Art’s Way Reports Results
Art’s-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. has announces financial results for the second quarter and year to date fiscal 2022.
Sales: Consolidated corporate sales for the three- and six-month periods ended May 31, 2022 were $7,275,000 and $12,888,000, respectively, compared to $5,710,000 and $11,111,000 during the same respective periods in fiscal 2021, a $1,565,000, or 27.4%, increase for the three months and a $1,777,000, or 16.0%, increase for the six months. The company saw increased revenue and demand in all three business segments for the three months ended May 31, 2022 and increases in revenue in the Agricultural Products and Tools segments for the six months ended May 31, 2022.
Second quarter sales in the company’s Agricultural Products segment were $5,316,000 compared to $3,858,000 during the same period of fiscal 2021, an increase of $1,458,000, or 37.8%. Our year-to-date agricultural product sales were $9,477,000 compared to $7,357,000 during the same period in fiscal 2021, an increase of $2,120,000, or 28.8%. The Company continues to see historic backlog numbers through Q2 of fiscal 2022. Sales are up on almost all product offerings for the six months ended May 31, 2022 including beet equipment, manure spreaders, grinder mixers and land maintenance equipment. We expect strong demand for our products to continue in the short term as commodity prices remain high with concerns of global food shortages and with supply chain pressure creating agricultural equipment availability issues. We have seen repeated disruptions in our supply chain so far in fiscal 2022. As a result of supply chain disruptions, our planning department has been placing purchase orders and bringing in inventory further in advance of production dates than we have historically. This, as well as price increases, have led to an inventory increase of approximately $1.7 million for the first six months of fiscal 2022.
Net Income (Loss): Consolidated net income was $175,000 for the three-month period ended May 31, 2022, compared to $64,000 for the same period in fiscal 2021. Our consolidated net loss for the six months ended May 31, 2022, was $(231,000) compared to $(251,000) in the same period in fiscal 2021. The improvement for the three and six months ended May 31, 2022 is fueled by the success of our Agricultural Products segment. Despite the success, we believe we can increase certain production areas by updating capital equipment. We have taken the initial steps to drive our business towards increased automation and efficiency to maximize our manufacturing output and drive our costs down by securing funding from Alumni Capital and Iowa Economic Development’s Manufacturing 4.0 program. We expect to see significant improvement in our operational ability as we are able to implement new equipment in our facility over the next 24 months. Our Modular Buildings segment had a slow start to fiscal 2022 but reached profitability each of the last two months of the fiscal quarter. We are seeing strong demand for our modular buildings to start out the second half of fiscal 2022. Despite the sales increase in the Tools segment, we have seen decreased profitability from employee turnover and rising overhead costs. We are working on additional price increases and automation to increase our volume and margin in the second half of fiscal 2022.
Net Income (Loss) per Share: Net income per basic and diluted share for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 was $0.04, compared to income per basic and diluted share of $0.01 for the same period in fiscal 2021. Net (loss) per basic and diluted share for the first six months of fiscal 2022 was $(0.05), compared to loss per basic and diluted share of $(0.06) for the same period in fiscal 2021.
Looking ahead, we believe the remainder of the year will continue to provide strong results with agricultural commodity prices driving demand for our agricultural equipment. The Modular Buildings segment has been able to sell and lease inventoried buildings and secure orders that will provide an improved second-half of the year and should allow them to meet their annual budget. Also, we expect increased output from the tools division as our new equipment and automation come online.”
Art’s-Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.