Emerson Radio Corp Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Jul 13, 2012
Emerson Radio Corp (MSN, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2012-03-31.

Emerson Radio Corp has a market cap of $54.3 million; its shares were traded at around $2.1 with a P/E ratio of 6.3 and P/S ratio of 0.3.

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In fiscal 2012 and 2011, Wal-Mart accounted for approximately 48% and 58% of the Companys net revenues, respectively, and Target accounted for approximately 39% and 29% of the Companys net revenues, respectively. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of net revenues in either period. The trade accounts receivable balances for Wal-Mart and Target, net of specific reserves, were 93% and 6% as of March 31, 2012, respectively, and 88% and 11% as of March 31, 2011, respectively. Management believes that a loss, or a significant reduction, of sales to Wal-Mart or Target would have a materially adverse effect on the Companys business and results of operations.

Net product sales Net product sales for fiscal 2012 were $157.0 million as compared to $193.5 million for fiscal 2011, a decrease of $36.5 million, or 18.9%. The Companys sales during fiscal 2012 and 2011 were highly concentrated among the Companys two largest customers, where gross product sales comprised approximately 90.3% and 90.5%, respectively, of the Companys total gross product sales. Net product sales may be periodically impacted by adjustments made to the Companys sales allowance and marketing support accrual to record unanticipated customer deductions from accounts receivable or to reduce the accrual by any amounts which were accrued in the past but not taken by customers through deductions from accounts receivable within a certain time period. In the aggregate, these adjustments had the effect of increasing net product sales and operating income by $1.0 million and $0.7 million for fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2011, respectively.

Licensing revenue Licensing revenue in fiscal 2012 was $6.3 million as compared to $7.3 million for fiscal 2011, a decrease of $1.0 million, or 14.2%, due to lower year-over-year sales by the Companys licensees of branded products under license from the Company and fewer active licensees during fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011. The Companys largest license agreement is with Funai Corporation, Inc. (Funai), which accounts for approximately 75% of the Companys total licensing revenue, and which expires December 31, 2012 unless renewed. The agreement provides that Funai will manufacture, market, sell and distribute specified products bearing the Emerson® trademark to customers in the U.S. and Canadian markets. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company receives non-refundable minimum annual royalty payments of $3.75 million each calendar year and a license fee on sales of product subject to the agreement in excess of the minimum annual royalties. During fiscal 2012 and 2011, revenues of $4.7 million and $5.3 million, respectively, were earned under this agreement.

Cost of sales Cost of sales includes those components as described in Note 1 Cost of Sales of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. In absolute terms, cost of sales decreased $30.6 million, or 17.7%, to $142.3 million in fiscal 2012 as compared to $172.9 million in fiscal 2011. Cost of sales, as a percentage of net revenues, was 87.1% in fiscal 2012 as compared to 86.1% in fiscal 2011. Cost of sales as a percentage of net product sales was 90.6% in fiscal 2012 as compared to 89.4% in fiscal 2011. The decrease in absolute terms for fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011 was primarily related to the reduced net product sales and a year-over-year reduction in the inventory valuation reserve, partially offset by higher inventory writedowns and higher quality control costs.

Selling, general and administrative expenses (S,G&A) S,G&A, as a percentage of net revenues, was 4.8% in fiscal 2012 as compared to 3.7% in fiscal 2011. S,G&A, in absolute terms, increased $0.4 million, or 5.2%, to $7.8 million in fiscal 2012 as compared to $7.4 million in fiscal 2011. The increase in S,G&A in absolute terms between fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2011 was primarily due to an increase in legal fees of $0.7 million and a reduced benefit in bad debt recoveries of $0.3 million, partially offset by a decrease in compensation costs of $0.6 million.

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