RE: Solid Financials/ Record Cash flowsThese were good financials esp when one takes into account the fact that it was a tough year economically.
Reading beneath the surface details , the results were very good as.....................
............................Excluding one-time items of investment income (loss), gain (loss) on disposal of equity investment, impairment of goodwill and write-off of intangible assets, adjusted net income for 2009 was $2.1-million or six cents per share, an increase of 180 per cent compared with $740,000 or two cents per share for 2008. The significant year-over-year increase is primarily attributable to higher gross margin and lower operating expenses as a result of strategic cost reduction plans.
........Cash flows of $6 million enabled them to invest $4 million in the new plant , while retaining the substantial cash position and keeping the book value stable.
Fundamentally, this is still a very good buy , trading below book value, 1/3 of which is hard cash.
With cost compression meansures in place and the US economy starting to perk up, 2010 should be an even better year that 2009..