Exhibit 99.1

 

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
Investor / Media Contact:
David R. Callen

Vice President Finance & Treasurer

203-743-8305

 

ETHAN ALLEN REPORTS RESULTS FOR 

FISCAL YEAR AND QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2013

 

DANBURY, CT - July 24, 2013 – Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (NYSE: ETH) today reported operating results for the fiscal year and three months ended June 30, 2013. Please refer to the accompanying financial statements and reconciliations to non-GAAP measures discussed below.

 

Fiscal 2013 Highlights:

 

Adjusted net income per diluted share of $1.31 grew 39% with flat sales compared to the prior fiscal year

 

Adjusted operating profits were $69 million, a 33% increase

 

Gross margin improved by 110 basis points to 54.6%

 

Company Retail division adjusted operating profit increased to $14.5 million , a positive change of $24.1 million from the previous year and net sales increased 3.4%

 

Cash dividends to stockholders of $22 million, an increase of 176%

 

Cash and securities at June 30, 2013 totaled $104 million

 

Fourth Quarter Highlights:

 

Adjusted net income per diluted share of $0.34 grew 26% with 1.7% lower net sales

 

Adjusted operating income of $17.5 million grew 23%

 

Gross margin of 54.0% compared to 53.9% the prior year

 

Company Retail division adjusted operating profit increased to $4.2 million from a loss of $1.0 million with a net sales increase of 1.1%

 

Repurchased $24 million of bonds bringing outstanding balance to $129 million

 

Retail division written orders decreased 1.9% including a decline of 0.9% in comparable design center written orders

 

Farooq Kathwari, Chairman and CEO commented, “We are gratified with our strong performance in earnings due to major improvements in all areas but especially in the operations of the Retail division. This major increase took place despite flat sales. Written and delivered sales were impacted by several factors including significant reductions in clearance events, lower international shipments, and timing of events.”

 

Mr. Kathwari concluded, “Our many initiatives in fiscal 2013 positioned us for the opportunity to increase sales in fiscal 2014 and to continue improving our profitability. We are cautiously optimistic regarding our growth opportunities in fiscal 2014.”

 

Financial Results:

Net sales for the twelve months ended June 30, 2013 remained stable at $729.1 million. The Company’s Retail division net sales increased 3.4% to $578.3 million including comparable design center net sales growth of 3.3%. Net income for the year ended June 30, 2013 was $32.5 million or $1.11 per diluted share compared with $49.7 million or $1.71 per diluted share in the prior year. The prior year results included $23.9 million in non-cash tax benefits. Adjusted net income for the year grew 39% to $1.31 per diluted share or $38.4 million from $0.94 per diluted share or $27.5 million in the prior year quarter.

 

Net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 decreased 1.7% over the prior year to $182.3 million. The Company’s Retail division net sales increased 1.1% to $145.3 million including comparable design center net sales growth of 2.5%. Retail division written orders recorded during the fourth quarter decreased 1.9% including a decline of 0.9% in comparable design center written orders. Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 was $8.2 million or $0.28 per diluted share compared with $7.3 million or $0.25 per diluted share in the prior year quarter. Adjusted earnings for the quarter grew 26% to $0.34 per diluted share or $9.9 million from $0.27 per diluted share or $7.8 million in the prior year quarter.

  

 
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Analyst Conference Call

Ethan Allen will conduct a conference call at 11:00 AM (Eastern) on Thursday, July 25th to discuss the financial results and its business initiatives. The live webcast and replay are accessible via the Company’s website at http://ethanallen.com/investors. To participate on the call, dial 866-835-8908 with conference ID# 1616313.

 

About Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. is a leading interior design company and manufacturer and retailer of quality home furnishings. The company offers free interior design service to its clients and sells a full range of furniture products and decorative accessories through ethanallen.com and a network of approximately 300 Design Centers in the United States and abroad. Ethan Allen owns and operates eight manufacturing facilities including five manufacturing plants and one sawmill in the United States plus two plants in Mexico and Honduras. Approximately seventy percent of its products are made in its North American plants. For more information on Ethan Allen's products and services, visit ethanallen.com.

 

This press release should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2012 (the “2012 Form 10-K”) and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release and related discussions contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations concerning future events and results of the Company, and are subject to various assumptions, risks and uncertainties including specifically, and without limitation, those set forth in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of the 2012 Form 10-K. Accordingly, actual future events or results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update or provide revision to any forward-looking statement at any time for any reason.  

 

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Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

Selected Financial Information

Unaudited

(in millions)

 

Selected Consolidated Financial Data:

                               
                                 
 

Three Months Ended

 

Twelve Months Ended

 
 

06/30/13

06/30/12

06/30/13

06/30/12

                                 

Net sales

  $ 182.3   $ 185.3   $ 729.1   $ 729.4

Gross margin

    54.0 %     53.9 %     54.6 %     53.5 %

Operating margin

    9.0 %     7.7 %     8.3 %     6.8 %

Operating margin (excluding special items*)

    9.6 %     7.7 %     9.4 %     7.1 %

Net income

  $ 8.2   $ 7.3   $ 32.5   $ 49.7

Net income (excluding special items* and unusual income tax effects)

  $ 9.9   $ 7.8   $ 38.4   $ 27.5

Operating cash flow

  $ 16.9   $ 9.9   $ 61.3   $ 37.7

Capital expenditures

  $ 2.5   $ 3.0   $ 19.0   $ 22.9

Acquisitions

  $ 0.2   $ 0.0   $ 0.8   $ 0.5

Treasury stock repurchases

  $ 0.0   $ 0.5   $ 0.0   $ 1.4
                                 

EBITDA

  $ 19.2   $ 18.9   $ 76.4   $ 68.3

EBITDA as % of net sales

    10.5 %     10.2 %     10.5 %     9.4 %
                                 

EBITDA (excluding special items*)

  $ 22.1   $ 18.8   $ 86.7   $ 70.4

EBITDA as % of net sales (excluding special items*)

    12.1 %     10.1 %     11.9 %     9.6 %

 

 

 


Selected Financial Data by Business Segment:

                               
 

Three Months Ended

 

Twelve Months Ended

 
 

06/30/13

06/30/12

06/30/13

06/30/12

Retail

                               

Net sales

  $ 145.3   $ 143.7   $ 578.3   $ 559.4

Operating margin

    2.2 %     -0.7 %     1.4 %     -2.1 %

Operating margin (excluding special items*)

    2.9 %     -0.7 %     2.5 %     -1.7 %
                                 
                                 

Wholesale

                               

Net sales

  $ 106.7   $ 112.8   $ 434.4   $ 456.9

Operating margin

    12.4 %     13.2 %     11.7 %     14.1 %

Operating margin (excluding special items*)

    12.4 %     13.2 %     12.1 %     14.1 %

* Special items consist of restructuring, impairment, transition charges and other certain items.

Related tax effects are calculated using a normalized income tax rate.

 

 
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Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Unaudited

(in thousands)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Twelve Months Ended

 
 

06/30/13

06/30/12

 

06/30/13

06/30/12

                                 

Net sales

  $ 182,251   $ 185,316     $ 729,083   $ 729,373

Cost of sales

    83,907     85,407       330,734     339,085

Gross profit

    98,344     99,909       398,349     390,288

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    81,878     85,575       337,912     340,591

Operating income

    16,466     14,334       60,437     49,697

Interest and other income

    (1,677     200       (1,485 )     562

Interest expense

    2,186     2,206       8,778     9,020

Income before income taxes

    12,603     12,328       50,174     41,239

Income tax expense (benefit)

    4,409     5,029       17,696     (8,455 )

Net income

  $ 8,194   $ 7,299     $ 32,478   $ 49,694
                                 

Basic earnings per common share:

                               

Net income per basic share

  $ 0.28   $ 0.25     $ 1.13   $ 1.72

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

    28,905     28,856       28,864     28,824
                                 

Diluted earnings per common share:

                               

Net income per diluted share

  $ 0.28   $ 0.25     $ 1.11   $ 1.71

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

    29,319     29,179       29,239     29,109
                                 

Comprehensive income:

                               

Net income

  $ 8,194   $ 7,299

 

  $ 32,478   $ 49,694

Other comprehensive income

                               

Currency translation adjustment

    (946     (687 )

 

    (506 )     (1,154 )

Other

    9     (3 )       56     (38 )

Other comprehensive income (loss) net of tax

    (937     (690 )

 

    (450 )     (1,192 )

Comprehensive income

  $ 7,257   $ 6,609

 

  $ 32,028   $ 48,502

 

 
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Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

Unaudited

(in thousands)

 

 

June 30,

June 30,

 

2013

2012

                 

Assets

               

Current assets:

               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 72,601   $ 79,721

Marketable securities

    15,529     9,005

Accounts receivable, net

    12,277     14,919

Inventories

    137,256     155,739

Prepaid expenses & other current assets

    22,907     23,408

Total current assets

    260,570     282,792
                 

Property, plant and equipment, net

    291,672     295,695

Intangible assets, net

    45,128     45,128

Restricted cash and investments

    15,433     15,416

Other assets

    4,482     5,757
                 

Total Assets

  $ 617,285   $ 644,788
                 
                 
                 

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

               

Current liabilities:

               

Current maturities of long-term debt

    480     250

Customer deposits

    59,098     65,465

Accounts payable

    22,995     27,315

Accrued expenses & other current liabilities

    50,366     58,047

Total current liabilities

    132,939     151,077
                 

Long-term debt

    130,809     154,250

Other long-term liabilities

    19,180     17,593

Total liabilities

    282,928     322,920
                 

Shareholders' equity

    334,357     321,868
                 

Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

  $ 617,285   $ 644,788

 

 
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Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

GAAP Reconciliation

Three and Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012

Unaudited

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Twelve Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 
 

2013

2012

2013

2012

Net Income / Earnings Per Share

                               

Net income

  $ 8,194   $ 7,299   $ 32,478   $ 49,694

Special items net of related tax effects *

    1,861     (57 )     6,544     1,318

Unusual income tax effects

    (191 )     529     (617 )     (23,508 )

Net income (excluding special items* and unusual income tax effects)

  $ 9,864   $ 7,771   $ 38,405   $ 27,504

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

    28,905     28,856     28,864     28,824

Earnings per basic share

  $ 0.28   $ 0.25   $ 1.13   $ 1.72

Earnings per basic share (excluding special items* and unusual income tax effects)

  $ 0.34   $ 0.27   $ 1.33   $ 0.95
                                 

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

    29,319     29,179     29,239     29,109

Earnings per diluted share

  $ 0.28   $ 0.25   $ 1.11   $ 1.71

Earnings per diluted share (excluding special items* and unusual income tax effects)

  $ 0.34   $ 0.27   $ 1.31   $ 0.94
                                 
                                 

Consolidated Operating Income / Operating Margin

                               

Operating income

  $ 16,466   $ 14,334   $ 60,437   $ 49,697

Add: special items *

    1,007     (90 )     8,382     2,075

Operating income (excluding special items*)

  $ 17,473   $ 14,244   $ 68,819   $ 51,772
                                 

Net sales

  $ 182,251   $ 185,316   $ 729,083   $ 729,373

Operating margin

    9.0 %     7.7 %     8.3 %     6.8 %

Operating margin (excluding special items*)

    9.6 %     7.7 %     9.4 %     7.1 %
                                 

Wholesale Operating Income / Operating Margin

                               

Wholesale operating income

  $ 13,192   $ 14,852   $ 50,843   $ 64,436

Add: special items

    43     -     1,886     131

Wholesale operating income (excluding special items*)

  $ 13,235   $ 14,852   $ 52,729   $ 64,567

Wholesale net sales

  $ 106,749   $ 112,846   $ 434,439   $ 456,915

Wholesale operating margin

    12.4 %     13.2 %     11.7 %     14.1 %

Wholesale operating margin (excluding special items*)

    12.4 %     13.2 %     12.1 %     14.1 %
                                 

Retail Operating Income / Operating Margin

                               

Retail operating income (loss)

  $ 3,234   $ (944 )   $ 8,016   $ (11,522 )

Add: special items

    964     (90 )     6,496     1,944

Retail operating income (loss) (excluding special items*)

  $ 4,198   $ (1,034 )   $ 14,512   $ (9,578 )

Retail net sales

  $ 145,322   $ 143,730   $ 578,284   $ 559,417

Retail operating margin

    2.2 %     -0.7 %     1.4 %     -2.1 %

Retail operating margin (excluding special items*)

    2.9 %     -0.7 %     2.5 %     -1.7 %

* Special items consist of restructuring, impairment, transition charges and certain other items.

Related tax effects are calculated using a normalized income tax rate.

 

 
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Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.

GAAP Reconciliation

Three and Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012

Unaudited

(in thousands, except per share amounts) 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Twelve Months Ended

 
 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 
 

2013

2012

2013

2012

                                 

EBITDA

                               

Net income

  $ 8,194   $ 7,299   $ 32,478   $ 49,694

Add: interest expense, net

    2,054     2,059     8,219     8,478

          income tax expense

    4,409     5,029     17,696     (8,455 )

          depreciation and amortization

    4,494     4,489     18,008     18,581

EBITDA

  $ 19,151   $ 18,876   $ 76,401   $ 68,298

Net sales

  $ 182,251   $ 185,316   $ 729,083   $ 729,373

EBITDA as % of net sales

    10.5 %     10.2 %     10.5 %     9.4 %
                                 

EBITDA

  $ 19,151   $ 18,876   $ 76,401   $ 68,298

Add: special items*

    2,931     (90 )     10,306     2,075

EBITDA (excluding special items)

  $ 22,082   $ 18,786   $ 86,707   $ 70,373

Net sales

  $ 182,251   $ 185,316   $ 729,083   $ 729,373

EBITDA as % of net sales (excluding special items)

    12.1 %     10.1 %     11.9 %     9.6 %

 

* Special items consist of restructuring, impairment, transition charges and certain other items.

Related tax effects are calculated using a normalized income tax rate.

 

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