfurniture.com |
STANLEY FURNITURE ANNOUNCES RECORD
SALES AND EARNINGS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2005
Earnings per share increase 10.0% on 8.6% sales gain
STANLEYTOWN, VA, October 17, 2005/PRNewswire/ -- Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM:STLY) today reported record sales and earnings for the third quarter of 2005. Sales and earnings were within management’s previous guidance range provided in mid July 2005.
Net sales of $85.6 million increased 8.6% from the third quarter of 2004, marking the fourteenth consecutive quarter of sales growth over the comparable prior year quarter. Earnings per share grew 10.0% to $.44 compared to $.40 in the third quarter of last year.
For the first nine months of 2005, net sales of $252.2 million rose 13.3% over the comparable prior year period. Year-to-date earnings per share grew 12.9% to $1.31 from $1.16 in the comparable 2004 period.
Third quarter operating income rose to $9.4 million, or 11.0% of net sales. Operating income for the first nine months of 2005 increased to $28.2 million, or 11.2% of net sales, from $25.3 million, or 11.4% of net sales, in the comparable year-ago period. Operating margins have remained consistently strong, ranging from 11.0% to 11.3% of net sales, in each of the last four quarters. Higher raw material costs, compensation costs, energy costs, freight costs, increased warehouse expense and tariffs imposed on wooden bedroom furniture imported from China are negatively impacting operating income. For the first nine months of 2005, higher sales and increased production levels are helping to offset these higher costs. Operational inefficiencies and lower production levels in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the year ago period also negatively impacted operating margins. While the operating efficiencies are expected to improve, lower production levels are anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2005 versus the comparable prior year period.
Working capital, excluding cash and current maturities of long-term debt, decreased $1.9 million during the first nine months of 2005 to $83.3 million from $85.2 million at year end. Total inventories of $72.8 million have decreased approximately $0.9 million since December 31, 2004. Strong cash flow in the first nine months of 2005 was used to purchase $10.0 million of the Company’s common stock, reduce debt $2.8 million, pay cash dividends of $2.3 million and increase the Company’s cash on hand $11.7 million. Approximately $20.2 million is currently authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock. At October 1, 2005, the Company was in a net cash position with total debt outstanding of $12.9 million and cash on hand of $19.3 million.
Business Outlook
“We are pleased to report another quarter of significant market share gains and strong operating margins,” commented Jeffrey R. Scheffer, chairman, president and chief executive officer. “For the most recent four quarters our sales have increased 13.1% from the previous four quarter period. We believe the consistent execution of our strategy has resulted in market share gains that continue to drive most of our sales growth. We believe industry sales growth slowed during the third quarter and is in an uncertain period due to a sharp decline in consumer confidence levels. Near term we are focusing on keeping our inventories at appropriate levels while remaining hopeful that this will prove to be a short term disruption in demand. Accordingly, we have lowered our fourth quarter 2005 sales and earnings guidance as detailed below,” concluded Scheffer.
Management offers the following guidance:
· | Fourth quarter 2005 net sales are expected to be in the range of $81.5 million to $84.5 million, ranging from a decrease of 2.1% to an increase of 1.5% over the fourth quarter of 2004. For total year 2005, net sales are expected to be in the range of $334 million to $337 million, an increase of 9% to 10% over the prior year. |
· | Operating income is expected to be in the range of $8.4 million to $8.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2005, or $36.6 million to $37.1 million for total year 2005. |
· | The Company’s effective tax rate is expected to be in the range of 35.1% to 35.5% for 2005. |
· | Fourth quarter 2005 earnings per share are expected to be in the range of $.39 to $.42 compared to $.43 per share in the year-ago quarter. For total year 2005, earnings per share are expected to be in the range of $1.70 to $1.73 compared to $1.59 for 2004. |
Management is currently in the process of planning and budgeting for 2006 and will provide guidance for 2006 at a later time.
Other Information
All earnings per share amounts are on a diluted basis and adjusted for the two-for-one stock split distributed on June 6, 2005.
Established in 1924, Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of wood furniture targeted at the upper-medium price range of the residential market. Manufacturing facilities are located in Stanleytown and Martinsville, Va. and Robbinsville and Lexington, N.C. Its common stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol STLY.
Conference Call Details
The Company will host a conference call Tuesday morning, October 18, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The dial-in-number is (877) 407-8029. The call will also be web cast and archived on the Company’s web site at www.stanleyfurniture.com. The dial-in-number for the replay (available through October 25, 2005) is (877) 660-6853, the account reference number is 275 and the conference number is 171581.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this release are not based on historical facts, but are forward-looking statements. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,”“estimates,”“expects,”“may,”“will,”“should,” or “anticipates” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy. These statements reflect the Company’s reasonable judgment with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include competition in the furniture industry including competition from lower-cost foreign manufacturers, the Company’s success in executing its blended strategy of combining offshore sourcing and domestic manufacturing, disruptions in offshore sourcing including those arising from supply or distribution disruptions or changes in political or economic conditions affecting the countries from which the Company obtains offshore sourcing, international trade policies of the United States and countries from which the Company obtains offshore sourcing, the cyclical nature of the furniture industry, fluctuations in the price for lumber which is the most significant raw material used by the Company, fluctuations in foreign freight cost, credit exposure to customers, capital costs and general economic conditions. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new developments or otherwise.
TABLES FOLLOW
STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. | |||||||||||||
Consolidated Operating Results | |||||||||||||
(in thousands, except per share data) | |||||||||||||
(unaudited) | |||||||||||||
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||
Oct 1, | Sept 25, | Oct 1, | Sept 25, | ||||||||||
2005 | 2004 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 85,615 | $ | 78,803 | $ | 252,200 | $ | 222,546 | |||||
Cost of sales | 65,131 | 59,389 | 190,619 | 167,665 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 20,484 | 19,414 | 61,581 | 54,881 | |||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 11,106 | 10,636 | 33,396 | 29,592 | |||||||||
Operating income | 9,378 | 8,778 | 28,185 | 25,289 | |||||||||
Other income, net | 71 | 50 | 190 | 145 | |||||||||
Interest Income | 96 | 4 | 250 | 21 | |||||||||
Interest expense | 548 | 588 | 1,663 | 1,808 | |||||||||
Income before income taxes | 8,997 | 8,244 | 26,962 | 23,647 | |||||||||
Income taxes | 3,195 | 2,959 | 9,573 | 8,544 | |||||||||
Net income | $ | 5,802 | $ | 5,285 | $ | 17,389 | $ | 15,103 | |||||
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.44 | $ | 0.40 | $ | 1.31 | $ | 1.16 | |||||
Weighted average number of shares | 13,198 | 13,100 | 13,294 | 13,019 |
STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. | ||||||||||
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets | ||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||
(unaudited) | ||||||||||
Oct 1, | Sept 25, | Dec 31, | ||||||||
2005 | 2004 | 2004 | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||
Cash | $ | 19,313 | $ | 2,171 | $ | 7,632 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | 41,098 | 40,178 | 36,036 | |||||||
Inventories | 72,776 | 72,365 | 73,658 | |||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,007 | 2,109 | 1,585 | |||||||
Deferred income taxes | 2,521 | 2,930 | 2,414 | |||||||
Total current assets | 136,715 | 119,753 | 121,325 | |||||||
Property, plant, and equipment, net | 50,970 | 51,394 | 51,342 | |||||||
Goodwill | 9,072 | 9,072 | 9,072 | |||||||
Other assets | 7,726 | 6,425 | 7,149 | |||||||
Total assets | $ | 204,483 | $ | 186,644 | $ | 188,888 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt | $ | 2,857 | $ | 4,257 | $ | 4,257 | ||||
Accounts payable | 18,963 | 17,552 | 16,056 | |||||||
Accrued expenses | 15,108 | 16,870 | 12,445 | |||||||
Total current liabilities | 36,928 | 38,679 | 32,758 | |||||||
Long-term debt | 10,000 | 12,857 | 11,428 | |||||||
Deferred income taxes | 10,325 | 10,813 | 10,742 | |||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 6,580 | 5,890 | 6,695 | |||||||
Stockholders' equity | 140,650 | 118,405 | 127,265 | |||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 204,483 | $ | 186,644 | $ | 188,888 |
STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. | |||||||
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows | |||||||
(in thousands) | |||||||
(unaudited) | |||||||
Nine Months Ended | |||||||
Oct 1, | Sept 25, | ||||||
2005 | 2004 | ||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||
Cash received from customers | $ | 247,093 | $ | 212,934 | |||
Cash paid to suppliers and employees | (214,001 | ) | (198,687 | ) | |||
Interest paid, net | (1,431 | ) | (1,791 | ) | |||
Income taxes paid, net | (8,447 | ) | (7,748 | ) | |||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 23,214 | 4,708 | |||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||
Capital expenditures | (3,791 | ) | (402 | ) | |||
Other, net | (33 | ) | (119 | ) | |||
Net cash used by investing activities | (3,824 | ) | (521 | ) | |||
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||
Repayment of senior notes | (2,828 | ) | (5,586 | ) | |||
Purchase and retirement of common stock | (9,996 | ) | - | ||||
Dividends paid | (2,330 | ) | (1,876 | ) | |||
Proceeds from insurance policy loans | 1,110 | 993 | |||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 6,335 | 1,944 | |||||
Net cash used by financing activities | (7,709 | ) | (4,525 | ) | |||
Net increase (decrease) in cash | 11,681 | (338 | ) | ||||
Cash at beginning of period | 7,632 | 2,509 | |||||
Cash at end of period | $ | 19,313 | $ | 2,171 | |||
Reconciliation of net income to | |||||||
net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||
Net income | $ | 17,389 | $ | 15,103 | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income | |||||||
to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 4,228 | 4,230 | |||||
Deferred income taxes | (524 | ) | (1,822 | ) | |||
Changes in working capital | 2,292 | (13,611 | ) | ||||
Other assets | (56 | ) | (205 | ) | |||
Other long-term liabilities | (115 | ) | 1,013 | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 23,214 | $ | 4,708 |