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Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results

AMCF

Dalian, China--(Newsfile Corp. - November 14, 2014) - Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCF), a leading independent operator engaged in the production, storage, distribution, trading of blended marine fuel oil for cargo and fishing vessels in China, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014.

Third Quarter 2014 Financial Highlights:

  • Net Revenues for Q3 2014 totaled $146.3 million, an increase of $84.7 million, or 137.6%, as compared to net revenues of $61.6 million for Q3 2013.

  • Gross profit in Q3 2014 increased by $2.2 million, or 44.9%, to $7.1 million from $4.9 million as compared to the same quarter in 2013.

  • Income from operations in Q3 2014 was $4.1 million, more than quadrupling from $0.9 million in Q3 2013.

  • The Company turned from a net loss of $0.5 million in Q3 2013 to a net income of $0.1 million in Q3 2014.

  • Basic and fully diluted earnings per share were $0.01.

Our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Wang Hao commented that the Company will continue its efforts to strengthen its bottom line. He further noted that the Company's positive results these past two quarters were a function of the Company's executing its business plan. In early 2014, the Company augmented and refined its business plan whereby the Company allocated more of its resources to its wholesale fuel business and focused on increase sales volume with its distributor customers located in the provinces of Shanghai, Zhejiang and Shandong. Following these steps, the Company's revenues in Q3 2014 have increased significantly as compared to the same quarter in 2013. Year to date revenue at September 30, 2014 grew by 90.5% as compared to same nine month period in 2013, he concluded.

Third Quarter Results for 2014

Revenue

For three months ended September 30, 2014, the Company's revenue increased by $84.7 million, or 137.6%, from $61.6 million in three months ended September 30, 2013 to $146.3 million in 2014. The increase in revenues were directly correlated to the 65,209 tons of increased sales volume of fuel. That is a 53.6% increase, from 121,573 tons for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013 to 186,782 tons for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014.

The most demanded fuels by volume were blends #1, #4 and 120CST, which accounted for 24.1%, 34.5%, and 34.8% of the Company's total fuel sold, respectively. These fuels are very competitively priced in the market as these blends of fuel appeal to a broad range of fishing and cargo vessel.

Gross Profit

The Company's gross profit increased by $2.2 million, or 44.9%, to $7.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 as compared to $4.9 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2013. As a percentage of revenues, gross profit margin was 4.9% and 8.0% for the third quarter of 2014 and 2013, respectively.

For the three months ended September 30, 2014, the increase in gross margin was largely attributable to increased sales volume as compared to the same period of 2013, as discussed above; however, the decrease in gross profit percentage was due to increased unit costs affected by higher purchase costs resulting from international crude oil price fluctuations, plus the shifting of the Company's sales mix from the retail side to the wholesale side.

Income from Operations

Income from operations increased from $0.9 million in the third quarter for 2013 to $4.1 million in the third quarter of 2014. The primary drivers of the increase were increases in revenues as mentioned above as well the reduction of general and administrative expenses ("G&A"). G&A expenses decreased $971,427, or 27.4%, from $3.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 to $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014. The reduction in G&A was directly related to the reduction in bad debt expense as result of the Company's efforts to collect outstanding accounts receivable. As a percentage of revenues, general and administrative expenses decreased from 5.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 to 1.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2014.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Company

Net income attributable to the Company was $125,282 for the three months ended September 30, 2014 as compared to a net loss of $542,859 for the three months ended September 30, 2013. The change in net income was directly the result of increase in revenues, decrease in general and administrative expenses, as discussed above, and the partial offset brought by an increase in interest expense.

About Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation, Inc.

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, storage, distribution, and trading of blended marine fuel oil for cargo and fishing vessels in the People's Republic of China. It also produces customer specific products using its proprietary blending technology. The company sells its products through distributors to retail customers in Tianjin City, Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang Provinces. Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation is based in Dalian, the People's Republic of China.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains certain statements that may include "forward-looking statements." All statements other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions, involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, among others, our estimates of the Company's ability to attain and sustain growth in 2014 and beyond, the Company's ability to sustain its sales and maintain lower cost/expense structure, as well as its ability to continue execute upon its business plan in the coming fiscal quarters. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. These forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations and projections about future events and generally relate to our plans, objectives and expectations for the development of our business. Although management believes that the plans and objectives reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual future results may be materially different from the plans, objectives and expectations expressed in this press release. Accordingly, investors should not place any reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including the risk factors discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these risk factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

ANDATEE CHINA MARINE FUEL SERVICES CORPORATION. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

    September 30, 2014     December 31, 2013  

 

           

ASSETS

           

Current assets

           

   Cash and cash equivalents

$  203,019   $  22,638,820  

   Restricted cash

  45,561,801     99,659,597  

   Accounts receivable, net

  19,936,801     45,818,721  

   Inventories, net

  40,498,615     3,893,530  

   Advances to suppliers, net

  1,339,646     25,930,533  

   Deposits for land use rights

  715,053     720,084  

   Deferred financing costs, net

  1,006,589     4,373,603  

   Equity investment

  -     1,351,428  

   Other current assets

  5,201,833     517,320  

       Total current assets

  114,463,357     204,903,636  

 

           

Property, plant and equipment, net

  53,137,119     54,292,903  

Construction in progress

  71,442,451     17,781,162  

Intangible assets, net

  15,810,678     16,289,315  

       Total assets

$  254,853,605   $  293,267,016  

 

           

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

           

 

           

Current liabilities

           

   Short-term bank borrowings

$  24,051,744   $  27,821,419  

   Bank note payable

  133,261,286     191,257,528  

   Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

  31,705,917     3,156,079  

   Advances from customers

  248,821     1,693,875  

   Loan from third parties

  -     98,193  

   Related party loans payable

  876,831     1,595,594  

   Taxes payable

  5,020,720     6,254,057  

   Other liabilities

  1,817,308     1,149,298  

       Total current liabilities

  196,982,627     233,026,043  

 

           

Warrant liability

  579,831     290,687  

   Total liabilities

  197,562,458     233,316,730  

 

           

Commitments and contingencies

           

 

           

Equity

           

   Common stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 10,255,813 shares issued; 10,164,621 shares outstanding

  10,256     10,256  

   Treasury stock, at cost; 91,192 shares

  (497,693 )   (497,693 )

   Additional paid-in capital

  31,612,913     29,998,994  

   Accumulated other comprehensive income

  3,930,402     6,206,460  

   Retained earnings

  17,606,567     17,990,881  

   Statutory reserve

  3,932,585     3,932,585  

       Total stockholders' equity of the Company

  56,595,030     57,641,483  

Noncontrolling interest

  696,117     2,308,803  

   Total equity

  57,291,147     59,950,286  

       Total liabilities and equity

$  254,853,605   $  293,267,016  

  

           

ANDATEE CHINA MARINE FUEL SERVICES CORPORATION. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

    Three months ended     Nine months ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  

 

  2014     2013     2014     2013  

 

                       

Revenues

$  146,303,487   $  61,564,873   $  363,789,322   $ 190,962,563  

Cost of revenues

  139,184,245     56,652,979     344,657,658     178,635,410  

   Gross profit

  7,119,242     4,911,894     19,131,664     12,327,153  

 

                       

Operating expenses

                       

   Selling expenses

  405,810     367,616     876,962     1,184,647  

   General and administrative expenses

  2,576,353     3,547,780     7,254,659     7,684,547  

Total operating expenses

  2,982,163     3,915,396     8,131,621     8,869,194  

 

                       

Income from operations

  4,137,079     996,498     11,000,043     3,457,959  

 

                       

Other income (expense)

                       

   Interest income

  229,186     58,744     1,364,216     283,792  

   Interest expense

  (2,341,001 )   (737,667 )   (10,731,892 )   (2,818,881 )

   Income from equity investment

  -     12,418     -     28,768  

   Loss from disposal of equity method investee

  (53,339 )   -     (41,942 )   -  

   Change in fair value of warrants

  (307,746 )   (270,539 )   (289,144 )   (260,389 )

   Other expense

  (20,134 )   (193,101 )   (42,229 )   (193,270 )

Total other expense, net

  (2,493,034 )   (1,130,145 )   (9,740,991 )   (2,959,980 )

 

                       

Income (loss) before income tax provision

  1,644,045     (133,647 )   1,259,052     497,979  

 

                       

Provision for income taxes

  1,523,361     408,053     1,666,920     877,307  

 

                       

Net income (loss)

  120,684     (541,700 )   (407,868 )   (379,328 )

   Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

  (4,598 )   1,159     (23,554 )   (92,025 )

Net income (loss) attributable to Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation

$  125,282   $  (542,859 ) $  (384,314 ) $  (287,303 )

 

                       

Comprehensive income (loss)

                       

   Net income (loss)

$  120,684   $  (541,700 ) $  (407,868 ) $  (379,328 )

   Foreign currency translation adjustment

  17,332     (115,317 )   (415,652 )   1,499,734  

   Comprehensive income (loss)

  138,016     (657,017 )   (823,520 )   1,120,406  

   Less: comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest

  3,115     (24,556 )   1,612,686     (316,411 )

Comprehensive income attributable to Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation

$  141,131   $  (632,461 ) $  789,166   $  1,436,817  

 

                       

Weighted average number of shares:

                       

   Basic

  10,255,813     9,860,159     10,255,813     9,715,858  

   Diluted

  10,419,727     9,860,159     10,255,813     9,715,858  

 

                       

Earnings (losses) per share:

                       

   Basic

$  0.01   $  (0.06 ) $  (0.04 ) $  (0.01 )

   Diluted

$  0.01   $  (0.06 ) $  (0.04 ) $  (0.01 )

 

                       

ANDATEE CHINA MARINE FUEL SERVICES CORPORATION. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

    Nine months ended  
    September 30,  
    2014     2013  

 

           

Cash flows from operating activities

           

   Net loss

$  (407,868 ) $  (379,328 )

   Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

           

       Depreciation

  2,582,533     1,813,675  

       Amortization

  338,944     393,147  

       Provision for doubtful accounts

  457,730     2,915,205  

       Change in inventory reserve

  185,152     139,549  

       Deferred tax provision

  -     187,901  

       Amortization of deferred financing costs

  7,424,622     -  

           Stock-based compensation to consulting firm

  -     356,667  

           Stock-based compensation to directors

  102,375     136,500  

       Income from equity investment

  -     (28,768 )

       Loss from disposal of equity method investee

  41,942     -  

       Change in fair value of warrants

  289,144     260,389  

   Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

           

       Accounts receivable

  24,605,678     (23,769,140 )

       Inventories

  (36,863,343 )   (27,909,845 )

       Advances to suppliers

  24,968,839     (819,909 )

       Other current assets

  (4,627,890 )   (3,409,281 )

       Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

  28,942,295     16,851,041  

       Advances from customers

  (1,435,013 )   (5,048,428 )

       Taxes payable

  (1,191,124 )   3,802,579  

       Other liabilities

  310,211     1,151,546  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  45,724,227     (33,320,502 )

 

           

Cash flows from investing activities

           

   Proceeds from disposal (acquisition) of equity method investee

  1,301,723     (1,287,581 )

   Additions to property and equipment

  (1,805,175 )   (88,554 )

   Additions to construction in progress

  (53,852,932 )   -  

   Addition to intangible assets

  (37,753 )   (4,452,134 )

   Cash paid for acquiring noncontrolling interest

  (1,903,770 )   (1,722,140 )

Net cash used in investing activities

  (56,297,907 )   (7,550,410 )

 

           

Cash flows from financing activities

           

   Proceeds from short-term loans

  27,254,829     33,718,535  

   Repayments of short-term loans

  (30,834,567 )   (15,803,451 )

   Proceeds from bank notes

  141,564,020     128,011,331  

   Repayments of bank notes

  (198,294,743 )   (31,545,741 )

   Restricted cash, net

  53,468,281     (59,167,769 )

   Deferred financing costs

  (4,083,991 )   -  

   Repayment of loan from unrelated parties

  (97,629 )   (7,210,455 )

   Proceeds (repayment) of loans from related parties

  (708,126 )   2,354,493  

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

  (11,731,926 )   50,356,942  

 

           

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  (130,195 )   162,267  
             

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

  (22,435,801 )   9,648,297  

 

           

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

$  22,638,820   $  1,625,705  

 

           

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$  203,019   $  11,274,002  

 

           

Supplemental cash flow information

           

   Interest paid

$  7,648,577   $  2,593,721  

   Income taxes paid

$  1,285,953   $  316,835  

   Transfer from construction in progress to property, plant and equipment

$  694,799   $  -  

   Transfer from advances to suppliers to construction in progress

$  53,307,190   $  -  

 

           

CONTACT: Thomas Yang
  Andatee Marine Fuel Services Corporation Limited
Unit C, No. 68 West Binhai Road,  
  Xigang District, Dalian Liaoning, China (map)
  Phone: 011-86411-8240-8219
  Facsimile: 011-86411-8368-8835  
  Website: www.andatee.com