G&K Services Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Aug 24, 2012
G&K Services Inc. (GKSR, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2012-06-30.

G&k Services Inc has a market cap of $640.6 million; its shares were traded at around $32.31 with a P/E ratio of 16.9 and P/S ratio of 0.7. The dividend yield of G&k Services Inc stocks is 2.3%.

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As a result of the change described above, we began to immediately recognize revenue related to all new invoicing for lost and damaged in service towel and linen inventory. In addition, during the three month periods ended July 3, 2010, October 2, 2010 and January 1, 2011, we continued to recognize and earn revenue (legacy revenue) associated with the refundable fees that had been collected prior to the change in business practices. As a result, we had a dual, non-recurring revenue stream occurring in these periods. As of January 1, 2011, all deferred revenue previously recorded prior to the change in business practices had either been earned or refunded to the customers. For fiscal year 2011, the effect of this change in business practice increased revenue and income from operations by $5.9 million, net income by $3.7 million and basic and diluted earnings per common share by $0.20. For fiscal year 2010, the effect of this change increased revenue and income from operations by $6.7 million, net income by $4.2 million and basic and diluted earnings per common share by $0.23. There were no comparable amounts recognized in fiscal year 2012.

Inventories consist of new goods and rental merchandise in service. New goods are stated at the lower of first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost or market, net of any reserve for obsolete or excess inventory. Merchandise placed in service to support our rental operations is amortized into cost of rental operations over the estimated useful lives of the underlying inventory items, primarily on a straight-line basis, which results in a matching of the cost of the merchandise with the weekly rental revenue generated by the merchandise. Estimated lives of rental merchandise in service range from six months to three years. In establishing estimated lives for merchandise in service, management considers historical experience and the intended use of the merchandise.

Rental revenue increased $34.9 million in fiscal year 2012, a 4.6% increase from fiscal year 2011. Excluding the impact of the change in our business practices and resulting modification of our revenue recognition policy noted above, rental revenue increased $40.8 million or 5.4%. The increase in rental revenue was primarily driven by continued improvement in our organic growth rate, partially offset by a $0.6 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation rates. Our organic rental growth rate was 5.5% compared to 0.75% in the prior fiscal year. The improvement in the rental organic growth rate was driven by virtually all components of organic growth, including continued strong new account sales, pricing, customer retention and customer employment levels. Our organic rental growth rate is calculated using rental revenue, adjusted to exclude the impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes, divestitures, acquisitions and the previously noted modification of our revenue recognition policy compared to prior-period results. We believe that the organic rental revenue reflects the growth of our existing rental business and is, therefore, useful in analyzing our financial condition and results of operations.

Direct sale revenue was $74.7 million in fiscal year 2012, a 9.0% increase from $68.6 million in fiscal year 2011. The increase resulted primarily from an increase in catalog sales and the launch of a large new customer in our program business, offset by reductions in several other large program accounts. The organic direct sale growth rate was 9.1% in fiscal year 2012 compared to 11.5% in fiscal year 2011.

Direct sale revenue was $68.6 million in fiscal year 2011, a 19.2% increase from $57.5 million in fiscal year 2010. The increase in direct sale revenue was due to several large new account sales, a strong outerwear promotion and improved catalog sales in fiscal year 2011. These increases were partially offset by the impact of the 53rd week in fiscal year 2010. The organic direct sale growth rate was 11.5% in fiscal year 2011 compared to negative 28.25% in fiscal year 2010.

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