SHANTOU, China, May 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Tree Group, Inc. (OTCQB: BIGG), a company that serves as a "one stop shop" for the sourcing, distribution and specialty manufacturing of toys and related products, announced today our financial results for the full year of 2013 ended December 31, 2013.
Financial Highlights
For the full year of 2013, total revenues reached $39.7 million, an increase of 17% compared to total revenues of $33.9 million recorded in 2012. The increase in sales was driven by a $5.8 million dollar increase in sales at our Shantou Big Tree Toys Co., Ltd. Subsidiary. Our Brunei subsidiary, Big Tree International Co., Ltd., continued to employ the strategy of building our customer base for export sales of toys which resulted in our customer base increasing from 259 customers in 2012 to 338 customers in 2013. Overall gross margins improved slightly to 10.6% in 2013 compared to 10.4% in 2012. Operating expenses to support our business growth increased to $2.6 million in 2013, up from $1.9 million in 2012 due to increased general and administrative expenses and to a lesser extent, increased rent associated with the addition of our second showroom. For the full year of 2013 we recorded net income of $0.5 million or $0.05 per diluted share on 11.2 million weighted average shares outstanding as compared to net income of $0.8 million or $0.08 per diluted share as restated on 10.1 million weighted average shares outstanding in 2012.
Balance Sheet
At December 31, 2013, total assets were $11.4 million and shareholder equity was $0.7 million. At December 31, 2012, total assets were $8.7 million and shareholder equity was $1.4 million as restated. Working capital was $0.5 million at December 31, 2013 compared to $1.2 million at December 31, 2012 as restated.
Commenting on our results for the full year of 2013, Mr. Wei Lin, Chairman and CEO of Big Tree Group, stated, "We are pleased with our performance in 2013 as our efforts to increase our export toy sales through increasing our customer base continued to gain momentum. We also achieved an increase in gross margins when compared to 2012 and a slight rise in operating income. We intend to continue to build our customer base to achieve further sales expansion in 2014 and believe our business model will enable us to achieve significant growth in the coming years for the benefit of our stockholders."
About Big Tree Group, Inc.
Big Tree Group, Inc., headquartered in Shantou, China, a city known in the toy industry as the premier location for toy manufacturing in China, serves as a "one stop shop" for the sourcing and distribution of toys and related products. We act as an authorized agent for over 8,000 toy manufacturers in China offering in excess of 300,000 varieties of toy products including remote control toys, digital toys, sports toys, play sets, educational toys, dolls, and infant toys. We showcase these products at our two expansive showrooms in Shantou where we also facilitate orders and combine shipments to destinations across the globe. Customers can also order via our website knowing that the products we represent have undergone rigorous quality control tests at our in-house testing facility. Additionally, we market a line of proprietary construction toys known as the Big Tree -Magic Puzzle, which we sell on our websites as well as through domestic retail store channels.
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Email: IR@bigtreegroup.net
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