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Contact: | Daniel C. Dunn |
Chief Financial Officer | |
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Allied Healthcare Reports Second Quarter Loss
ST. LOUIS, FEB. 10, 2009 – Allied Healthcare Products Inc. (NASDAQ: AHPI) reported that its net income for the second quarter ending December 31, 2008, declined from about $6,500, or zero cents per share in the prior year period, to a loss of about $436,000, or a negative 6 cents per share, primarily because of lower sales volume in the current year period.
Net sales for the second quarter fell about 8 percent, or almost $1.1 million, to about $12.5 million. The sales decline reflects two major factors. The first factor is order timing and order releases for a few major customers. The second factor is the end of reimbursement payments by Abbott Labs for certain research and development costs incurred by Allied. Abbott made no payments in the second quarter of this fiscal year versus payments totaling $451,000 for the second quarter of last year. Abbott made no payments this year because it had completed its funding agreement with Allied.
For the first half of the fiscal year, Allied net income declined from about $93,500, or 1 cent per share in the prior year period, to a loss of about $227,000, or a loss of about 3 cents per share in the current year period. Net sales for the first two quarters declined by about 3 percent, or about $750,000, to about $27 million. Again, $451,000 of the $750,000 decline resulted from the end of reimbursement payments by Abbott.
“Our analysis of first half sales results indicates an anomaly of order and order release timing by long-time customers,” said Earl Refsland, Allied President and Chief Executive Officer. “We expect these orders to be restored in the second half of the fiscal year.”
Allied is tracking economic changes for effects on its results, Refsland said, but historically its business has not suffered as much as the overall economy in recessions.
The company incurred one-time production, testing and material costs totaling about $420,000 associated with the introduction of new products in the first two quarters.
In the second quarter, prices for commodity materials such as brass and plastics began to decline and cost-reduction efforts on non-commodity materials started to show positive results. Allied believes that the benefits of these lower costs will further enhance its margins in the second half of the fiscal year.
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. manufactures a variety of respiratory products used in the healthcare industry in a range of hospital and alternate care settings including sub-acute facilities, home healthcare and emergency medical care. Allied’s product lines include respiratory care products, medical gas equipment and emergency medical products. Allied products are marketed to hospitals, hospital equipment dealers, hospital construction contractors, home healthcare dealers and emergency medical products dealers.
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ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC. |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS |
(UNAUDITED) |
Three months ended, | Six months ended, | |||||||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 12,531,342 | $ | 13,626,016 | $ | 26,972,353 | $ | 27,727,634 | ||||||||
Cost of sales | 9,821,746 | 10,714,172 | 20,761,703 | 21,648,777 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 2,709,596 | 2,911,844 | 6,210,650 | 6,078,857 | ||||||||||||
Selling General and administrative expenses | 3,400,342 | 2,932,428 | 6,583,929 | 5,975,398 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | (690,746 | ) | (20,584 | ) | (373,279 | ) | 103,459 | |||||||||
Interest income | (18,455 | ) | (38,177 | ) | (49,114 | ) | (78,946 | ) | ||||||||
Interest expense | 5,849 | - | 5,849 | - | ||||||||||||
Other, net | 11,112 | 11,113 | 23,179 | 26,263 | ||||||||||||
(1,494 | ) | (27,064 | ) | (20,086 | ) | (52,683 | ) | |||||||||
Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (689,252 | ) | 6,480 | (353,193 | ) | 156,142 | ||||||||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | (253,158 | ) | - | (125,456 | ) | 62,597 | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (436,094 | ) | $ | 6,480 | $ | (227,737 | ) | $ | 93,545 | ||||||
Net income (loss) per share - Basic and diluted | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | 0.00 | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.01 | ||||||
Weighted average common shares Outstanding - Basic | 7,901,327 | 7,883,577 | 7,896,279 | 7,883,577 | ||||||||||||
Weighted average common shares Outstanding - Diluted | 7,901,327 | 8,130,901 | 7,896,279 | 8,122,607 |
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ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC. |
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET |
(UNAUDITED) |
December 31, 2008 | June 30, 2008 | |||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 4,212,532 | $ | 6,149,015 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $300,000 | 4,642,668 | 6,441,683 | ||||||
Inventories, net | 13,700,766 | 12,046,450 | ||||||
Other current assets | 495,210 | 394,975 | ||||||
Total current assets | 23,051,176 | 25,032,123 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 11,040,808 | 10,542,573 | ||||||
Goodwill | 15,979,830 | 15,979,830 | ||||||
Other assets, net | 697,206 | 703,328 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 50,769,020 | $ | 52,257,854 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 2,626,340 | $ | 2,590,804 | ||||
Other accrued liabilities | 1,900,964 | 2,960,334 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 518,489 | 500,238 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 690,000 | 690,000 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 5,735,793 | 6,741,376 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 1,832,950 | 2,177,500 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
Preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 1,500,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding | - | - | ||||||
Series A preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 200,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding | - | - | ||||||
Common stock; $0.01 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 10,204,819 and 10,188,569 shares issued at December 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008, respectively; 7,901,327 and 7,885,077 shares outstanding at December 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008, respectively | 102,048 | 101,886 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 47,612,958 | 47,524,084 | ||||||
Retained earnings | 16,216,699 | 16,444,436 | ||||||
Less treasury stock, at cost; 2,303,492 shares at December 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008, respectively | (20,731,428 | ) | (20,731,428 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders' equity | 43,200,277 | 43,338,978 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 50,769,020 | $ | 52,257,854 |
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