Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Mar 02, 2012
Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. (GIFI, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-12-31.

Gulf Island Fab has a market cap of $488.4 million; its shares were traded at around $29.265 with a P/E ratio of 170.2 and P/S ratio of 2. The dividend yield of Gulf Island Fab stocks is 0.7%. Gulf Island Fab had an annual average earning growth of 6.1% over the past 10 years.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Our customers are primarily major and independent oil and gas exploration and production companies. We also may perform sub-contract work for one or more of our competitors. Over the past five years, sales of structures and related services used in the Gulf of Mexico by oil and gas exploration and production companies accounted for approximately 66% of our revenue. Our international sales fluctuate from year-to-year depending on whether and to what extent our customers require installation of fabricated structures outside of the United States. Sales of fabricated structures installed outside the United States comprised between 1% and 25% of revenue during each of the last five years, and accounted for 16%, 3%, and 1% of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, gross profit was $4.5 million (1.5% of revenue) for 2011 and $23.3 million (9.4% of revenue) for 2010. Factors contributing to the decrease in gross profit for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011 compared to the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010 include:

Our general and administrative expenses were $8.2 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011 compared to $7.9 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010. Although the absolute dollar value was more, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of revenue, were 2.7% of revenue compared to 3.2% of revenue for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, gross profit was $23.3 million (9.4% of revenue) for 2010 and $39.5 million (12.7% of revenue) for 2009. The low level of production man-hours at our Texas facility during 2010 did not allow us to cover certain fixed costs, which contributed to the decrease in gross margin. Although we reduced costs at the facility, certain fixed costs could not be eliminated.

Our general and administrative expenses were $7.9 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010. This compares to $8.3 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2009. Although the absolute dollar value was less, the percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses were 3.2% of revenue compared to 2.7% of revenue for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The reduction in general and administrative expenses for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010 compared to December 31, 2009 was primarily due to a reduction in the number of personnel and related cost (salaries, wages and benefit related costs). Also contributing to the reduction of general and administrative costs was a reduction in professional service fees.

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