Cott Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Mar 15, 2011
Cott Corp. (COT, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-01-01.

Cott Corp. has a market cap of $804.4 million; its shares were traded at around $8.49 with a P/E ratio of 11.5 and P/S ratio of 0.4.

Highlight of Business Operations:

For 2010, our top 10 customers accounted for 55.4% of total revenue. Wal-Mart was the only customer that accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue for the period. We have established long-standing relationships with most of our top 10 customers. As a result of our high product quality and commitment to service, coupled with a national manufacturing footprint, we believe we will continue to play a meaningful role in helping our customers develop retailer brand strategies to build loyalty with consumers.

We estimate that as of the end of 2010, on a pro-forma basis, we produced (either directly or through third party manufacturers with whom we have co-packing agreements) 60.0% and 52.1% of all retailer brand CSDs and juice, respectively, sold in the U.S., and 55.6% of all retailer brand CSDs sold in the U.K.

We have a diversified product portfolio across major beverage categories, including beverages that are on-trend with consumer demand. In 2010, CSDs, concentrate, juice, and all other products represented 49.7%, 2.1%, 13.1% and 35.1%, as a percentage of revenue respectively. We began reporting Juice as a separate product category in 2010 following the Cliffstar Acquisition. In 2009, CSDs, concentrate, and all other products represented 60.0%, 1.9%, and 38.1%, as a percentage of revenue, respectively. In 2008, CSDs, concentrate, and all other products represented 59.0%, 2.1%, and 38.9%, as a percentage of revenue, respectively.

A significant portion of our revenue is concentrated in a small number of customers. Our customers include many large national and regional grocery, mass-merchandise, drugstore, wholesale and convenience store chains. For 2010, sales to Wal-Mart accounted for 31.0% (200933.5%, 200835.8%) of our total revenue, 35.3% of our North America operating segment revenue (200939.4%, 200842.1%), 16.6% of our U.K. operating segment revenue (200917.7%, 200821.1%) and 38.9% of our Mexico operating segment revenue (200918.4%, 200822.2%). Wal-Mart was the only customer that accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue in that period. Sales to our top ten customers in 2010, 2009 and 2008 accounted for 55.4%, 60.0% and 62.0%, respectively, of our total revenue. We expect that sales of our products to a limited number of customers will continue to account for a high percentage of revenue for the foreseeable future. The loss of any customers that individually or in the aggregate represent a significant portion of our revenue, or a decline in sales to these customers, would have a material adverse effect on our operating results and cash flow.

We compete against a wide range of companies that produce and sell private-label beverages, including CSDs, clear, still and sparkling flavored waters, energy-related drinks, juice, juice-based products, bottled water and ready-to-drink teas. While CSDs and CSD concentrate accounted for 71.7% of our 2010 case volume, they accounted for 51.8% of our 2010 revenue. The non-CSD products generated 28.3% of our 2010 case volume and 48.2% of our 2010 revenue.

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