Jamba Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Nov 05, 2012
Jamba Inc. (JMBA, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-10-02.

Jamba, Inc. has a market cap of $150 million; its shares were traded at around $2.02 with and P/S ratio of 0.7.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Labor costs are comprised of store management salaries and bonuses, hourly team member payroll, training costs and other associated fringe benefits. As a percentage of Company Store revenue, labor costs decreased to 26.6% for the 13 week period ended October 2, 2012, compared to 26.9% for the 12 week period ended October 4, 2011. The 0.3% decrease of labor costs as a percentage of Company Store revenue was primarily due to labor efficiencies, improved sales volumes and more effective wage management achieved (2.1%), partially offset by targeted customer value promotional activities (1.8%). Labor costs for the 13 week period ended October 2, 2012 were $16.5 million, an increase of $1.9 million, or 13.0%, compared to $14.6 million for the 12 week period ended October 4, 2011. The change from a 12 week third quarter in fiscal 2011 to a 13 week third quarter in fiscal 2012 has resulted in an increase in Company Stores labor costs partially offset by labor efficiencies, improved sales volumes and more effective wage management.

Store operating expenses consist primarily of various store-level costs such as utilities, marketing, repairs and maintenance, credit card fees and other store operating expenses. As a percentage of Company Store revenue, total store operating expenses decreased to 15.1% for the 13 week period ended October 2, 2012, compared to 15.8% for the 12 week period ended October 4, 2011. The decrease in total store operating expenses as a percentage of Company Store revenue was primarily due to a decrease in marketing expense (approximately 0.9%) resulting from a shift into targeted customer value promotions. Total store operating expenses for the 13 week period ended October 2, 2012 were $9.3 million, an increase of $0.8 million, or 9.2%, compared to $8.5 million for the 12 week period ended October 4, 2011. The change from a 12 week third quarter in fiscal 2011 to a 13 week third quarter in fiscal 2012 has resulted in an increase in Company Stores operating expenses attributable to the quarter.

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses include costs associated with our corporate headquarters in Emeryville, CA, field supervision, bonuses, outside and contract services, accounting and legal fees, travel and travel-related expenses, share-based compensation and other. As a percentage of total revenue, total G&A expenses increased to 14.8% for the 13 week period ended October 2, 2012, compared to 13.0% for the 12 week period ended October 4, 2011. Total G&A expenses for the 13 week period ended October 2, 2012 were $9.7 million, an increase of $2.3 million, or 30.6%, compared to $7.4 million for the 12 week period ended October 4, 2011. The increase of total G&A expenses was primarily due to costs resulting from accelerated investment in new and expanded growth initiatives (approximately $0.9 million), the change to 13 weeks in the fiscal 2012 third quarter compared to 12 weeks in the fiscal 2011 third quarter (approximately $0.8 million) and increased non-cash share-based compensation (approximately $0.4 million).

Cost of sales is mostly comprised of fruit, dairy, and other products used to make smoothies and juices, paper products, costs related to managing our procurement program and vendor rebates. As a percentage of Company Store revenue, cost of sales increased to 23.2% for the 39 week period ended October 2, 2012, compared to 23.0% for the 40 week period ended October 4, 2011. The increase of cost of sales as a percentage of Company Store revenue was primarily due to increases in commodity costs (approximately 0.5%), partially offset by a net favorable product mix shift (approximately 0.3%). Cost of sales for the 39 week period ended October 2, 2012 were $40.5 million, an increase of $0.7 million, or 1.7%, compared to $39.8 million for the 40 week period ended October 4, 2011. The increase in cost of sales was primarily due to an increase in sales.

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses include costs associated with our corporate headquarters in Emeryville, CA, field supervision, bonuses, outside and contract services, accounting and legal fees, travel and travel-related expenses, share-based compensation and other. As a percentage of total revenue, total G&A expenses increased to 15.8% for the 39 week period ended October 2, 2012, compared to 14.2% for the 40 week period ended October 4, 2011. Total G&A expenses for the 39 week period ended October 2, 2012 were $29.1 million, an increase of $3.2 million, or 12.5 %, compared to $25.9 million for the 40 week period ended October 4, 2011. The increase of total G&A expenses was primarily due to costs resulting from accelerated investment in new and expanded growth initiatives (approximately $1.7 million), the increase in expenses for our semi-annual performance related incentives (approximately $1.3 million), and increased non-cash share-based compensation (approximately $0.6 million), partially offset by the change to 39 weeks in the fiscal 2012 year-to-date period compared to 40 weeks in the fiscal 2011 year-to-date period (approximately $0.6 million)

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