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REX American Resources Reports Fiscal 2021 First Quarter Net Income Per Share Attributable to REX Common Shareholders of $1.30 Versus a Loss of $1.21 Per Share in the Year-Ago Period

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REX American Resources Corporation (NYSE: REX) (“REX” or “the Company”) today reported financial results for its fiscal 2021 first quarter (“Q1 ‘21”) ended April 30, 2021. REX management will host a conference call and webcast today at 11:00 a.m. ET.

Conference Call:

212/231-2911

Webcast / Replay URL:

www.rexamerican.com/Corp/Page4.aspx

The webcast will be available for replay for 30 days.

REX American Resources’ Q1 ‘21 results principally reflect its interests in six ethanol production facilities and its refined coal operation. The One Earth Energy, LLC (“One Earth”) and NuGen Energy, LLC (“NuGen”) ethanol production facilities are consolidated, as is the refined coal entity, while those of its four other ethanol plants are reported as equity in income of unconsolidated ethanol affiliates. The Company reports results for its two business segments as ethanol and by-products, and refined coal.

REX’s Q1 ‘21 net sales and revenue were $164.1 million, compared with $83.3 million in Q1 ‘20. The year-over-year net sales and revenue increase was primarily due to higher ethanol production levels as compared to the prior year levels, which were significantly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as higher ethanol and dried distillers grains and modified distillers grains pricing. Primarily reflecting the revenue growth, offset in part by increased input corn pricing, Q1 ‘21 gross profit for the Company’s ethanol and by-products segment increased to $19.5 million, compared with a loss of $8.2 million in Q1 ‘20. As a result, the ethanol and by-products segment had income before income taxes of $11.1 million in Q1 ‘21, compared to a loss of $12.4 million in Q1 ‘20. The Company’s refined coal operation incurred a $1.7 million gross loss and a $1.8 million loss before income taxes in Q1 ‘21, compared to a $1.1 million gross loss and a loss before income taxes of $0.8 million in Q1 ‘20. REX reported Q1 ‘21 income before income taxes and non-controlling interests of $8.4 million, compared with a loss before income taxes and non-controlling interests of $13.7 million in the comparable year ago period. While the refined coal operation negatively impacted gross profit and income before income taxes, it contributed a tax benefit of $2.2 million and $1.0 million for Q1 ‘21 and Q1 ‘20, respectively.

Net income attributable to REX shareholders in Q1 ‘21 was $7.8 million, compared to a net loss of $7.6 million in Q1 ‘20. Q1 ‘21 basic and diluted net income per share attributable to REX common shareholders was $1.30, compared to a net loss per share of $1.21 in Q1 ‘20. Per share results in Q1 ‘21 and Q1 ‘20 are based on 6,010,000 and 6,304,000 diluted weighted average shares outstanding, respectively.

Segment Income Statement Data:

 

Three Months

Ended

($ in thousands)

April 30,

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2020

 

Net sales and revenue:

 

 

Ethanol & By-Products (1)

$

164,042

 

$

83,235

 

Refined coal (2) (3)

 

62

 

 

15

 

Total net sales and revenue

$

164,104

 

$

83,250

 

 

 

 

Gross profit (loss):

 

 

Ethanol & By-Products (1)

$

19,477

 

$

(8,223

)

Refined coal (2)

 

(1,675

)

 

(1,107

)

Total gross profit (loss)

$

17,802

 

$

(9,330

)

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes:

 

 

Ethanol & By-Products (1)

$

11,082

 

$

(12,351

)

Refined coal (2)

 

(1,795

)

 

(847

)

Corporate and other

 

(860

)

 

(545

)

Total income (loss) before income taxes

$

8,427

 

$

(13,743

)

(Provision) benefit for income taxes:

 

 

Ethanol & By-Products

$

(2,436

)

$

4,161

 

Refined coal

 

2,195

 

 

959

 

Corporate and other

 

212

 

 

193

 

Total (provision) benefit for income taxes

$

(29

)

$

5,313

 

Net income (loss) attributable to REX common shareholders:

 

 

Ethanol & By-Products

$

7,952

 

$

(7,433

)

Refined coal

 

480

 

 

150

 

Corporate and other

 

(648

)

 

(352

)

Net income (loss) attributable to REX common shareholders

$

7,784

 

$

(7,635

)

   

(1)

Includes results attributable to non-controlling interests of approximately 24.5% for One Earth and approximately 1% for NuGen.

   

(2)

Includes results attributable to non-controlling interests of approximately 5%.

   

(3)

Refined coal sales are reported net of the cost of coal.

REX American Resources’ Chief Executive Officer, Zafar Rizvi, commented, “The operating environment in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 was markedly better than the challenging environment we experienced throughout most of fiscal 2020, with significant improvements to demand and pricing across our ethanol and by-products segments. With all of our high-quality plants in operation, we were able to leverage our strategic locations across the corn belt and healthy liquidity position to generate first quarter net income of $7.8 million and earnings per share of $1.30.”

Balance Sheet

At April 30, 2021, REX had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $193.0 million, $45.9 million of which was at the parent company, and $147.1 million of which was at its consolidated production facilities. This compares with cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at January 31, 2021, of $180.7 million, $48.2 million of which was at the parent company, and $132.5 million of which was at its consolidated ethanol production facilities.

The following table summarizes select data related to REX’s
consolidated alternative energy interests:

 

Three Months

Ended

 

April 30,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

Average selling price per gallon of ethanol (net of hedging)

$

1.79

$

1.25

Average selling price per ton of dried distillers grains

$

208.92

$

145.64

Average selling price per pound of non-food grade corn oil

$

0.33

$

0.25

Average selling price per ton of modified distillers grains

$

71.54

$

65.82

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