Company Expects to Achieve Double-Digit Growth with Fiscal Year 2019
Net Sales of Approximately $31.6 Million
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., June 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Charles & Colvard, Ltd. ( CTHR), the original and leading worldwide source of created moissanite, reported that in conjunction with its common stock offering announced today, the Company is providing fourth fiscal quarter and full-year fiscal 2019 net sales guidance on a one-time basis. Charles & Colvard expects net sales for its fourth fiscal quarter and full-year fiscal 2019 to be in the range of $7.0 to $7.2 million and $31.6 to $31.8 million, respectively.
The Company expects to report detailed fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year 2019 financial results in early September 2019.
Charles & Colvard, Ltd. ( CTHR) is an e-commerce-driven business that utilizes innovative technology and sustainable practices to develop products for the jewelry industry that include lab-created moissanite, a rare gemstone formed from silicon carbide. Charles & Colvard is based in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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We have filed with the SEC a registration statement (including a prospectus) and a preliminary prospectus supplement (together with the prospectus, the “Preliminary Prospectus”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the Preliminary Prospectus and other documents we have filed with the SEC for more complete information about us and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov, where the registration statement may be accessed here and the preliminary prospectus supplement may be accessed here. Alternatively, copies of the registration statement and the preliminary prospectus supplement may be obtained by contacting Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660, by telephone at (800) 678-9147 or by email at [email protected].
Contacts:
Clint J. Pete
Chief Financial Officer
919-468-0399
[email protected]
Jenny Kobin
Investor Relations
800-695-0650
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