Revenues up 11% to Record Q3 levels
Operating Income up to an all-time new high of $4.8 million
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT), a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of collectibles, today announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2019.
Q3 Financial Highlights:
Q3 and Nine Months Review:
Management Commentary and Outlook:
Joseph J. Orlando, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Q3 is typically our seasonally-strongest quarter of the fiscal year and, in 2019, it proved to be just that. The strong revenue figure coupled with continued progress in streamlining our business resulted in our best operating results for any quarter in Company history. Furthermore, our cash position improved from $12.4 million at the end of Q2 in December to $15.7 million at the end of Q3.”
Orlando continued, “The PCGS US vintage and trade show revenues were up a combined $0.5 million year-over-year, while our bulk services were up about $0.4 million versus last year’s Q3. Part of the growth in PCGS Bulk was aided by a successful Apollo 11 coin-grading program that generated thousands of these popular commemorative coins for submission. The creative packaging designed by the PCGS team helped raise our Q3 Bulk ASP over last year’s ASP. PCGS International produced mixed results. Our Hong Kong office finished the quarter with record Q3 revenues, up 25% versus last year, while our Shanghai and Paris offices were down slightly, but remained relatively flat compared to the previous year.”
“The PSA and PSA/DNA business set another all-time revenue quarterly record for the division and eclipsed last year’s Q3 revenue by roughly $1.3 million, a 24% increase year-over-year. Based on the first three quarters of fiscal 2019, this part of our company is expected to close out its ninth consecutive year of top and bottom line growth. The PSA backlog remains at record levels heading into Q4. The Company is currently revamping our existing space to expand operational capacity, so we can ultimately improve the extended turnaround times facing our customers.”
“The management team is focused on improving the fundamentals of our Company and refining our international strategy, while exploring new potential revenue streams that could enhance our growth prospects in the future.”
Conference Call and Webcast
Collectors Universe will host a conference call to discuss results on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time/1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing 334-323-0522 or 877-260-1479, five to ten minutes prior to the initiation of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through May 15, 2019 by dialing 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820 and entering access code 4988871#. A live webcast of the conference call will also be available on the Collectors Universe website, www.collectorsuniverse.com under Investor Relations: Events and Presentations. The webcast will be archived for 12 months.
About Collectors Universe
Collectors Universe, Inc. is a leading provider of value-added services to the collectibles markets. The Company authenticates and grades collectible coins, trading cards, event tickets, autographs and memorabilia (“collectibles”). The Company also compiles and publishes authoritative information about United States and world coins, collectible trading cards and sports memorabilia (“collectibles”) and operates its CCE dealer-to-dealer Internet bid-ask market for certified coins and its Expos trade show and conventions business. This information is accessible to collectors and dealers at the Company's website, http://www.collectorsuniverse.com and is also published in print.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward Looking Information
This news release contains statements regarding our expectations, beliefs or views about our future financial performance and trends in our business and in our markets, which constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements can often be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "project," or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or "may."
Due to a number of risks and uncertainties to which our business and our markets are subject, our future financial performance may differ, possibly significantly, from expectations regarding our future financial performance that are expressed in, or that may be implied or inferred from the discussion of our operating results in this news release. Those risks and uncertainties, and their possible impact on our future financial performance, include, but are not limited to, the following: our continued dependence on our coin business which historically has generated more than 60% of our consolidated revenues and a substantial portion of our operating income , which make our operating results more vulnerable to conditions that could adversely affect or cause stagnation in the prices of precious metals and collectible coins; the risks that the economic recovery may stall, or that domestic or international economic conditions may deteriorate as a result of events outside of our control, that could lead to reductions in the demand for our collectibles authentication and grading services and, consequently, in our revenues and operating results; the risk that the weakness or volatility of economic conditions will lead to longer-term changes in the spending habits of consumers and in the availability and use of credit by smaller businesses, such as collectibles dealers, to fund purchases of collectibles, which could lead to longer-term declines in collectibles commerce and, therefore, in the demand for our services; the risks that claims under our coin and trading card authentication and grading warranties will increase substantially and that the warranty reserves we maintain for such claims, will prove to be inadequate, which could cause our gross margin and operating results to decline or cause us to incur operating losses; the risk that our strategies of offering new services and expanding our collectibles authentication and grading business into new geographic areas, such as Europe and Asia, will not be successful in enabling us to improve our profitability or may even cause us to incur significant losses; the risks and added complexity of conducting business overseas; the risk that it may become necessary for us to reduce the amount of, or suspend or discontinue the payment of cash dividends in the future, due to conditions or circumstances outside of our control, such as adverse economic or market conditions, as well as our financial performance and the cash needs of our business in the future.
Additional information regarding these risks and other risks and uncertainties to which our business is subject is contained in Item 1A, entitled “Risk Factors”, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 which we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2018, and readers of this news release are urged to review the discussion of those risks and uncertainties in that Report. Also, our actual financial results in the future may differ from those currently expected due to additional risks and uncertainties of which we are not currently aware or which we do not currently view as, but in the future may become, material to our business or operating results. Due to these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained, implied or inferred, in this news release or in our Annual or Quarterly Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which speak only as of their respective dates. We also disclaim any obligation to update or revise any of the forward-looking statements contained in this news release or in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law or NASDAQ rules.
Contact: Joseph Orlando President and Chief Executive Officer 949-567-1170 Email: jorlando@collectors.com Joseph Wallace Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 949-567-1245 Email: jwallace@collectors.com | |
COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In Thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31, | Nine Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||||||
Net revenues | $ | 19,471 | $ | 17,512 | $ | 52,670 | $ | 51,328 | |||||
Cost of revenues | 7,827 | 7,818 | 21,982 | 21,745 | |||||||||
Gross profit | 11,644 | 9,694 | 30,688 | 29,583 | |||||||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses | 2,509 | 2,513 | 7,803 | 7,688 | |||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 4,370 | 5,195 | 13,079 | 15,148 | |||||||||
Total operating expenses | 6,879 | 7,708 | 20,882 | 22,836 | |||||||||
Operating income | 4,765 | 1,986 | 9,806 | 6,747 | |||||||||
Interest and other income (expense), net | (4 | ) | 116 | (146 | ) | 107 | |||||||
Income before provision for income taxes | 4,761 | 2,102 | 9,660 | 6,854 | |||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 1,202 | 630 | 2,489 | 1,678 | |||||||||
Income from continuing operations | 3,559 | 1,472 | 7,171 | 5,176 | |||||||||
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes | - | 2 | - | 89 | |||||||||
Net income | $ | 3,559 | $ | 1,474 | $ | 7,171 | $ | 5,265 | |||||
Net income per basic share: | |||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.80 | $ | 0.60 | |||||
Income from discontinued operations | - | - | - | 0.01 | |||||||||
Net income per basic share | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.80 | $ | 0.61 | |||||
Net income per diluted share: | |||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.80 | $ | 0.58 | |||||
Income from discontinued operations | - | - | - | 0.01 | |||||||||
Net income per diluted share | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.80 | $ | 0.59 | |||||
Weighted average shares outstanding: | |||||||||||||
Basic | 8,938 | 8,703 | 8,936 | 8,651 | |||||||||
Diluted | 8,966 | 8,902 | 8,958 | 8,855 | |||||||||
Dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.175 | $ | 0.175 | $ | 0.525 | $ | 0.875 |
COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
ASSETS | March 31, 2019 | June 30, 2018 | |||||
Current assets: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 15,716 | $ | 10,581 | |||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $74 and $80 at March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018, respectively | 2,552 | 2,608 | |||||
Inventories, net | 2,294 | 2,579 | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,698 | 1,965 | |||||
Total current assets | 22,260 | 17,733 | |||||
Property and equipment, net | 7,703 | 8,378 | |||||
Goodwill | 2,083 | 2,083 | |||||
Intangible assets, net | 2,301 | 2,319 | |||||
Deferred income tax assets | 1,222 | 1,222 | |||||
Other assets | 467 | 479 | |||||
Total assets | $ | 36,036 | $ | 32,214 | |||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 2,405 | $ | 2,487 | |||
Accrued liabilities | 1,685 | 1,998 | |||||
Accrued compensation and benefits | 3,134 | 3,401 | |||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 750 | 562 | |||||
Income taxes payable | 1,195 | 312 | |||||
Deferred revenue | 3,704 | 3,213 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 12,873 | 11,973 | |||||
Deferred rent | 3,824 | 3,535 | |||||
Long-Term Debt | 1,875 | 2,438 | |||||
Commitments and contingencies | |||||||
Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||
Preferred stock, $.001 par value; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding | - | - | |||||
Common stock, $.001 par value; 20,000 shares authorized; 9,148 and 9,015 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2018, respectively. | 9 | 9 | |||||
Additional paid-in capital | 87,088 | 86,369 | |||||
Accumulated deficit | (69,633 | ) | (72,110 | ) | |||
Total stockholders’ equity | 17,464 | 14,268 | |||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 36,036 | $ | 32,214 | |||
COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In Thousands)
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2019 | 2018 | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 7,171 | $ | 5,265 | ||||
Discontinued operations | - | (89 | ) | |||||
Income from continuing operations | 7,171 | 5,176 | ||||||
Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 2,132 | 1,612 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | 720 | 951 | ||||||
Provision for bad debts | 5 | 14 | ||||||
Provision for inventory write-down | 143 | 389 | ||||||
Provision for warranty claims | 402 | 343 | ||||||
Loss on sale of property and equipment | 6 | 95 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | - | 365 | ||||||
Change in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | 51 | 953 | ||||||
Inventories | 142 | (596 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other | 339 | 51 | ||||||
Other assets | 11 | (64 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | (577 | ) | (168 | ) | ||||
Accrued compensation and benefits | (267 | ) | (1,096 | ) | ||||
Income taxes payable | 883 | (496 | ) | |||||
Deferred revenue | 492 | 884 | ||||||
Deferred rent | 289 | 63 | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations | 11,942 | 8,476 | ||||||
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued businesses | (12 | ) | (228 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 11,930 | 8,248 | ||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Capital expenditures | (749 | ) | (3,626 | ) | ||||
Capitalized software | (787 | ) | (720 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of business | 12 | 6 | ||||||
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | 18 | - | ||||||
Patents and other intangibles | - | (7 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (1,506 | ) | (4,347 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
(Repayments) Borrowings under term loan | (375 | ) | 3,000 | |||||
Dividends paid to common stockholders | (4,914 | ) | (7,548 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities | (5,289 | ) | (4,548 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 5,135 | (647 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 10,581 | 9,826 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 15,716 | $ | 9,179 |
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | |||||
Interest paid during the period | $ | 119 | $ | 39 | |
Income taxes paid during the period | $ | 1,735 | $ | 1,542 | |
Leasehold Improvements contributed by landlord | $ | - | $ | 2,949 |