ZK International Group Co., Ltd. Announces Record Revenues of $102.39 Million, and saw Gross Profit Increase by 17.38% to $7.60 Million for the Fiscal Year 2022
ZK International Group Co., Ltd. (ZKIN) reported financial results for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, showing a revenue increase of 3.00% to $102.39 million, driven by a significant rise in average selling prices. Gross profit rose 17.38% to $7.60 million with a gross margin of 7.42%. Despite these gains, the company reported a net loss of $6.08 million, up 60.06% from the previous year, leading to a diluted loss per share of $0.21. Operational losses grew to $3.96 million due to one-off costs. The company remains optimistic about future growth, particularly in international markets, as demand for water and gas infrastructure increases.
- Revenue increased by 3.00% to $102.39 million.
- Gross profit rose by 17.38% to $7.60 million.
- Gross margin improved to 7.42%.
- Chinese subsidiaries returned to profitability with $2.71 million net income.
- Plans for growth in international markets.
- Net loss attributable to ZK International increased by 60.06% to $6.08 million.
- Operating loss rose to $3.96 million.
- Diluted loss per share increased to $0.21.
- Sales volume of key products decreased significantly: steel strip by 62.98%, steel pipes by 25.28%, and pipe fittings by 22.16%.
- Wrote off $2.77 million from the Defi platform due to projected continuous losses.
WENZHOU,
Financial Highlights for the Fiscal Year 2022
For the Fiscal Year Ended | ||||||||||||
($ millions, except per share data) | 2022 | 2021 | % Change | |||||||||
Revenue | $ | 102.39 | $ | 99.41 | 3.00 | % | ||||||
Gross profit | $ | 7.60 | $ | 6.47 | 17.38 | % | ||||||
Gross margin | 7.42 | % | 6.51 | % | 0.91 | |||||||
Loss from operations | $ | (3.96) | $ | (3.65) | 8.51 | % | ||||||
Operating loss margin | (3.87) | % | (3.68) | % | -0.19 | |||||||
Net loss attributable to ZK | ||||||||||||
International | $ | (6.08) | $ | (3.80) | 60.06 | % | ||||||
Diluted loss per share | $ | (0.21) | $ | (0.17) | 23.53 | % | ||||||
Net book value per share | $ | 2.80 | $ | 3.08 | -9.09 | % |
- Revenues increased by
or$2,984,419 3.00% , to for the year ended$102,391,636 September 30, 2022 from for the year ended$99,407,217 September 30, 2021 . The growth was primarily driven by the increased weighted average selling price ("ASP") during the fiscal year 2022. We observed the rise of raw material prices, recovery of market demand for construction materials and the shortages of supply in the current market. Overall, we had34.26% increase of ASP in steel strip,29.00% increase in steel pipe, and33.71% increase in pipe fittings during 2022 fiscal year. - Gross profit increased by 17.38% to $7.60 million. Gross margin was 7.42%, compared to
6.5% for the prior fiscal year. The increase of gross profit was primarily due to increased weighted average selling prices. - During the fiscal year 2022, our Chinese subsidiaries returned to profitability with net income after tax of
.$2.71 million - Loss from operations was
, compared to loss from operations of$3.96 million for the prior fiscal year. The decrease of operational loss was mainly due to the one-off asset impairment cost of intangible asset and stock-based compensation incurred during 2022 fiscal year for the expenses related to our new business operations and subsidiaries.$3.65 million - Net loss attributable to
ZK International was , or net loss of$6.08 million per share. This compared to net loss attributable to$0.21 ZK International of , or$3.80 million per share, for the prior fiscal year.$0.17 - Net book value per share was
as of$2.80 September 30, 2022 , compared to as of$3.08 September 30, 2021 .
Mr.
Financial Results for the Fiscal Year 2022
Revenues
Revenues increased by
1) During the fiscal year 2022, we observed an increase of raw materials, especially the price of nikel which is an important component of stainless steel. To minimize the impact the rise of raw material price, we increased our weighted average selling price ("ASP") during the fiscal year 2022.
2) During 2022 fiscal year, the average selling price of electrolytic nickel decreased by
3) Due to the rise of product prices, we had an overall decrease in sales volume. The sales volume of steel strip decreased by
Gross Profit
Our gross profit increased by
Operating Expenses
We incurred
We incurred
During the fiscal year ended
We incurred
Income(loss) from Operations
As a result of the factors described above, operating loss was
Other Income (Expenses)
Our interest income and expenses were
Net Income (loss) and earnings (loss) per share
As a result of the factors described above, our net loss for the fiscal year ended
After deducting for non-controlling interests, net loss attributable to
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This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the
ZK INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LTD | ||||||
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||
(IN | ||||||
As of | ||||||
2022 | 2021 | |||||
Assets | ||||||
Current assets | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 7,515,147 | $ | 13,525,298 | ||
Restricted cash | 101,992 | 77,906 | ||||
Short-term Investment | 915,616 | 2,560,760 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of | 28,362,933 | 27,124,959 | ||||
Notes receivable | 49,611 | — | ||||
Other receivables and prepayments | 2,360,539 | 2,158,120 | ||||
Inventories | 21,141,501 | 20,689,252 | ||||
Advance to suppliers | 6,322,592 | 12,567,368 | ||||
Total current assets | 66,769,931 | 78,703,663 | ||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 7,124,587 | 8,004,855 | ||||
Right-of use asset | 30,998 | 54,166 | ||||
Intangible assets, net | 11,415,451 | 8,749,987 | ||||
Deferred tax assets | 320,164 | 353,460 | ||||
Long-term deposit | — | 12,472,847 | ||||
Long-term prepayment | 10,447,395 | — | ||||
Long-term accounts receivable | 7,522,188 | — | ||||
Long-term investment | 25,292,866 | 25,323,323 | ||||
TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 128,923,580 | $ | 133,662,301 | ||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 10,066,758 | $ | 2,159,731 | ||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 6,949,772 | 6,875,769 | ||||
Lease liability - current portion | 10,754 | 26,332 | ||||
Accrued payroll and welfare | 1,880,377 | 1,853,019 | ||||
Advance from customers | 1,758,800 | 5,666,214 | ||||
Due to related parties | 2,052,403 | 1,072,335 | ||||
Convertible debentures | 3,352,311 | 2,823,364 | ||||
Short-term bank borrowings | 16,257,820 | 21,394,761 | ||||
Other borrowing - short term portion | - | 283,758 | ||||
Notes payables | 702,889 | — | ||||
Income tax payable | 817,059 | 2,354,832 | ||||
Total current liabilities | 43,848,943 | 44,510,115 | ||||
Lease liability - long term portion | 10,256 | 27,834 | ||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES | $ | 43,859,199 | $ | 44,537,949 | ||
Equity | ||||||
Common stock, no par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 30,392,940 and 28,918,177 shares | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 70,872,765 | 63,374,085 | ||||
Statutory surplus reserve | 3,176,556 | 2,914,602 | ||||
Subscription receivable | (125,000) | (125,000) | ||||
Retained earnings | 13,394,137 | 19,737,504 | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (2,640,753) | 2,898,594 | ||||
Total equity attributable to | 84,677,705 | 88,799,785 | ||||
Equity attributable to non-controlling interests | 386,676 | 324,567 | ||||
Total equity | 85,064,381 | 89,124,352 | ||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | $ | 128,923,580 | $ | 133,662,301 | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
ZK INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LTD | |||||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) | |||||||||
(IN | |||||||||
For the year ended | |||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Revenues | $ | 102,391,636 | $ | 99,407,217 | $ | 86,846,791 | |||
Cost of sales | (94,796,037) | (92,936,029) | (82,903,989) | ||||||
Gross profit | 7,595,599 | 6,471,188 | 3,942,802 | ||||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | 2,380,429 | 3,117,906 | 2,215,651 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses | 5,421,575 | 5,772,710 | 2,482,972 | ||||||
Asset impairment costs | 2,771,019 | — | — | ||||||
Research and development costs | 987,186 | 1,234,161 | 1,123,555 | ||||||
Total operating expenses | 11,560,209 | 10,124,777 | 5,822,178 | ||||||
Operating loss | (3,964,610) | (3,653,589) | (1,879,376) | ||||||
Other income (expenses): | |||||||||
Interest expenses | (3,451,665) | (1,196,648) | (1,000,554) | ||||||
Interest income | 109,290 | 13,733 | 7,192 | ||||||
Gain on disposal of subsidiary, net | - | — | 536,612 | ||||||
Income (loss) on investment | - | 50,649 | (256,937) | ||||||
Other income (expense), net | (88,125) | 431,438 | 327,845 | ||||||
Total other expenses, net | (3,430,500) | (700,828) | (385,842) | ||||||
Loss before income taxes | (7,395,110) | (4,354,417) | (2,265,218) | ||||||
Income tax recovery | 1,340,844 | 552,146 | 1,428,202 | ||||||
Net loss | $ | (6,054,266) | $ | (3,802,271) | $ | (837,016) | |||
Net (loss) income attributable to non- | (27,147) | 2,757 | 11,402 | ||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to ZK | (6,081,413) | (3,799,514) | $ | (825,614) | |||||
Net (loss) income | (6,054,266) | $ | (3,802,271) | $ | (837,016) | ||||
Other comprehensive income (loss): | |||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (5,504,385) | 2,423,439 | 2,319,048 | ||||||
Total comprehensive loss | $ | (11,558,651) | $ | (1,378,832) | $ | 1,482,032 | |||
Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to non- | (62,109) | (14,773) | (6,136) | ||||||
Comprehensive income attributable to ZK | $ | (11,620,760) | $ | (1,393,605) | $ | 1,475,896 | |||
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share | |||||||||
Basic | $ | (0.21) | $ | (0.17) | $ | (0.05) | |||
Diluted | (0.21) | (0.17) | (0.05) | ||||||
Weighted average number of shares | |||||||||
Basic | 29,305,828 | 21,873,594 | 16,558,037 | ||||||
Diluted | 29,431,781 | 22,633,819 | 16,558,037 | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
ZK INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LTD | ||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||
FOR THE YEARS ENDED | ||||||||||||||||
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Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||
Additional | other | Non- | ||||||||||||||
paid-in | Subscription | Statutory | Retained | comprehensive | controlling | Total | ||||||||||
Shares | capital | Receivable | surplus reserve | earnings | income (loss) | interests | equity | |||||||||
Balance at | 16,558,037 | 18,049,630 | — | 2,904,699 | 24,372,535 | (1,808,825) | 299,666 | 43,817,705 | ||||||||
Disposal of | 3,992 | 3,992 | ||||||||||||||
Foreign currency | 2,301,510 | 17,538 | 2,319,048 | |||||||||||||
Net income | (825,614) | (11,402) | (837,016) | |||||||||||||
Balance at | 16,558,037 | 18,049,630 | — | 2,904,699 | 23,546,921 | 492,685 | 309,794 | 45,303,729 | ||||||||
Issuance of | 7,080,762 | 24,884,560 | (125,000) | 24,759,560 | ||||||||||||
Common stock | 4,374,176 | 11,443,067 | 11,443,067 | |||||||||||||
Issuance of | 355,202 | 1,345,056 | 1,345,056 | |||||||||||||
Stock-based | 550,000 | 9,542,783 | 9,542,783 | |||||||||||||
Unearned | (1,891,011) | (1,891,011) | ||||||||||||||
Foreign currency | 2,405,909 | 17,530 | 2,423,439 | |||||||||||||
Net income | 9,903 | (3,809,417) | (2,757) | (3,802,271) | ||||||||||||
Balance at | 28,918,177 | 63,374,085 | (125,000) | 2,914,602 | 19,737,504 | 2,898,594 | 324,567 | 89,124,352 | ||||||||
Stock incentive | 1,407,200 | 1,688,640 | 1,688,640 | |||||||||||||
Stock issued in | 67,563 | 116,781 | 116,781 | |||||||||||||
Fair value | 678,782 | 678,782 | ||||||||||||||
Stock-based | 5,603,615 | 5,603,615 | ||||||||||||||
Unearned | (589,138) | (589,138) | ||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translations | (5,539,347) | 34,962 | (5,504,385) | |||||||||||||
Net income | 261,954 | (6,343,367) | 27,147 | (6,054,266) | ||||||||||||
Balance at | 30,392,940 | 70,872,765 | (125,000) | 3,176,556 | 13,394,137 | (2,640,753) | 386,676 | 85,064,381 | ||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
ZK INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LTD | |||||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS | |||||||||
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For the year ended | |||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | |||||||||
Net loss | $ | (6,054,266) | $ | (3,802,271) | $ | (837,016) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: | |||||||||
Depreciation expense | 672,368 | 568,038 | 438,467 | ||||||
Amortization expense | 830,481 | 481,763 | 11,366 | ||||||
Right of use assets | — | (53,634) | — | ||||||
Loss on disposal of fixed assets | — | — | 7,608 | ||||||
Bad debt expense | 227,837 | 92,032 | — | ||||||
Inventory provision | — | — | 103,942 | ||||||
Write-off of advance to suppliers | — | 108,395 | 100,684 | ||||||
Deferred tax benefits | — | 406,064 | (406,637) | ||||||
Gain on accounts receivable factoring, net of discount | (451,047) | — | — | ||||||
Gain on disposal of subsidiary | — | — | (536,612) | ||||||
Loss on investment | — | — | 214,114 | ||||||
Impairment on intangible assets | 2,771,019 | — | — | ||||||
Change in unrecognized tax benefits | (1,428,458) | (918,038) | (1,021,565) | ||||||
Stock compensation expense | 2,674,807 | 1,351,082 | — | ||||||
Interest expense of convertible notes | 1,324,510 | 210,173 | — | ||||||
Interest expense of financing lease | — | 44,458 | — | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||
Accounts receivable | (12,059,620) | 5,804,654 | (4,800,889) | ||||||
Other receivables and prepayments | (260,755) | 1,345,520 | (793,936) | ||||||
Notes receivable | (53,853) | 201,187 | 206,465 | ||||||
Inventories | (2,606,504) | 2,021,789 | 103,123 | ||||||
Advance to suppliers | 5,493,624 | (8,297,301) | 2,933,852 | ||||||
Accounts payable | 8,803,924 | (8,662,576) | 5,582,787 | ||||||
Notes payable | 762,986 | (159,823) | (153,824) | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 752,241 | 2,428,410 | (484,477) | ||||||
Accrued payroll and welfare | 219,178 | 211,632 | 140,497 | ||||||
Advance from customers | (3,662,097) | 3,162,961 | (198,358) | ||||||
Income tax payable | - | (77,214) | (149,386) | ||||||
Lease liability | (28,595) | 53,635 | — | ||||||
Net cash provided (used in) operating activities | (2,072,220) | (3,479,064) | 460,205 | ||||||
Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | |||||||||
Purchases of property, plant and equipment | (507,663) | (114,319) | (1,168,322) | ||||||
Proceed from disposal of property, plant and equipment | — | 6,281 | |||||||
Purchase of CIP | (12,666) | (47,942) | — | ||||||
Disposal of intangible asset | — | — | |||||||
Purchases of intangible assets | (1,588,107) | (1,983,812) | — | ||||||
Investment into CG Malta | — | (25,000,000) | — | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (2,108,436) | (27,146,073) | (1,162,041) | ||||||
Cash Flows from Financing activities: | |||||||||
Net proceeds released from (placed into) short-term investment | 1,523,953 | (2,228,301) | — | ||||||
Proceeds from short-term bank borrowings | 31,113,044 | 31,203,129 | 18,061,979 | ||||||
Repayments of short-term bank borrowings | (34,501,465) | (28,144,978) | (17,836,445) | ||||||
Net proceeds received from (repaid to) related parties | 1,173,516 | (280,313) | (133,007) | ||||||
Proceed from other borrowing | — | — | 775,951 | ||||||
Repayment of other borrowing | (279,004) | (483,458) | (107,195) | ||||||
Proceeds from stock issuances | — | 24,758,458 | — | ||||||
Proceeds from convertible notes issuances | — | 14,071,908 | — | ||||||
Proceeds from stock warrants exercise | — | 1,345,056 | — | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | (969,956) | 40,241,501 | 761,283 | ||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | (835,453) | 227,305 | 248,950 | ||||||
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (5,986,065) | 9,843,669 | 308,397 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of period | 13,603,204 | 3,759,535 | 3,451,138 | ||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of period | $ | 7,617,139 | $ | 13,603,204 | $ | 3,759,535 | |||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flows information: | |||||||||
Non-cash financing activities | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||
Cash paid for income taxes | $ | 87,473 | $ | 37,041 | $ | 149,291 | |||
Cash paid for interest expenses | $ | 976,091 | $ | 338,575 | $ | 991,319 | |||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. |
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