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TITAN MACHINERY INC. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

Dec 09, 2011 | About:
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TITAN MACHINERY INC. (TITN) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2011-10-31.

Titan Machinery Inc. has a market cap of $475.1 million; its shares were traded at around $22.89 with a P/E ratio of 13.5 and P/S ratio of 0.4.


This is the annual revenues and earnings per share of TITN over the last 10 years. For detailed 10-year financial data and charts, go to 10-Year Financials of TITN.


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The increase in cost of revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2011, as compared to the same period last year, was primarily due to increased revenue. Acquisitions contributed $57.4 million of the increase in total cost of revenue, while same-store sales growth contributed $28.2 million of the increase. As a percentage of revenue, cost of revenue was 82.5% compared to 84.6% for the third quarter of fiscal 2011.

The $26.0 million increase in gross profit for the three months ended October 31, 2011, as compared to the same period last year, was primarily due to increased revenue. Acquisitions contributed $14.3 million to the increase in gross profit for the three months ended October 31, 2011, while increases in same-store gross profit contributed the remaining $11.7 million. The increase in gross profit margin from 15.4% for the three months ended October 31, 2010 to 17.5% for the three months ended October 31, 2011 was primarily due to the increase in gross profit margin for equipment and rental and other, and changes in the sales mix. The increase in equipment gross profit margin was primarily reflective of an improved construction equipment market in the region in which we do business. Improvement in the gross profit margin for rental and other is primarily due to increased utilization of our rental fleet. While equipment revenue increased by 29.5% over the comparable period last year, the 53.4% increase in parts revenue, 43.3% increase in service revenue, and 122.4% increase in rental and other revenue caused a change in the sales mix that was more heavily weighted towards these higher-margin revenue sources, contributing to the increase in the overall gross profit margin.

The increase in cost of revenue for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, as compared to the same period last year, was primarily due to increased revenue. Acquisitions contributed $125.6 million of the increase in total cost of revenue, while same-store sales growth contributed $135.8 million of the increase. As a percentage of revenue, cost of revenue was 82.6% compared to 83.7% for the same period last year.

The $64.2 million increase in gross profit for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, as compared to the same period last year, was primarily due to increased revenue. Acquisitions contributed $31.7 million to the increase in gross profit for the nine months ended October 31, 2011, while increases in same-store gross profit contributed the remaining $32.5 million. The increase in gross profit margin from 16.3% for the nine months ended October 31, 2010 to 17.4% for the nine months ended October 31, 2011 was primarily due to the increase in gross profit margin for equipment and rental and other. The increase in equipment gross profit margin was primarily reflective of an improved construction equipment market in the region in which we do business. The increase in gross profit margin on rental and other is due to an increase in utilization of our rental fleet.

For the nine months ended October 31, 2011, cash used for operating activities was $176.8 million. Our cash used for operating activities was primarily the result of an increase in net cash for inventories of $232.5 million. This amount was principally offset by our reported net income of $26.4 million, an add-back of non-cash depreciation and amortization of $10.2 million, and an increase in accounts payable, customer deposits, accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities of $14.6 million. The increase in inventories primarily reflects new equipment stocking to support forecasted equipment sales. We evaluate our cash flow from operating activities net of all floorplan activity and short-term advances related to customer contracts in transit. Taking these adjustments into account, our non-GAAP cash flow used for operating activities was $14.5 million as of October 31, 2011. For a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure, please see the Non-GAAP Cash Flow Reconciliation section below.

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