The Limestone Boat Company Announces First Quarter 2022 Results
31 May 2022 - 11:51AM
The Limestone Boat Company Limited (“Limestone”
or the “Company”) (TSXV:
BOAT) – owner and builder of Aquasport Boats, Limestone®
Boats and Boca Bay Boats – today reports its financial results for
the three months ended March 31, 2022 (“Q1” FY 2022). All dollar
amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.
The Company’s complete Financial Statements and
Management Discussion and Analysis for the three months ended March
31, 2022 are available at www.sedar.com or on the Company’s website
at www.limestoneboatcompany.com.
The Limestone Boat Company has achieved
significantly improved Quarter over Quarter results in Q1 2022 in
unit production, revenues, gross margins, and reduced loss.
Specifically, unit production was up over 42% in Q1 2022 (44 units
shipped) vs. Q4 2021 (31 units shipped), revenues increased 38%
from $2,726,083, in Q4 2021 to $3,764,588 in Q1 2022. Stated gross
margins also improved significantly from a gross margin of -27.1%
in Q4 2021 to a gross margin of +3.8% in Q1 2022, with the Company
generating a modest gross profit for the first time since acquiring
Ebbtide. Management is expecting this positive trend to continue
with gross margins, based on materials and direct labor, ranging
from 23% to 30% across our model lineup. The Company is focusing
production on a more limited higher margin range of boats as the
Company transitions to profitability. As production continues to
increase, the Company believes that overhead such as tooling, plant
and utilities will become a lower proportionate component in stated
gross margins and our quarterly results are expected to continue to
improve. Management also expects gross profit to continue to
improve, in part due to price increases. An inflationary price
increase of 10.3% was put through in early April, which will impact
Q2. A further price increase is expected to be put through when
2023 Model Year pricing is announced.
Investments made in late 2021 towards improving
manufacturing tools and processes as well as hiring of key plant
personnel are starting to pay off, but the Company recognizes there
remains significant additional efficiency to be attained which will
contribute to the positive trends moving forward given the
Company’s order backlog, market demand, and product quality.
Additionally, with continued strategic
investments in inventory management, facilities, technology,
equipment, labor, R&D, new product introductions, and doubling
the capacity of our higher margin models, Limestone expects 2022/23
to be transformative as the Company executes on its long-term
growth strategy allowing it to deliver more product to a growing
number of dealers and their customers.
Q1
2022 Financial
Highlights:
- The Company generated revenues of
$3,764,588 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, from
continuing unit sales, production and expansion of operations.
- The Company generated gross margin
of 3.8%, resulting in a gross profit of $143,269
- The Company incurred operating
expenses of $2,707,906, during the three months ended March 31,
2022 in its operations.
- Included in operating expenses were
Non-cash costs in the amount of $990,373 relating to amortization
and depreciation, accrued interest, accretion expense and deferred
tax recovery related to convertible debentures, unrealized foreign
exchange loss, interest expense and stock based compensation.
- The Company incurred an operating
loss of $2,564,637 for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
- The Company incurred a
Comprehensive Loss of $2,536,402 for the three months ended March
31, 2022 which includes foreign exchange loss, deferred tax
recovery and a currency translation adjustment.
- As of March 31, 2022, the Company
had outstanding 119,565,940 common shares, 10,671,955 common share
purchase warrants and 6,400,000 stock options.
- There are several risk factors
facing the Company including but not limited to the impact of
Covid-19 on the operations and ongoing supply chain disruption as
more fully described in the Company's Management Discussion and
Analysis for Q1 2022 (the "MD&A") available on the Company's
profile on www.sedar.com or on the Company’s website at
www.limestoneboats.com.
ABOUT LIMESTONE BOAT COMPANY
LIMITED
The Limestone Boat Company – owner and builder
of Aquasport Boats, Limestone® Boats and Boca Bay Boats - is
publicly traded on the Toronto Venture Exchange under the ticker
symbol BOAT. They are headquartered in Collingwood, Ontario with a
145,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in White Bluff, Tennessee.
The company is backed by a large, skilled labor force and dealer
partners throughout the United States and the Canadian Great Lakes
Region.
For more information, contact: Bill Mitoulas
Investor Relations800-720-2395 bill@limestoneboats.comWebsite:
www.limestoneboatcompany.com
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statements regarding positive trends in the gross margins of the
Company, increased overhead efficiencies, and improved gross
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