Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results
$9.1 Million Top Line; $0.21 Diluted EPS; Expanded Direct Distribution and Sales Channels
(firmenpresse) - XI'AN, CHINA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/22/11 -- (NASDAQ: SKBI) a China-based manufacturer and distributor of veterinary medicines, vaccines, micro-organisms and feed additives, today reported unaudited second quarter fiscal year 2011 earnings, for the period ended June 30, 2011.
Revenue increases 10% YoY to $9.1 million
Veterinary vaccines totaled $0.4 million, up 1.2% YoY
Veterinary medicines totaled $6.3 million, up 15% YoY
Feed additives totaled $0.4 million, up 6% YoY
Micro-organism products totaled $2.0 million, flat YoY
Gross margin of 49% for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 as compared to 53% in the year ago period
Net income of $1.5 million or $0.21 per fully diluted share, compared with net income of $2.4 million or $0.33 per fully diluted share in the year ago period
6% increase in the number of distribution agents and direct customers from 1,026 in Q1 to 2,253 in Q2
First half fiscal 2011 revenue increases 23% YoY to $16.2 million
Gross margin of 50% for the first half of fiscal 2011 as compared to 53% in the year ago period
Net income of $3.4 million or $0.48 per fully diluted share, compared with net income of $3.5 million or $0.49 per fully diluted share in the year ago period
Mr. Weibing Lu, Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical's chairman and chief executive officer, commented, "Skystar is pleased with its second quarter performance in light of adverse market conditions. The Company has successfully funded product development internally and expanded its distribution footprint while still achieving revenue growth for the quarter as compared to the same period a year ago.
"The increase in research and development costs is necessary to remain competitive as the Company believes that it can no longer rely on making significant pre-payments for raw materials to protect its gross margins in the long term. We maintain a long term strategy for achieving sustained growth and profitability by periodically developing new high gross margin products according to demand and expanding manufacturing capability and distribution. In order to preserve market share and expand into new territories, we have not raised our sales prices as we believe our customers would not be able to absorb pricing increases in this environment and such an increase would erode our market share.
"During the second quarter, we made significant investments in R&D, staging initiatives to develop four new specialty high margin veterinary medication projects. We also successfully launched nine new veterinary medicines and six new feed additives and increased direct distribution channels by six percent as compared to the previous quarter. While this action has increased operating expenses for the quarter and reduced net income, we deemed the move necessary for expanding Skystar's diverse high margin product lines. Given current market conditions, we acknowledge that advanced purchases of raw materials has helped offset significantly higher raw material costs. However, in order to preserve our historical gross margins in the long term, we must continue to expand our distribution footprint and remain focused on developing and marketing our higher margin products.
"China has imposed policies to combat the effects of inflation and upwardly spiraling prices of the nation's food supply. As a result, wholesale market prices of meat became flat, negatively affecting the profits of some animal farmers. The diminished profitability has resulted in a reduction of animal farming and subsequently reduced some demand for our products. Wholesale meat prices have recently begun to increase to previous levels, and we expect farming to resume and demand for our products to return.
"Additionally, an ongoing drought in some regions of China has affected animal farming and aquaculture cultivation. The decreased supply of fresh water available for farming has adversely affected net sales of some of Skystar's products lines including pro-biotics and aquaculture.
"China's government has also started to put pressure on the animal husbandry industry to reduce its reliance on veterinary pharmaceuticals used in bringing animals to term for sale. These efforts are a commitment by China's government to increase the relative food safety for its citizens in addition to standardizing protocols of the animal husbandry industry itself.
"Due to several epidemics and concerns over food safety for China's food supply, the Ministry of Agriculture is delaying further inspections of veterinary pharmaceutical facilities. With this in mind, we believe that GMP certification of Skystar's new vaccine facility should be completed by the end of 2011.
"The fundamental challenge for Skystar is to utilize our industry expertise in staying on top of customer needs while maintaining profitability for our shareholders. China's overall market demand for animal based protein and the evolving commercial animal husbandry industry has not diminished and will drive the long term demand for our products, our growth, and our profitability for years to come.
"With this in mind, we believe that Skystar has taken the necessary measures to maintain our position as a market leader while weathering negative near term events. We value our shareholders and believe that we have positioned Skystar for long term growth in spite of a challenging operating environment and look forward to presenting our results and answering any investor questions concerning our operating environment during tomorrow's conference call," concluded Mr. Lu.
Gross profit for second quarter 2011 was $4.5 million, up 2% from second quarter 2010. Gross margin for the period was 49%, a slight decrease from with historical year over year comparables.
Operating expenses for second quarter 2011 were $2.9 million, or 32% of total revenue, compared with $1.6 million or 20% of total revenue in the year ago period. Decreased G&A expenses were offset by increases in R&D and selling expenses resulting in a substantial increase in total operating expenses. Total operating expense increased 80% year over year, largely attributable to increased R&D costs.
R&D costs was $1.8 million, or less than 20% of revenue in the second quarter 2011, up from $0.2 million, or 2% of revenue during second quarter 2010. Our increased R&D efforts during the period ended June 30, 2011 included continuing to fund existing joint R&D projects with universities and launching four new R&D projects to develop new veterinary medications during the second quarter of 2011.
Selling expenses, which consist of commissions, advertising and promotion expenses, freight charges, and salaries, totaled $0.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to $0.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010, an increase of approximately 41.2%. This increase was primarily due to the increase in our shipping and handling costs related to delivering our products to customers as we continued to expand our market to remote areas, and to inflation pressure in China, which resulted in higher transportation and delivery costs.
Operating income decreased by 44% year over year to $1.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, compared with $2.7 million in the same quarter a year ago, and operating margin decreased to 17% from 33% in the same period a year ago.
Net income for the second quarter of 2011 was $1.5 million, or $0.21 per fully diluted share. This compares to net income of $2.4 million or $0.33 per fully diluted share in the same quarter of 2010.
As of June 30, 2011, we had approximately $5.0 million in cash, current assets of $45.6 million and current liabilities of $8.6 million.
In light of the current economic environment, we are taking a conservative approach to financial guidance for fiscal year 2011. The Company confidently expects to generate full fiscal revenue in the range of $52.0 million to $55.0 million.
Skystar will host a conference call at 7:45 a.m. ET on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 to review the Company's second quarter financial and operational performance. Mr. Weibing Lu, Skystar's chairman and chief executive officer, will host the call, which will be webcast live.
The webcast will be made available on the investor relations section of our corporate website at . Telephone access to the conference call will also be available in North America by dialing +1 (877) 407-8031 or internationally by dialing +1 (201) 689-8031.
An audio replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours following the conclusion of the call and for the following 30 day period. To access the replay in North America, dial +1 (877) 660-6853 or, when calling internationally, dial +1 (201) 612-7415, using replay account code # 286 and conference ID # 377360. An archived replay of the conference webcast will also be available on investor relations section of the Skystar corporate website at .
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Skystar is a China-based developer and distributor of veterinary healthcare and medical care products. Skystar has four product lines (veterinary medicines, micro-organisms, vaccines and feed additives) and over 250 products. Skystar has formed strategic sales distribution networks covering 29 provinces throughout China. For additional information, please visit .
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Scott Cramer
Director - Corporate Development and U.S. Representative
(407) 645-4433
Christopher Chu
(646) 284-9426
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