Commercial Consolidators Reports Three Month Earnings Up 59%.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2001 Commercial Consolidators Corp. (CDNX CDNX See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). :CCZ CCZ Cyber Condition Zebra (Washington Naval Yard) CCZ Command and Control Zone CCZ Carlet-Charpin-Zinoviev (Equivalence Relation of Functions) .) (FRANKFURT:CJ9.) (the "Company") is a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s distributor of business technologies and consumer electronics to the Americas (North, South and Central). Sales revenue increased 44% to $34.1 million for the three months ended May 31, 2001 from $23.8 million for the three months ended May 31, 2000. Net after tax earnings for the three months increased 60% to $2.08 million, or $0.12 per share, from $1.30 million, or $0.09 per share, for the same period last year. The Company's financial results are summarized in the following table:
Three months ended Three months ended
May 31, 2001 May 31, 2000
(in thousands)
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Sales $34,148 $23,821
Cost of sales 27,234 20,033
Gross Profit 6,914 3,787
Gross Margin 20.1% 15.9%
Expenses 3,975 2,130
Income - before foreign
exchange, income taxes, and 2,939 1,657
amortization
Income Margin 8.6% 7.0%
Net income $2,075 $1,306
Net earnings per share (basic) $0.12 $0.09
The increases in sales and earnings for the quarter were driven by continued growth in our Wireless Products Division as well as by the continued integration of our recent acquisition for our Computer Products Division. Profit margins remained strong throughout the quarter and have grown significantly compared with the first quarter of last year. This is due to the strategic diversification Diversification A risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. It is designed to minimize the impact of any one security on overall portfolio performance. Notes: Diversification is possibly the greatest way to reduce the risk. of the Company's product lines into higher margin value-added products. "We are pleased with our overall performance during the first quarter," states Commercial Consolidators Corp.'s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Guy Jarvis. "Our first quarter results reflect the Company's continued growth as well as our commitment to stringent cost management." ABOUT COMMERCIAL CONSOLIDATORS CORP. Commercial Consolidators Corp. is a diversified distributor of business technologies (cellular phones and accessories, computer systems and components and proprietary software) and consumer electronics to the Americas (North, South and Central). The Company has aggressively pursued strategic acquisitions, satisfying management's primary objectives, namely: 1. Focus on converging con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. communication delivery devices, namely: televisions, computers, wireless products and proprietary software; 2. Leverage existing supply chain relationships from our expanding revenue base, to facilitate new distribution channels throughout the Americas; 3. Via acquisitions, provide turnkey solutions to our target customers through the selective expansion of complimentary product and service offerings; and 4. Alter our sales mix sales mix See product mix. to focus on higher margin products, while maintaining an enviable en·vi·a·ble adj. So desirable as to arouse envy: "the enviable English quality of being able to be mute without unrest" Henry James. standard of customer service and order fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. . For further information, please contact investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. at 1-800-968-1727; or visit the Company's website at www.commercialconsolidator.com. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS GUY JARVIS, Chief Executive Officer The Canadian Venture Exchange The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) is now a defunct stock exchange having been acquired by the TSX Group in 2001 and renamed the TSX Venture Exchange. History of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein. |
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