Schmitt Announces Fiscal 2020 Operating Results
Schmitt Industries (NASDAQ: SMIT) reported a 11.4% decline in revenue for Fiscal 2020, totaling $4,189,924, down from $4,729,442 in Fiscal 2019. Significant drops were noted in sales for Acuity and XACT products, falling 21.4% and 31.5% respectively. Despite this, gross margin improved to 46.6% due to a shift towards higher-margin services. The company incurred a net loss of $(1,842,304), or $(0.47) per share, compared to a loss of $(1,468,432) in 2019. Cash reserves increased to $10,566,531.
Post-acquisition of Ample Hills, the company aims to fortify its market position.
- Gross margin increased to 46.6% from 37.4% in the previous year.
- Successful acquisition of Ample Hills for approximately $2 million, expanding market presence.
- Cash reserves increased significantly to $10,566,531, providing liquidity for operations.
- Total revenue decreased by 11.4%, attributed to declines in Acuity and XACT sales.
- Net loss from continuing operations increased to $(1,842,304) compared to $(1,468,432) in 2019.
- Operating expenses rose by 27.6% to $4,130,470, primarily due to professional fees and stock-based compensation.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Schmitt Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMIT) (the “Company” or “Schmitt”) today announced its operating results for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020.
For the year ended May 31, 2020 (“Fiscal 2020”), the Company reported revenue from continuing operations of
Gross margin increased to
Operating expenses for Fiscal 2020 increased to
Net loss from continuing operations was
The Company finished the year ended May 31, 2020 with
Michael Zapata, Chairman and CEO, commented, “Fiscal year 2020 has been a transformational year for Schmitt due to the SBS transaction in the second quarter. The timing proved fortunate as our strong balance sheet has enabled us to invest in our Xact and Acuity business lines, better weather the COVID-19 environment, and execute on the acquisition of Ample Hills.”
“Operationally, the Schmitt team has continued building the foundation, including transitioning from a dated ERP system to a modern platform. The new ERP system will improve reporting and visibility on margins, inventory, and vendor management. We have also made key hires to improve our product development and cost saving initiatives in our business lines.”
“Despite the pandemic and a more restricted environment, our team has performed well and has continued to generate key customer wins that have helped mitigate revenue declines. We are actively creating a stronger foundation that will allow Schmitt’s businesses to capitalize on a healthier environment once we emerge from COVID-19.”
Ample Hills Acquisition
On July 9th, Schmitt acquired the assets of Ample Hills Creamery, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Ample Hills”), a beloved Brooklyn, NY-based ice cream manufacturer and retailer, for approximately
“Ample Hills is a fantastic company and we are fortunate to be in a position to invest and grow this beloved, Brooklyn based ice cream company. I am thrilled to welcome back the Amployees and all the Ample Hills fans. In the short period since emerging from bankruptcy, the Ample Hills and Schmitt teams have done an incredible job reopening our nine locations and serving scoops. We look forward to sharing a strategic update at our annual meeting later this year,” Zapata added.
Section 382 Rights Agreement
On July 1, 2019, the Company entered into a Section 382 Rights Agreement with Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agreement”) in an effort to protect stockholder value by diminishing the risk that the Company’s ability to use its net operating losses (“NOLs”) to reduce U.S. taxable income and tax liabilities in future taxable periods may become substantially limited.
On August 26, 2020, the Board noted that the Rights Agreement had served its purpose in protecting the NOLs, and the Board expects to terminate the Rights Agreement following the Company’s filings of the Ample Hills financials. Due to the difficulty in gathering certain information relating to Ample Hills, the Company will file Ample Hills financial statements at some point subsequent to the due date of September 24,2020.
“The Board was prudent in implementing the rights agreement in the summer of 2019, ahead of the potential SBS transaction. As the Agreement has served its purpose by reducing cash taxes on the SBS sale proceeds, the Board has approved the removal of the Agreement following our Ample Hills financial filings in the coming months.”
Summary data for the three months and Fiscal year ended May 31, 2020 and 2019:
| Three-Months ended, May 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 967,078 | $ | 1,204,778 | (237,700 | ) | -19.7 | % | ||||||
| Gross Margin | 49.6 | % | 32.6 | % | ||||||||||
| Operating Expenses | 1,331,359 | 801,670 | 529,689 | 66.1 | % | |||||||||
| Net Loss from continuing operations | (703,799 | ) | (409,772 | ) | (294,027 | ) | 71.8 | % | ||||||
| Net Loss per common share, diluted | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (0.10 | ) | (0.08 | ) | 74.2 | % | ||||
| Fiscal year ended, May 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | $ | % | |||||||||||
| Total Net Revenue | $ | 4,189,924 | $ | 4,729,442 | (539,518 | ) | -11.4 | % | ||||||
| Gross Margin | 46.6 | % | 37.4 | % | ||||||||||
| Operating Expenses | 4,130,470 | 3,237,330 | 893,140 | 27.6 | % | |||||||||
| Net Loss from continuing operations | (1,842,304 | ) | (1,468,432 | ) | (373,872 | ) | 25.5 | % | ||||||
| Net Loss per common share, diluted | $ | (0.47 | ) | $ | (0.37 | ) | (0.10 | ) | 27.3 | % | ||||
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA:
| Three-Months ended, May 31, | ||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
| Loss before income taxes from continuing operations | $ | (706,402 | ) | $ | (407,405 | ) | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 40,031 | 42,118 | ||||||
| EBITDA from continuing operations | $ | (666,371 | ) | $ | (365,287 | ) | ||
| Adjusted for: | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 27,323 | 88,942 | ||||||
| Reorganization, legal, and transaction fees | 240,233 | 115,034 | ||||||
| Inventory adjustments | - | 97,122 | ||||||
| Software write-downs (recoveries) | (40,468 | ) | - | |||||
| Income from discontinued product line | (2,925 | ) | - | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations | $ | (442,209 | ) | $ | (64,189 | ) | ||
| Fiscal year ended, May 31, | ||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
| Loss before income taxes from continuing operations | $ | (1,856,942 | ) | $ | (1,459,649 | ) | ||
| Depreciation and amortization | 161,137 | 173,216 | ||||||
| EBITDA from continuing operations | $ | (1,695,805 | ) | $ | (1,286,433 | ) | ||
| Adjusted for: | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 354,048 | 94,621 | ||||||
| Reorganization, legal, and transaction fees | 842,162 | 752,481 | ||||||
| Inventory adjustments | 76,099 | 213,253 | ||||||
| Software write-downs (recoveries) | 17,473 | - | ||||||
| Income from discontinued product line | (167,479 | ) | - | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations | $ | (573,502 | ) | $ | (226,078 | ) | ||
Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income and Non-GAAP EPS:
| Three-Months ended, May 31, | Fiscal year ended, May 31, | |||||||||||
| 2020 | 2020 | |||||||||||
| Net loss from continuing operations | $ | (703,799 | ) | $ | (1,842,304 | ) | ||||||
| Adjusted for: | ||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 27,323 | 354,048 | ||||||||||
| Reorganization, legal, and transaction fees | 240,233 | 842,162 | ||||||||||
| Inventory adjustments | - | 76,099 | ||||||||||
| Software write-downs (recoveries) | (40,468 | ) | 17,473 | |||||||||
| Income from discontinued product line | (2,925 | ) | (167,479 | ) | ||||||||
| Tax effects of adjustments | (56,041 | ) | (280,576 | ) | ||||||||
| Adjusted net loss from continuing operations (Non-GAAP) | $ | (535,678 | ) | $ | (1,000,577 | ) | ||||||
| Non-GAAP loss per fully diluted share | $ | (0.14 | ) | $ | (0.25 | ) | ||||||
About Schmitt Industries
Schmitt Industries, Inc., founded in 1987, designs, manufactures and sells high precision test and measurement products, solutions and services through its Acuity® and Xact® product lines. Acuity provides laser and white light sensor distance measurement and dimensional sizing products, and our Xact line provides ultrasonic-based remote tank monitoring products and related monitoring revenues for markets in the Internet of Things environment. The Company also owns and operates Ample Hills Creamery, a beloved ice cream manufacturer and retailer based in Brooklyn, NY.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. A complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties that may affect Schmitt’s business, including the business of its subsidiary, is included in “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with the Company’s business, please refer to Schmitt’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K.
The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date on which they were made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release, or for changes to this document made by wire services or internet service providers.
| For more information contact: | Michael R. Zapata, President and CEO Jamie Schmidt, CFO and Treasurer (503) 227-7908 or visit our web site at www.schmitt-ind.com |
SCHMITT INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| Fiscal year ended May 31, | ||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 10,146,531 | $ | 1,467,435 | ||||
| Restricted cash | 420,000 | - | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 574,926 | 631,126 | ||||||
| Inventories | 1,059,357 | 1,241,132 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | 60,674 | 101,617 | ||||||
| Current assets held for sale | - | 5,192,384 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 12,261,488 | 8,633,694 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 652,136 | 753,407 | ||||||
| Other assets | ||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 287,602 | 392,185 | ||||||
| Noncurrent assets held for sale | - | 85,967 | ||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 13,201,226 | $ | 9,865,253 | ||||
| LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 267,660 | $ | 102,566 | ||||
| Accrued commissions | 41,450 | 71,663 | ||||||
| Accrued payroll liabilities | 86,372 | 112,351 | ||||||
| Accrued liabilities | 265,349 | - | ||||||
| Customer deposits and prepayments | 12,239 | 78,376 | ||||||
| Other accrued liabilities | 587,492 | 128,353 | ||||||
| Income taxes payable | 47,462 | 491 | ||||||
| Current portion of long-term liabilities | - | 20,828 | ||||||
| Current liabilities held for sale | - | 849,149 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 1,308,024 | 1,363,777 | ||||||
| Long-term liabilities | - | 28,543 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 1,308,024 | 1,392,320 | ||||||
| Stockholders equity | ||||||||
| Common stock, no par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 3,784,554 shares issued and outstanding at May 31, 2020 and 4,032,878 shares issued and outstanding at May 31, 2019 | 12,257,306 | 13,245,439 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | - | (527,827 | ) | |||||
| Accumulated deficit | (364,104 | ) | (4,244,679 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders equity | 11,893,202 | 8,472,933 | ||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | $ | 13,201,226 | $ | 9,865,253 | ||||
SCHMITT INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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| Three-Months ended May 31, | Fiscal year ended May 31, | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Net Sales | $ | 967,078 | $ | 1,204,778 | $ | 4,189,924 | $ | 4,729,442 | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 487,260 | 812,113 | 2,239,376 | 2,960,680 | ||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 479,818 | 392,665 | 1,950,548 | 1,768,762 | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| General, administration and sales | 1,294,883 | 797,741 | 4,061,621 | 3,180,497 | ||||||||||||
| Research and development | 36,476 | 3,929 | 68,849 | 56,833 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 1,331,359 | 801,670 | 4,130,470 | 3,237,330 | ||||||||||||
| Operating (loss) | (851,541 | ) | (409,006 | ) | (2,179,922 | ) | (1,468,568 | ) | ||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | 145,139 | 1,601 | 322,980 | 8,919 | ||||||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (706,402 | ) | (407,405 | ) | (1,856,942 | ) | (1,459,649 | ) | ||||||||
| Provision for Income taxes for continuing operations | (2,603 | ) | 2,367 | (14,638 | ) | 8,783 | ||||||||||
| Net loss from continuing operations | (703,799 | ) | (409,772 | ) | (1,842,304 | ) | (1,468,432 | ) | ||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations, including gain on sale, net of tax | - | 141,064 | 5,722,879 | 257,442 | ||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (703,799 | ) | $ | (268,708 | ) | $ | 3,880,575 | $ | (1,210,990 | ) | |||||
| Net loss per common share from continuing operations: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | (0.47 | ) | $ | (0.37 | ) | ||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, basic | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | (0.47 | ) | $ | (0.37 | ) | ||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, diluted | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | ||||||||||||
| Net income per common share from discontinued operations: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | - | $ | 0.04 | $ | 1.45 | $ | 0.06 | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, basic | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | - | $ | 0.04 | $ | 1.45 | $ | 0.06 | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, diluted | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | ||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) per common share: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | 0.98 | $ | (0.30 | ) | |||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, basic | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | 0.98 | $ | (0.30 | ) | |||||
| Weighted average number of common shares, diluted | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | 3,939,833 | 4,005,795 | ||||||||||||
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