China Carbon Graphite Group Releases Third Quarter 2011 Results
(firmenpresse) - NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 11/15/11 -- China Carbon Graphite Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CHGI) ("China Carbon" or the "Company"), the largest wholesale supplier of fine-grain and high-purity graphite in China and one of the nation's top manufacturers of carbon and graphite products, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011.
Third Quarter 2011 Highlights:
For the three months ended September 30, 2011, revenue increased 36%, from $10.0 million in Q3 2010 to $13.6 million in Q3 2011; for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to the same period last year, revenue increased 106%, from $18.1 million to $37.2 million
For the three months ended September 30, 2011 gross profit rose 25%, from $2.5 million in Q3 2010 to $3.1 million in Q3 2011; for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to the same period last year, gross profit rose 124%, from $3.7 million to $8.3 million
Finished construction of 30,000 ton facilities that will specialize in the production of China Carbon higher margin fine grain and high purity graphite products
Summarized Third Quarter 2011 Results:
"We were very glad to see sustained growth in our core businesses, fine grain and high purity graphite products, this past quarter," commented Donghai Yu, China Carbon's CEO. "During this time, we continued concentrating on the development of our fine grain and high purity graphite products business segments since these products are currently providing higher margins than our other business segment, graphite electrodes, and we were pleased to see the benefits of maintaining such a strategy. When comparing the third quarter of 2010 to the third quarter of 2011, our net sales of high purity graphite products rose from $2.2 million to $5.7 million, and our net sales of fine grain graphite products increased from $4.9 million to $5.8 million.
Mr. Yu continued, "Even though the increased interest expenses decreased our net profits in the three months ended September 30, 2011, we saw an increase in our net profit margins on a nine month basis and also when comparing our EBITDA from the third quarter of this year to the same period last year, we managed to keep this figure nearly in line with rising input costs and increased capital expenditures related to the construction of our new facility. With the launch of our new 30,000 ton facility, which includes a baking and dipping plant that will both specialize in the manufacturing of our higher margin products made from fine grain and high purity graphite, we expect that we will see significant improvement in our financial results in 2012. As the demand for graphite continues to rise, raw material prices are increasing as well, but we are confident that we are in a better position to thrive in this climate due to our production capacity expansion and ability to produce higher margin fine grain and high purity graphite products."
In the third quarter of 2011, China Carbon had sales of $13.6 million compared to sales of $10.0 million in the third quarter of 2010, an increase of $3.6 million or 36 percent. The Company's revenue was generated mainly from sales of graphite electrodes, fine grain graphite, high purity graphite, and semi-processed graphite products. The increase in sales was mainly attributable to a significant rise in the unit selling prices of China Carbon's products during the three months ended September 30, 2011. The average unit selling prices of the Company's products increased 58 percent and the average unit selling price of high purity graphite products rose 169 percent in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period last year. The increased unit price of high purity graphite is due to a large demand for such products in the market. The increase unit prices are also related to fast growing raw material cost.
In the third quarter of 2011, China Carbon's cost of sales was $10.5 million as compared to $7.5 million during the third quarter of 2010, an increase of $3.0 million or 40 percent. The rise in cost of sales was directly associated with higher raw material cost. China Carbon's gross profit rose from $2.5 million in the third quarter of 2010 to $3.1 million in the third quarter of 2011. The Company's gross margin decreased from 24.8 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2010 to 22.6 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2011. The decreased margin is a reflection of increased raw material cost.
China Carbon's EBITDA in the third quarter of 2011 was $2.1 million compared to $2.7 million in the third quarter of 2010, representing a decrease of $0.6 million. EBITDA includes added interest expense, as well as depreciation and amortization, which all together totaled $1.4 million.
As a result of the factors described above, in the third quarter of 2011, China Carbon's net income was $0.7 million as compared to $1.9 million in the third quarter of 2010, a decrease of $1.2 million.
As of September 30, 2011, China Carbon's had cash and cash equivalents, not including restricted cash, of $1.1 million as compared to $0.3 million on December 31, 2010. The Company's cash position increased due to positive cash flow from operations as well as additional borrowing from banks.
China Carbon has already completed installations at its new facility in addition to testing at the baking plant. The baking plant started operations in August and testing at the dipping plant will be finished soon with operations beginning shortly thereafter, according to the Company's management team. Once the facility is fully operating, China Carbon anticipates that it will have an annual production capacity of 30,000 tons, which would double the Company's current annual production capacity. With its expansion efforts, China Carbon looks to better position itself to meet the growing demand the Company is seeing for its higher margin products.
"Through our ongoing expansion efforts, we are seeking to further leverage our leading position in China's graphite market and improve our profitability significantly," remarked Mr. Yu. "Recently demand of our higher margin graphite products have been exceeding our production capacity, so we intend to have our new facility specialize in the manufacturing of such products. Accordingly, we project that our revenues and profits will rise with increased sales of our higher margin products since many of these products, like large-size graphite electrodes, are applicable to and experiencing rising demand from some of China's fastest developing industries, including aerospace, defense, automotive and clean tech. Our ability to manufacture higher margin products is one of our key competitive advantages and with the doubling of our production capacity and by continuing our product development, we are confident that we will improve our financial results in future quarters."
"Currently we are seeking out potential natural graphite mines and solar graphite manufacturer acquisitions and or joint venture projects, and I want to emphasize to our investors that this will take time as these negotiations are very complicated and costly, and we must approach every potential acquisition and or joint venture carefully," added Mr. Yu. "We anticipate further improvement in our cash flow once our new facility is up and running that along with our solid relationships with Chinese banks, like China Construction Bank, leads us to expect that we will be able to finance our acquisitions and or joint venture with our cash flow and bank financing. In addition, we may also seek out off-take agreements with other suppliers in an effort to secure favorable graphite pricing amidst the rising prices of graphite."
The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to our GAAP results and is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
Management generally compensates for limitations in the use of non-GAAP financial measures by relying on comparable GAAP financial measures and providing investors with a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures only in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of our operations that, when viewed with our GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business.
China Carbon Graphite Group, through its affiliate, Xingyong Carbon Co., Ltd., manufactures graphite and carbon based products in China. The company is the largest wholesale supplier of fine-grain and high-purity graphite in China and one of the nation's top overall producers of carbon and graphite products. Fine grain graphite is widely used in smelting for colored metals and rare earth metal smelting as well as the manufacture of molds. High purity graphite is used in metallurgy, mechanical industry, aviation, electronic, atomic energy, chemical industry, food industry and a variety of other fields. In September 2007, the Company was approved and designated by the Ministry of Science & Technology as a "National Hi-tech Enterprise," a distinction which the Company still holds. Of the more than 400 carbon graphite producers in China, China Carbon is the only non-state-owned company to receive this honor. For more information, please visit .
This release contains certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of the Company and its subsidiary companies. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including the risk factors set forth in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
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