"Our second quarter was absolutely outstanding," said Michael J. Koss, President and CEO. "Last year, during the same reporting period the Company set a new record for sales during the month of December. In 2005, the month of December set a new record as the best sales month in our entire history."
Koss went on to say that export sales, most notably to Europe, had increased significantly.
"This is the third consecutive year of solid growth in Europe," Michael Koss said. "This quarter's 120% increase in export sales brings the six month increase to 106% for the period ending December 31, 2005 and complements the 82% increase in export sales we reported for the year ending June 30, 2005, and the 72% increase in export sales we reported for the year ending June 30, 2004."
Koss went on to explain that higher incoming freight charges for inventory, required changes in accounting to reflect stock options as expenses, and the termination of the Jiangsu License Agreement were concerns during the quarter, but were easily offset by the Company's 51% increase in sales revenue.
"Holiday sales were strong for Koss this season," Koss said. "It appears that our retailers, and distributors, who thoughtfully increased stock levels of Koss stereophones throughout the autumn, were assured of excellent 'instock' positions through the peak gift giving season. Sales were so dynamic, in fact, that the Company carried its first significant backorder for November shipments into the first week of December."
On a year to date basis for the six month period ending December 31, 2005, sales significantly eclipsed the prior year's six month performance, increasing by 43% to $27,385,438 from $19,197,659 during the same six month period one year ago. Income from operations for the six months increased by 93%. Net income for the six months increased by 65% from $2,109,353 compared to $3,472,464 for the same six months ending December 31, 2004. Six month diluted earnings per share increased by 67% to $0.92 compared with $0.55 for the same period one year ago.
"We have successfully linked three record breaking consecutive quarters," Michael Koss continued, "but best of all, the second quarter, which ended December 31, 2005, broke every record for every quarter in our history."
Koss Corporation paid a quarterly dividend of $0.13 cents on January 13, 2006 to shareholders of record on December 31, 2005.
Koss Corporation markets a complete line of high-fidelity stereophones, speaker-phones, computer headsets, telecommunications headsets, active noise canceling stereophones, wireless stereophones, and compact disc recordings of American Symphony Orchestras on the Koss Classics label.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "forecasts," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," or "continue" or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating forward-looking statements, you should specifically consider various factors that may cause actual results to vary from those contained in the forward-looking statements, such as general economic conditions, in particular, consumer demand for the Company's and its customers' products, competitive and technological developments, foreign currency fluctuations, and costs of operations. Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made herein are only made as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. In addition, such uncertainties and other operational matters are discussed further in the Company's quarterly and annual filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
KOSS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
Three Months Six Months
Period Ended December 31 2005 2004 2005 2004
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Net sales $15,435,597 $10,225,079 $27,385,438 $19,197,659
Cost of goods sold 9,397,027 6,266,461 16,671,989 11,816,068
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Gross profit 6,038,570 3,958,618 10,713,449 7,381,591
Selling, general and
administrative expense 2,849,784 2,456,825 5,297,401 4,576,346
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Income from operations 3,188,786 1,501,793 5,416,048 2,805,245
Other income (expense)
Royalty income 100,307 484,614 201,918 636,070
Interest income 40,825 12,678 75,470 16,876
Interest expense 0 0 0 0
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Income before income
tax provision 3,329,918 1,999,085 5,693,436 3,458,191
Provision for
income taxes 1,298,672 779,643 2,220,972 1,348,838
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Net income $ 2,031,246 $ 1,219,442 $ 3,472,464 $ 2,109,353
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Earnings per common share:
Basic $ 0.55 $ 0.33 $ 0.93 $ 0.57
Diluted $ 0.53 $ 0.31 $ 0.92 $ 0.55
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Dividends per
common share $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.26 $ 0.26
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