AMMO INC
For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Aug 8, 2024.
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Jun 30, 2024 · Filed Aug 8, 2024
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What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2023-12-31; filed 2024-02-08.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2024-06-30; filed 2024-08-08.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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● Carting Ability – enables our buyers to checkout multiple items from multiple sellers in a single transaction. Our buyers are able to finalize one transaction including both regulated and nonregulated items, while also affording them the ability to ship their purchases to more than one location.
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● GunBroker Advertising – content creation for manufactures, email campaigns and banner ads are all part of our advertising offerings to the outdoor industry.
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Net Revenues
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Net Revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2024, decreased by $3.4 million, or 9.6%, from the prior year due to changes in market conditions. This was due to the result of a decrease of $1.0 million in sales of bulk pistol and rifle ammunition, $1.0 million in our casing sales and $1.6 million in sales generated from our GunBroker Marketplace, which primarily consists of auction revenue, as well as payment processing revenue, and shipping income, partially offset by an increase of $0.2 million in sales of Proprietary Ammunition. We believe that the shift in our operational strategy focusing on higher brass casing production and sales negatively impacted our sales in the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023. Additionally, equipment malfunction related to rifle production in our manufacturing facility in Manitowoc caused lower production output contributing to lower sales results. Management anticipates an increase in ammunition casings sales as capacities come online in its new Manitowoc facility.
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Cost of Revenues decreased by approximately $1.0 million from $21.2 million to $20.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023. This was the result of a decrease in net sales as well increases to non-cash depreciation related to increases in production equipment, expensing of increased labor, and overhead used to produce finished product during 2024 as compared to 2023. Cost of Revenues for our ammunition segment consists of product cost and cost directly and indirectly associated with getting those products to a sellable state and for our marketplace segment, consists of cost associated with facilitating transactions on the platform.
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Our gross margin percentage, which measures our gross profit as a percentage of sales decreased to 31.6% during the three months ended June 30, 2024, from 40.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2023. This was a result of increased cost of materials, labor, and overhead in our ammunition segment, which was offset by our marketplace, GunBroker.com which, by nature has significantly higher margins than our manufactured products.
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Operating expenses consists of selling and marketing expenses, corporate general & administrative, and employee salaries and related expenses. Operating expenses increased by approximately $3.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023, and increased as a percentage of sales to 62.9% from 45.8% for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. This increase was primarily due to the $3.2 million expenses recognized for the settlement contingency and a $0.3 million, or 8.4%, increase in employee salaries and related expenses during the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023.
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Selling and marketing expenses consist of commissions related to our sales, as well as advertising and marketing expenses. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, our selling and marketing expense remained constant primarily due to the varying volumes product sales affecting the amounts of sales commissions.
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The increase in our corporate general and administrative expenses was due primarily to the $3.2 million expenses recognized for the settlement contingency and an increase of $0.2 million of nonrecurring expenses, consisting of professional and legal fees that are nonrecurring in nature.
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Other Income and Expenses
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Total other expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024, decreased by $0.4 million compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023. This was primarily the result of $0.3 decrease in other income.
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Interest expense remained constant for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the prior year period.
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For the three months ended June 30, 2024, net cash used in operations totaled $0.5 million. This was primarily the result of our net loss of $7.1 million, increases in inventories of $9.2 million, accrued liabilities of $5.2 million, deposits of $1.0 million, and due from related parties of $4.8 million offset by decreases to our accounts receivable of $8.7 million. The cash provided by operations included the benefit of non-cash expenses for depreciation and amortization of $4.7 million, deferred tax benefits of $2.6 million and employee stock compensation of $0.6 million.
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For the three months ended June 30, 2024, net cash used in financing activities was $2.9 million, consisting of $0.7 million of insurance premium note payments, $0.6 million of preferred stock dividends paid, $1.1 million used to repurchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to our repurchase plan, and $0.4 million used in the repurchase of common shares.
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Revolving Loan
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We have obtained a Revolving Loan with Sunflower Bank, National Association (“N.A.”) for up to $20,000,000 in December of 2023. The proceeds may be used for working capital, general corporate purposes, Permitted Acquisitions, to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Revolving Line, to facilitate our stock repurchase program and to fund our general business requirements. We have not made use of the Revolving Loan as of the date of this filing.
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Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies
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Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operation are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements require us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, however actual results may differ from these estimates. We have identified several accounting principles that we believe are key to the understanding of our financial statements. These important accounting policies and estimates require our most difficult subjective judgements.
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We believe that certain assumptions and estimates associated with thevaluation of allowances for credit losses, valuation of deferred tax assets, inventories, useful lives of assets, goodwill, intangible assets, stock-based compensation, and warrant-based compensation are material in nature due to the subjectivity associated with them and have the greatest potential impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements. Therefore, we consider the assumptions and estimates associated with these (as further detailed below) to be our critical accounting estimates. Please refer to Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our condensed consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2024.
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● Carting Ability - allowing our buyers to purchase multiple items from multiple sellers at one point in time, and,
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In September of 2022, we began operating out of our new 185,000 square foot manufacturing facility. This new, state-of-the-art ammunition production facility is part of our commitment to the continuing development of differentiated, cutting-edge technology.
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We have modified our Adjusted EBITDA calculation in the current period to remove the adjustment for Excise Taxes as we believe this is a better representation of our operations. In prior periods, we included an adjustment for Excise Taxes.
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Net Sales
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Sales for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 decreased 7.0% and 29.2% or approximately $2.7 million and $43.1 million, respectively, due to changes in market conditions and our shift to increase ammunition casing sales. The decrease for the three month period was largely the result of a decrease of $2.7 million in sales of bulk pistol and rifle ammunition, a decrease of $0.3 million of sales of Proprietary Ammunition, and a decrease of $1.4 million generated from our marketplace, GunBroker.com, which includes auction revenue, payment processing revenue, and shipping income. Our ammunition casings sales increased $1.7 million or 54.5% over the prior year period. The decrease for the nine month period was largely the result of a decrease of $39.5 million in sales of bulk pistol and rifle ammunition, a decrease of $4.1 million of sales of Proprietary Ammunition, and a decrease of $6.1 million generated from our marketplace, GunBroker.com, which includes auction revenue, payment processing revenue, and shipping income. Our ammunition casings sales increased $6.7 million or 62.4% over the prior year period. Management expects the sales growth rate of Proprietary Ammunition to greatly outpace the sales of our Standard Ammunition.
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Sales outside of the United States require licenses and approval from either the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. State Department, which typically takes approximately 30 days to receive. On June 12, 2023, we renewed our annual registration with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), which remains valid through the report date. This permits the Company to export and broker ammunition and other controlled items covered under ITAR.
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Cost of Revenues decreased by approximately $1.1 million and $32.8 million to $25.1 million and $71.4 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the comparable period ended in 2022. This was the result of a significant decrease in net sales during 2023 as compared to 2022.
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Our gross margin percentage decreased to 30.3% from 32.4% during the three months ended December 31, 2023, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2022. Our gross margin percentage increased to 31.8% from 29.4% during the nine months ended December 31, 2023, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2022. The shift in our gross margin was related to changes in our revenue mix, materials cost, and labor and overhead expenses.
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Overall, our operating expenses decreased by approximately $4.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and increased $2.4 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2023, over the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022. Operating expenses decreased as a percentage of sales from 43.6% to 35.6% for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and increased as a percentage of sales from 29.3% to 43.6% for the nine months ended December 31, 2023. Our operating expenses include non-cash depreciation and amortization expense of approximately $3.4 and $10.1 million for the three and nine months December 31, 2023. Our operating expenses consisted of commissions related to our sales, stock compensation expense associated with issuance of our Common Stock in lieu of cash compensation for employees, board members, and key consultants for the organization during the period. Operating expenses for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 included noncash expenses of approximately $4.5 million and $13.6 million, respectively.
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During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, our selling and marketing expenses decreased by approximately $0.8 million and $3.2 million, in comparison to the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily related to decreases in sales commission due to the decrease in the sale of our products.
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Our corporate general and administrative expenses decreased approximately $2.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and increased $3.7 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 from the comparable prior period primarily due to a decrease of $2.8 million and an increase of $3.4 million in nonrecurring legal and professional fees and expenses.
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Employee salaries and related expenses decreased approximately $1.3 million and increased $1.7 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared to the comparable period ended in 2022. The decrease for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was due to a $1.4 million decrease in employee stock compensation and the increase for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 when compared to the prior period, was primarily related to $1.0 million of additional payroll expenses incurred related to our CEO transition, a decrease of $1.5 million of employee stock awards and $2.4 million expenses related to our new employee bonus plan.
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Depreciation and amortization expenses for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 increased by approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.
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Interest and Other Expenses
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For the three months ended December 31, 2023, interest expense increased by approximately $0.1 million and increased $0.1 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared with the comparable three and nine months ended December 31, 2022. The change from the prior periods was mainly due to activity from our Construction Note Payable.
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During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, net cash used in financing activities was approximately $3.6 million. This was the net effect of an approximate $0.8 million reduction in our Inventory Credit Facility, approximately $1.9 million from insurance premium note payments, approximately $2.2 million of Preferred Stock dividends paid, generation of approximately $57.3 million from accounts receivable factoring, which was offset by payments of approximately $56.1 million, and proceeds from our Construction Note Payable of $1.0 million.
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Critical Accounting Policies
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affected the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates made in preparing the condensed consolidated financial statements include the valuation of allowances for doubtful accounts, valuation of deferred tax assets, inventories, useful lives of assets, goodwill, intangible assets, stock-based compensation, and warrant-based compensation. A summary of our critical accounting policies is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2023, under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” We adopted ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326) and ASU 2022-03, “Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions” in the current period. These policy changes did not result in a material effect on the Company’s financial statements. There have been no other significant changes to these policies during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023. For disclosure regarding recent accounting pronouncements and the anticipated impact they will have on our operations, please refer to Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2023.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is provided to assist the reader in understanding the results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity through the eyes of our management team. This section should be read in conjunction with other sections of this Quarterly Report, specifically, our Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is provided to assist the reader in understanding the results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity through the eyes of our management team. This section should be read in conjunction with other sections of this Quarterly Report, specifically, our condensed consolidated financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
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AMMO, Inc., owner of the GunBroker.com Marketplace, the largest online marketplace serving the firearms and shooting sports industries, and a vertically integrated producer of high-performance ammunition and premium components began its operations in 2016.
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AMMO, Inc., owner of the GunBroker Marketplace, the largest online marketplace serving the firearms and shooting sports industries, and a vertically integrated producer of high-performance ammunition and premium components began its operations in 2017.
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Through our GunBroker.com Marketplace segment (acquired in April 2021), we allow third party sellers to list items consisting of firearms, hunting gear, fishing equipment, outdoor gear, collectibles, and much more on our site, while facilitating compliance with federal and state laws that govern the sale of firearms and restricted items. This allows our base of over 8.0 million users to follow ownership policies and regulations through our network of over 32,000 federally licensed firearms dealers as transfer agents. The nature and operation of the Marketplace as an online auction and sales platform also affords our Company a unique view into the total domestic market for the purpose of understanding sales trends at a granular level across all elements of the outdoor sports and shooting space. Our vision is to expand the services on GunBroker.com and to become a peer to those in our industry. In the short term, we will be implementing the following services;
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Through our GunBroker Marketplace segment (acquired in April 2021), we allow third party sellers to list items consisting of firearms, hunting gear, fishing equipment, outdoor gear, collectibles, and much more on our site, while facilitating compliance with federal and state laws that govern the sale of firearms and restricted items. This allows our base of over 8.1 million users to follow ownership policies and regulations through our network of over 31,000 federally licensed firearms dealers as transfer agents. The nature and operation of the Marketplace as an online auction and sales platform also affords our Company a unique view into the total domestic market for the purpose of understanding sales trends at a granular level across all elements of the outdoor sports and shooting space. Our vision is to expand the services on GunBroker and to become a peer to those in our industry. Recent expansions we have made to the platform are;
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● Payment Processing - facilitating payment between parties allowing sellers of all sizes to offer fast and secure electronic payments and allowing buyers to experience the ease of using a single form of payment for all items purchased,
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● Payment Processing – facilitating payment between parties allowing sellers to offer fast and secure electronic payments and allowing buyers to experience the ease of instant checkout.
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● GunBroker.com Analytics – through the compilation and refinement of vast Marketplace data, we plan to offer domestic market analytics to our industry peers to allow them to better manage their businesses.
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● GunBroker Analytics – through the compilation and refinement of vast Marketplace data, we offer e-commerce market analytics to our industry peers allowing them to better manage business strategy and planning. The analytics offering will be rebranded to Outdoor Analytics during fiscal year 2025 to expand service offerings.
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Through our Ammunition segment, we are tailoring our focus to build a new future for our manufacturing operations focused on premium pistol and rifle ammunition and supporting industry partners for manufactured components. We will continue to leverage our proprietary brands like Streak Visual Ammunition TM and Stelth subsonic ammunition and extend our product offering with premium rifle lines and brands that complement our technologically innovative heritage. We also continue to ensure dynamic performance under the exacting standards of the US military complex in support of our cutting-edge developmental ammunition programs as we seek out and effectively execute upon new governmental-based opportunities.
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Through our Ammunition segment, we are tailoring our focus of our manufacturing operations to the production of premium pistol and rifle ammunition and supporting industry partners with manufactured components such as premium pistol and rifle brass casings. We will continue to leverage our flagship brands that are proprietary in nature like STREAK VISUAL AMMUNITION™ , /stelTH/™, Signature-on-Target, and HUNT and extend our product offering with premium rifle lines and brands that complement our technologically innovative heritage. We also continue to ensure dynamic performance under the exacting standards of the U.S. military complex in support of our cutting-edge developmental ammunition programs as we seek out and effectively execute upon new governmental-based opportunities.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to provide our financial statements with a narrative from the perspective of management on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, and certain other factors that may affect our future results. The following information should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report beginning on page 3.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to provide our financial statements with a narrative from the perspective of management on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, and certain other factors that may affect our future results. The following information should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report beginning on page 3.
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Our financial results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 reflect our newly positioned organization as we transition into our new strategic direction. We believe that we have hired a strong team of professionals, developed innovative products, and continue to raise capital sufficient to establish our presence as a high-quality ammunition provider and marketplace. We continue to focus on growing our top line revenue and streamlining our operations. We experienced a 7.0% and 29.2% decrease in our Net Revenues for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared with the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022. This was the result of decreased ammunition sales due to changes in market demand as well as a shift in operations to an increased focus on ammunition casing sales.
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Our financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2024, reflect our transition into our new operational strategic position, focusing on higher brass casing production and sales. We believe that we have hired a strong team of professionals and developed innovative products to establish our presence as a high-quality ammunition provider and marketplace. We continue to focus on building profitability through our rifle brass manufacturing. We experienced a 9.6% decrease in our Net Revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared with the three months ended June 30, 2023. This was the result of decreased revenue in both of our reporting segments due to changes in market demand as discussed below, and specifically for our ammunition division, changes in pricing, and sales mix. We believe that the shift in our operational strategy focusing on higher brass casing production and sales negatively impacted our sales in the three months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023. Our focus on creating profitability is in contrast to revenue growth.
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The following table presents summarized financial information taken from our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 compared with the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022:
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The following table presents summarized financial information taken from our consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared with the three months ended June 30, 2023:
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We analyze operational and financial data to evaluate our business, allocate our resources, and assess our performance. In addition to total net sales, net loss, and other results under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), the following information includes key operating metrics and non-GAAP financial measures we use to evaluate our business. We believe these measures are useful for period-to-period comparisons of the Company. We have included these non-GAAP financial measures in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q because they are key measures we use to evaluate our operational performance, produce future strategies for our operations, and make strategic decisions, including those relating to operating expenses and the allocation of our resources. Accordingly, we believe these measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors.
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We analyze operational and financial data to evaluate our business, allocate our resources, and assess our performance. In addition to total net sales, net loss, and other results under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), the following information includes key operating metrics and non-GAAP financial measures that we use to evaluate our business. We believe that these measures are useful for period-to-period comparisons of the Company. We have included these non-GAAP financial measures in this Annual Report on Form 10-K because they are key measures we use to evaluate our operational performance, produce future strategies for our operations, and make strategic decisions, including those relating to operating expenses and the allocation of our resources. Accordingly, we believe that these measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and Board of Directors.
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The items shown in the table above are included as adjustments because the amount of such expenses in any specific period may not directly correlate to the underlying performance of our business operations.
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We have excluded the following non-cash expenses from our non-GAAP financial measures: provision or benefit for income taxes; depreciation and amortization; share-based or warrant-based compensation expenses; and changes to the contingent consideration fair value. Adjusted EBITDA as a non-GAAP financial measure also excludes other cash interest income and expense, and non-recurring expenses related to professional and legal fees as the nature of these items are not components of our core operations. We believe that it is useful to exclude these non-cash expenses and non-recurring expenses because the amount of such expenses in any specific period may not directly correlate to the underlying performance of our business operations.
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The following table shows our net sales by proprietary ammunition versus standard ammunition as well as our marketplace revenue for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. “Proprietary Ammunition” include those lines of ammunition manufactured by our facilities that are sold under the brand names: STREAK VISUAL AMMUNITION™ and Stelth. We define “Standard Ammunition” as non-proprietary ammunition that directly competes with other brand manufacturers. Our “Standard Ammunition” is manufactured within our facility and may also include completed ammunition that has been acquired in the open market for sale to others. Also included in this category is low cost target pistol and rifle ammunition, as well as bulk packaged ammunition manufactured by us using reprocessed brass casings. Ammunition within this product line typically carries lower gross margins.
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The following table shows our revenues by the various categories that comprise our total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023. “Proprietary ammunition” includes those lines of ammunition that we manufacture at our facilities and sell under the brand names “STREAK VISUAL AMMUNITION™” and “/stelTH/™”. We define “standard ammunition” as non-proprietary ammunition that directly competes with other brand manufacturers. Our “standard ammunition” includes ammunition that we manufacture at our facilities as well as any completed ammunition that we acquire in the open market for sale to others. Also included in this category is low-cost target pistol and rifle ammunition as well as bulk packaged ammunition that we manufacture using reprocessed brass casings. Ammunition within the standard ammunition product line typically carries much lower gross margins than our proprietary ammunition.
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We are focused on continuing to grow top line revenue quarter-over-quarter as we continue to further expand distribution into commercial markets, introduce new product lines, and continue to initiate sales to U.S. law enforcement, military, and international markets.
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The opening in August 2022 of our manufacturing plant in Manitowoc, WI, grants us the ability to increase capacity based upon the needs of the market and through further expansion of our casing and loading lines and allow us to continue to expand distribution into commercial markets, introduce new product lines, and continue to initiate sales to U.S. law enforcement, military, and international markets.
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Through our ownership of SWK, the Company has developed and deployed a line of tactical armor piercing (AP) and hard armor piercing incendiary (HAPI) precision ammunition to meet the lethality requirements of both the US and foreign military customers. We continue to demonstrate our AP and HAPI ammunition to military personnel at scheduled and invite only events, resulting in increased interest and procurement discussions. The Company has since developed the ballistic match (BMMPR) and signature-on-target (SoT) rounds under contract with the U.S. Government in support of US special operations which have been publicly announced pursuant to governmental authorization. Additional work continues in support of the military operations of the U.S. and its ally military components which is not currently subject to disclosure.
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For example, through our acquisition of SWK, the Company has developed and deployed a line of tactical armor piercing (“AP”) and hard armor piercing incendiary (“HAPI”) precision ammunition to meet the lethality requirements of both the U.S. and foreign military customers. We continue to demonstrate our AP and HAPI ammunition to military personnel at scheduled and invite only events, resulting in increased interest and procurement discussions. The Company has since developed the ballistic match (“BMMPR”) and Signature-on-Target rounds under contract with the U.S. Government in support of U.S. special operations which have been publicly announced pursuant to governmental authorization. Additional work continues in support of the military operations of the U.S. and its ally military components which is not currently subject to disclosure.
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It is important to note that, although U.S. law enforcement, military and international markets represent significant opportunities for our Company, they also have a long sales cycle. The Company’s sales team has been effective in establishing sales and distribution channels, both in the United States and abroad, which are reasonably anticipated to drive sustained sales opportunity in the military, law enforcement, and commercial markets.
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It is important to note that, although U.S. law enforcement, military and international markets represent significant opportunities for our Company, they also have a long sales cycle. The Company’s sales team has been effective in establishing sales and distribution channels, both in the United States and abroad, that we anticipated will drive sustained sales opportunity in the military, law enforcement, and commercial markets.
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We believe as we continue to grow sales through new markets and expanded distribution that our gross margins will also increase by efficiencies added through our new production facility. Our goal in the next 12 to 24 months is to continue to improve our gross margins. This will be accomplished through the following:
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We believe that as we grow ammunition segment sales through new markets and expanded distribution that our gross margins will continue to increase. Our goal in the next 12 to 24 months is to continue to improve our gross margins. This will be accomplished through the following:
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For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, we recorded a benefit for federal and state income taxes of approximately $0.5 million and $2.4 million, respectively. For the three months ended December 31, 2022, we recorded a benefit for federal and state income taxes of approximately $0.7 million and for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 we recorded a provision for federal and state income taxes of $1.4 million.
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For the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, we recorded a benefit for federal and state income taxes of approximately $2.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
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We ended the three months ended December 31, 2023 with a net loss of approximately $1.6 million compared with a net loss of approximately $4.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022. We ended the nine months ended December 31, 2023 with a net loss of approximately $10.2 million compared with a net loss of approximately $1.7 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2022.
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We ended the three months ended June 30, 2024, with a Net Loss of approximately $7.1 million compared with a Net Loss of approximately $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
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Our goal is to continue to improve our operating results as we focus on increasing sales and controlling our operating expenses.
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Our goal is to continue to improve our operating results as we focus on increasing sales and reducing our operating expenses.
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As of December 31, 2023, we had $54,679,868 of cash and cash equivalents, an increase of $15,045,841 from March 31, 2023.
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As of June 30, 2024, we had $50,754,570 of cash and cash equivalents, a decrease of $4,831,871 from March 31, 2024.
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For the nine months ended December 31, 2022, net cash provided by operations totaled approximately $18.4 million. This was primarily the result of net loss of approximately $1.7 million, which was offset by decreases in our accounts receivable of approximately $12.2 million, decreases in prepaid expenses of approximately $1.9 million, and decreases in our accounts payable of approximately $5.8 million, increases in our inventories of approximately $8.1 million, and decreases in deposits of approximately $1.7 million. Non-cash expenses for depreciation and amortization totaled approximately $13.0 million and non-cash expenses for employee stock awards totaled $4.5 million.
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For the three months ended June 30, 2023, net cash provided by operations totaled approximately $13.0 million. This was primarily the result of net loss of approximately $1.1 million, which was offset by decreases in our accounts receivable of approximately $7.1 million, decreases in prepaid expenses of approximately $0.9 million, and decreases in our accounts payable of approximately $1.7 million, increases in our inventories of approximately $1.6 million, and decreases in deposits of approximately $3.0 million. Non-cash expenses for depreciation and amortization totaled approximately $4.6 million and non-cash expenses for employee stock awards totaled $0.8 million.
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During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we used approximately $10.6 million in net cash for investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities consisted of approximately $9.3 million related to purchases of production equipment and the construction of our new manufacturing facility in Manitowoc, WI.
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For the three months ended June 30, 2024, we used $1.4 million in net cash for investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities consisted of $1.4 million related to purchases of production equipment, and capitalized development costs related to our marketplace, GunBroker.
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For the nine months ended December 31, 2023, we used approximately $5.6 million in net cash for investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities consisted of approximately $5.6 million related to purchases of production equipment for our new manufacturing facility in Manitowoc, WIand capitalized development costs related to our marketplace, GunBroker.com.
Current wording
For the three months ended June 30, 2023, we used approximately $1.3 million in net cash for investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities consisted of approximately $1.3 million related to purchases of production equipment for our new manufacturing facility in Manitowoc, WIand capitalized development costs related to our marketplace, GunBroker.
Previous wording
For the nine months ended December 31, 2023, net cash used in financing activities was approximately $7.7 million. This was the net effect of approximately $2.2 million used in our common stock repurchased plan, $3.0 million from insurance premium note payments, approximately $2.2 million of Preferred Stock dividends paid, and the generation of approximately $37.2 million from accounts receivable factoring, which was offset by payments of approximately $37.2 million.
Current wording
For the three months ended June 30, 2023, net cash used in financing activities was approximately $3.3 million. This was the net effect of approximately $1.5 million used in our common stock repurchased plan, $1.0 million from insurance premium note payments, approximately $0.6 million of Preferred Stock dividends paid, and the generation of approximately $14.6 million from accounts receivable factoring, which was offset by payments of approximately $14.6 million.
Previous wording
We lease three locations that are used for our offices, production, and warehousing. As of December 31, 2023, we had $2.2 million of fixed lease payment obligations with $0.5 million payable within the next 12 months. Please refer to Note 9 – Leases in our financial statements for additional information.
Current wording
We lease three locations that are used for our offices, production, and warehousing. As of June 30, 2024, we had $2.3 million of fixed lease payment obligations with $0.5 million payable within the next 12 months. Please refer to Note 8 – Leases in our financial statements for additional information.
Previous wording
We have financed a portion of our new production facility with our Construction Note Payable. We expect to make $0.3 million in principal and interest payments within the next 12 months. The principal balance of the Construction Note will mature on October 14, 2026.
Current wording
We have financed a portion of our new production facility with our Construction Note Payable. We expect to make $0.8 million in principal and interest payments within the next 12 months. The principal balance of the Construction Note will mature on October 14, 2026.
Previous wording
We evaluate goodwill for impairment annually or more frequently when an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount. In testing for goodwill impairment, we may elect to utilize a qualitative assessment to evaluate whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If our qualitative assessment indicates that goodwill impairment is more likely than not, we perform a two-step impairment test. We test goodwill for impairment under the two-step impairment test by first comparing the book value of net assets to the fair value of the reporting unit. If the fair value is determined to be less than the book value or qualitative factors indicate that it is more likely than not that goodwill is impaired, a second step is performed to compute the amount of impairment as the difference between the estimated fair value of goodwill and the carrying value. We estimate the fair value of the reporting units using discounted cash flows. Forecasts of future cash flows are based on our best estimate of future net sales and operating expenses, based primarily on expected category expansion, pricing, market segment share, and general economic conditions. Due to the declines in the value of our stock price and market capitalization in the year ended March 31, 2023, we assessed qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not that the fair value of the Marketplace segment is less than its carrying amount. Through our analysis we determined our stock price and market capitalization decline it is not indicative of a decrease in the fair value of our Marketplace segment and a fair value calculation using the discounted cash flows was more appropriate due to the operational performance of the reporting segment. Accordingly, the impairment of Goodwill was not warranted for the three months ended December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the Company has a goodwill carrying value of $90,870,094, all of which is assigned to the Marketplace segment. However, should there continue to be a decline in the Company’s market capitalization, it is possible that the book values of our Marketplace segment could exceed its fair value, which may result in the recognition of a material, noncash impairment of goodwill for the year ending March 31, 2024.
Current wording
We evaluate goodwill for impairment annually or more frequently when an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying amount. In testing for goodwill impairment, we may elect to utilize a qualitative assessment to evaluate whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If our qualitative assessment indicates that goodwill impairment is more likely than not, we perform a two-step impairment test. We test goodwill for impairment under the two-step impairment test by first comparing the book value of net assets to the fair value of the reporting unit. If the fair value is determined to be less than the book value or qualitative factors indicate that it is more likely than not that goodwill is impaired, a second step is performed to compute the amount of impairment as the difference between the estimated fair value of goodwill and the carrying value. We estimate the fair value of the reporting units using discounted cash flows. Forecasts of future cash flows are based on our best estimate of future net sales and operating expenses, based primarily on expected category expansion, pricing, market segment share, and general economic conditions. Due to the declines in the value of our stock price and market capitalization in the year ended March 31, 2023, we assessed qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not that the fair value of the Marketplace segment is less than its carrying amount. Through our analysis we determined our stock price and market capitalization decline it is not indicative of a decrease in the fair value of our Marketplace segment and a fair value calculation using the discounted cash flows was more appropriate due to the operational performance of the reporting segment. Accordingly, the impairment of Goodwill was not warranted the three months ended June 30, 2024. As of June 2024, the Company has a goodwill carrying value of $90,870,094 , all of which is assigned to the Marketplace segment. However, it is possible that the book values of our Marketplace segment could exceed its fair value, which may result in the recognition of a material, noncash impairment of goodwill for the year ending March 31, 2025.
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Previous report — wording carried elsewhere
For the nine months ended December 31, 2023, net cash provided by operations totaled approximately $28.3 million. This was primarily the result of net loss of approximately $10.2 million, which was offset by decreases in our accounts receivable of approximately $7.1 million, decreases in deposits of approximately $4.8 million, decreases in prepaid expenses of approximately $2.5 million, decreases in our inventories of approximately $4.8 million, and increases in our accounts payable of approximately $1.1 million, and increases in accrued liabilities of approximately $2.1 million. Non-cash expenses for depreciation and amortization totaled approximately $14.0 million and non-cash expenses for employee stock awards totaled $3.0 million.