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Century Casinos Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)
Posted by: gurufocus (IP Logged)
Date: August 8, 2012 11:20AM

Century Casinos Inc. (CNTY) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-06-30.

Century Casinos, Inc. has a market cap of $65 million; its shares were traded at around $2.71 with a P/E ratio of 16 and P/S ratio of 0.9.



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Net earnings decreased by $0.1 million, or 9.1%, for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in net earnings is due to foregoing operational items as well as an increase in interest expense and deferred financing charges of $0.2 million resulting from prepayment penalties related to early payoff of the mortgage related to the Edmonton property (“Edmonton Mortgage”) offset by a decrease in income tax expense of $0.1 million. In CAD, net earnings decreased by $0.2 million, or 22.0%, for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in net earnings is due to an increase in interest expense of $0.2 million from the early payoff of the Edmonton Mortgage and an increase in foreign currency losses of $0.2 million due to the 4.4% exchange rate decrease offset by a decrease in income tax expense of $0.1 million.

The increase in hotel, food and beverage revenue is due to higher hotel room occupancy, increased customer volumes on the gaming floor as well as increased showroom event attendance for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011. The increase in other revenue is due to increased showroom and Comedy Club ticket sales for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in gaming revenue is due a decrease in the average exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar of 3.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the three months June 30, 2011 (the “3.0% exchange rate decrease”). In CAD, gaming revenue increased by $0.2 million, or 2.2%, for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011 due to a total of 56 additional slot machines added to the floor during the third quarter of 2011 and first and second quarter of 2012. In CAD, net operating revenue increased by $0.4 million, or 3.1%, for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011.

As a result of the foregoing, earnings from operations increased by $0.1 million, or 3.4%, for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011. In CAD, earnings from operations increased by $0.2, or 6.6%, million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011. In addition, net earnings increased by $0.1 million, or 3.5%, for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011. In CAD, net earnings increased by $0.1 million, or 2.7%, for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011.

Net earnings decreased by less than $0.1 million, or 26.0%, for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in net earnings is due to the foregoing operational items as well as an increase in income tax benefit of $0.1 million. In CAD, net earnings decreased by $0.2 million, or 700.0%, for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in net earnings is due to an increase in foreign currency losses of $0.2 million due to the 4.4% exchange rate decrease partially offset by an increase in the income tax benefit of $0.1 million.

Net earnings increased by $0.2 million, or 64.4%, for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011. The increase in net earnings is due to foregoing operational items as well as an increase in income tax benefit of $0.1 million and a decrease in foreign currency losses of $0.1 million due to the 3.0% exchange rate decrease. In CAD, net earnings decreased by $0.2 million, or 279.0%, for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in net earnings is due an increase in foreign currency losses of $0.2 million due to the 3.0% exchange rate decrease.

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