Tri-Tech Holding Full Year 2009 Revenue Up 99% to $16.8M; Net Income Up 127% to $3.8M; EPS $0.92 vs. $0.48
Company Anticipating Continued Growth in 2010 Business
BEIJING, March 25 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Tri-Tech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIT), a leading Chinese project development and management company that engineers, manages and monitors China's municipal sewer systems, natural waterways and resources, announced today that revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 increased 99% to $16.8 million from $8.4 million in 2008. Diluted earnings per share for the year were $0.92 based on net income of $3.8 million. This compares with net income of $1.7 million or $0.48 diluted EPS in 2008.
Fourth Quarter 2009 Highlights -- Revenue for Q4 2009 increased 103% to $5.9 million from $2.9 million in Q4 2008. -- Gross profit (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased 190% to $2.3 million for Q4 2009 from $0.8 million in Q4 2008. -- Q4 2009 gross margin 38% vs. 27% for Q4 2008. -- Income from operations increased 117% to $1.1 million from $0.5 million in Q3 2008. -- Net income increased 212% to $1.3 million from $0.4 million in Q4 2008. -- Diluted earnings per share increased to $0.24, from $0.12 in Q4 2008. -- Weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding was 5.54 million as of December 31, 2009, compared to 3.56 million as of December 31, 2008. FY 2009 Highlights -- Revenue for 2009 increased 99% to $16.8 million from $8.4 million in 2008. -- Wastewater and Tail Gas Treatment segment revenue increased 80% to $9.0 million. -- Water Resource Management segment revenue was up 125% to $7.8 million. -- Gross profit (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased 112% to $6.6 million for 2009 from $3.1 million in 2008. -- 2009 gross margin 39% vs. 37% for 2008. -- Income from operations increased 126% to $4.1 million from $1.8 million in 2008. -- Net income increased 127% to $3.8 million from $1.7 million in 2008. -- Diluted earnings per share increased to $0.92 from $0.48 in 2008. -- Weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding was 4.17 million as of December 31, 2009, compared to 3.56 million as of December 31, 2008. -- Completed successful initial public offering of 1.7 million ordinary shares at a price of $6.75 per share, traded on NASDAQ Capital Market on September 10, 2009.
FY 2009 Financial Performance
Total revenue was $16.8 million in 2009, an increase of $8.3 million, or 99%, compared to revenue of $8.4 million in 2008. The increase was driven by larger contracts, several of which exceeded $1.5 million. The revenue was primarily generated by system integration work and hardware and software sales from two operating segments. For wastewater and tail gas treatment, revenue was $9 million, an increase of $4 million or 80%, compared to $5 million in year 2008. Revenue from water resources management saw a 125% significant increase to $7.8 million from $3.5 million in 2008.
Net income
Net income attributable to shareholders was $3.8 million, an increase of $2.2 million or 127%, compared to $1.7 million in year 2008.
Diluted earnings per share for the year were $0.92 based on net income of $3.8 million. This compares with net income of $1.7 million or $0.48 diluted EPS in 2008.
Gross profit (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
Gross profit (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) increased 112% to $6.6 million for 2009 from $3.1 million in 2008. Of total revenue, cost (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) decreased to 61%, compared with 63% in 2008, because the company sourced more locally made equipment at lower cost for the projects. Gross margin (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) for 2009 was 39%, compared to 37% for 2008.
During 2009, significant Chinese government spending along with tight construction timelines, and strong market demand resulted in high market value for construction projects. Under such business climate, Tri-Tech enjoyed rapid growth in revenue while limited cost of that revenue.
Operating income
Operating income increased 126% to $4.1 million from $1.8 million in 2008. Operating margin was 24%, compared to 21% in the year ended December 31 2008.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2009, cash and cash equivalents were $7.2 million, including a deposit of $3.3 million. As of December 31, 2009, working capital was $17 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $7.2 million.
Order Backlog
As of December 31, 2009, the company had a total backlog of $11.5 million to be collected in 2010, including $9.3 million in municipal water and wastewater services, $1.5 million in water resources services and $0.7 million in industrial sector services. The backlog represents the amount of our existing contract work remaining to be completed in 2010 for which we have not been paid in full, based on the assumptions that our customers will approve these projects upon completion.
Management Comment
Chief Executive Officer Warren Zhao said, "We are pleased with the financial results in our first year as a publicly-traded company. The strong growth in our two business segments has highlighted the strength of our business model, which we believe will continue to get stronger as we work to help alleviate China's critical water resource crisis.
"We are currently pursuing smaller river basin flood monitoring and forecasting systems and groundwater monitoring systems across the country. In 2009, we received awards for five projects for smaller river basin flood and forecasting systems.
"Through local distributors and partnerships, we are promoting our proprietary products targeting the water monitoring and dispatching systems of the Northward Rerouting of Southern River engineering construction. We believe that the entire Northward Rerouting of Southern River engineering project has a market potential of approximately $43.5 million.
"In 2009, the Chinese government launched the 103 Pilot-County Mountain Torrent Forecast Plan. Accordingly, the government allocated approximately $29 million to fund these projects to deal with frequent mountain torrents devastation. During the year, we won the bids for 14 of these pilot projects, which was in line with our internal expectations on the bid win rate.
"At present, our wastewater treatment business is focused on Tianjin City and Hebei Province. In 2009, we won 26 contracts from this targeted wastewater treatment market, including pump stations, treatment plants, odor control systems, automatic controls and instruments.
"We are actively pursuing opportunities in the industrial wastewater and process tail gas treatment markets in the oil and gas industry and the petrochemical industry such as SINOPEC and PetroChina. Additionally, we intend to strengthen our industrial pollution control services by penetrating adjacent industry verticals such as the power generation industry.
"Currently almost all newly-designed sewage treatment plants have odorous gas containment and control requirements. Therefore, we expect an increase in the sales of our proprietary bio-filtration odor control systems.
"In order to pursue several major new projects and increase our interaction with our clients, we recently set up branch offices in Tianjin Dongli Economic Development Zone, Tianjin Baodi Economic Development Zone and Hebei Province.
"In our municipal wastewater business, we plan to expand our target market. In our current business footprint in only Hebei and Tianjin, the government is building 80 new wastewater treatment plants. We believe significant opportunities exist in 32 other provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China.
"We intend to expand our role from sub-contractor to prime-contractor. Since inception, we have grown from a provider of system controls to a company capable of managing the whole installation of municipal water and wastewater facilities. As we continue to grow, we will focus our business on more complex installation projects.
"We also intend to further develop our water resource management services from partial management solutions to full management of large-scale river basin projects. We believe the Chinese government's allocation of significant investment offers us huge business opportunities.
"In addition to organic growth, we are targeting selected acquisitions. In general, our markets are highly fragmented with small competitors. We will consider acquiring companies that we believe will add significant value to our business. These targets may have strong customer relationships but limited market reach, or may possess specialized skills but the businesses have not scaled up. When evaluating targets, we use a disciplined, conservative approach to ensure the acquisitions are strategic and accretive," Zhao said.
About Tri-Tech Holding Inc.
Tri-Tech designs customized sewage treatment and odor control systems for China's municipalities and its larger cities. These systems combine software, information management systems, resource planning and local and distant networking hardware that includes sensors, control systems, programmable logic controllers, supervisory control and data acquisition systems. The company also designs systems that track natural waterway levels for drought control, monitor groundwater quality and assist the government in managing its water resources. Tri-Tech owns seven software copyrights and two technological patents and employs 120 people. Please visit http://www.Tri-Tech.cn for more information.
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For further information, please contact: Hawk Associates Susan Zhou Tel: +1-305-451-1888 Email: [email protected] TRI-TECH HOLDING INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME AUDITED For the Year Ended Quarter Ended December 31, December 31, 2009 2008 2009 2008 (Restated) Revenues: System integration $12,023,686 $6,119,266 $4,499,924 $1,410,327 Products 2,511,962 1,115,811 633,914 1,051,322 Software revenue 2,264,246 1,214,881 760,887 436,943 Total revenues 16,799,895 8,449,958 5,894,726 2,898,592 Cost of revenues: (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below) System integration 8,003,667 4,219,892 3,095,900 1,058,291 Products 2,115,052 1,036,401 528,438 1,000,909 Cost of software 57,207 65,947 15,143 62,012 Total cost of revenues(exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below) 10,175,925 5,322,240 3,639,482 2,121,212 Operating expenses: Depreciation and amortization expenses 119,173 88,731 43,724 29,009 Other operating expenses 2,448,721 1,242,415 1,078,606 227,350 Total operating expenses 2,567,894 1,331,146 1,122,330 256,359 Operating income (loss): 4,056,076 1,796,572 1,132,914 521,021 Other income (expenses): Interest income 26,855 17,475 1,729 931 Interest expense (5,683) (7,833) (1,510) (5,444) Government allowance 107,380 102,644 58,338 37,401 Other expense (7,592) (1,774) (2,899) (483) Total other income (expenses), net 120,961 110,512 55,660 32,404 Income before provision for income taxes and noncontrolling interests income 4,177,037 1,907,084 1,188,574 553,425 Provision for income taxes (308,085) (202,247) (758,550) (141,771) Net income 3,868,952 1,704,837 1,330,955 411,654 Noncontrolling Interests Income 18,182 8,685 5,730 (13,525) Net income attributable to Tri-Tech Holding Inc 3,850,770 1,696,152 1,325,225 425,179 Other comprehensive income Foreign currency translation adjustment 15,899 259,708 (51,216) (46,834) Comprehensive income 3,884,851 1,964,545 1,279,739 378,345 Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests 18,312 17,211 5,155 17,211 Comprehensive income attributable to Tri-Tech Holding Inc. 3,866,538 1,947,334 1,274,584 361,134 Net income attributable to Tri-Tech Holding Inc. per share: Basic $0.94 $0.48 $0.25 $0.12 Diluted $0.92 $0.48 $0.24 $0.12 Shares used in computation: Basic 4,081,301 3,555,000 5,255,000 3,555,000 Diluted 4,170,879 3,555,000 5,544,343 3,555,000 TRI-TECH HOLDING INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS December 31, December 31, 2009 2008 (Restated) ASSETS Current Assets Cash $7,171,464 $732,418 Restricted cash 1,501,128 -- Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $56,491 and $62,286 as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively 4,338,239 3,105,859 Unbilled revenue 3,952,763 1,429,846 Notes receivable -- 7,316 Other receivables 273,602 166,395 Inventories 1,573,324 1,466,468 Deposits on projects 585,153 266,973 Prepayments to suppliers and subcontractors 1,898,900 567,346 Total current assets 21,294,573 7,742,621 Long-term unbilled revenue 1,723,852 -- Plant and equipment, net 374,009 174,128 Proprietary technology, net 797,854 857,475 Total assets $24,190,288 $8,774,224 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities Accounts payable and cost accrual on projects $3,367,056 $1,589,103 Commercial paper and other short-term notes payable Non-related parties -- 271,041 Related party -- 14,631 Customer deposits 494,047 436,372 Billings in excess of revenue 8,650 30,639 Other payables 8,633 81,721 Accrued liabilities 103,190 84,660 Deferred income taxes 141,478 83,643 Income taxes payable 144,232 141,818 Other taxes payable -- 90,908 Total current liabilities 4,267,286 2,824,536 Long-term liabilities 58,171 -- Total liabilities 4,325,457 2,824,536 Shareholders' equity Tri-Tech Holding Inc. shareholders' equity Common stock (30,000,000 shares authorized and $0.001 par value, 5,255,000 and 3,555,000 issued as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively; on December 31, 2009, 340,000 shares issued were held in escrow. See note 12 for more discussion.) 5,255 3,555 Additional paid-in-capital 12,942,650 2,914,058 Statutory reserves 50,655 50,655 Retained earnings 6,333,343 2,482,573 Accumulated other comprehensive income 377,097 361,328 Total Tri-Tech Holding Inc. shareholders' equity 19,709,000 5,812,169 Noncontrolling Interests 155,831 137,519 Total shareholders' equity 19,864,831 5,949,688 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $24,190,288 $8,774,224 TRI-TECH HOLDING INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS For The Year Ended December 31, 2009 2008(Restated) Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $3,868,952 $1,704,838 Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash: Depreciation 59,244 30,892 Amortization 60,588 57,839 Allowance for doubtful accounts 1,322 22,935 Deferred income taxes 66,061 74,429 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Restricted cash (1,500,534) -- Accounts receivable (1,230,305) (1,528,876) Unbilled revenue (4,243,749) (360,048) Other receivables (424,813) (104,235) Inventories (161,817) (330,918) Prepayments and deferred expenses (1,315,244) (163,280) Accounts payable 1,761,867 145,002 Customer deposits 57,244 (5,286) Billings in excess of revenue (22,009) -- Other payables 218,941 112,280 Accrued liabilities 18,443 -- Taxes payable (140,036) (48,606) Net cash provided by operating activities (2,925,845) (393,034) Cash flows from investing activities: Additions to equipment (197,087) (91,351) Cash flows from financing activities: Common stock 10,105,170 -- (Repayments to)advances from third parties (278,507) 678,485 Repayment from a related party of an advance -- (4,750) Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 9,826,663 673,735 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (264,685) 175,355 Net increase in cash 6,439,046 364,705 Cash, beginning of year 732,418 367,713 Cash, end of period $7,171,464 $732,418 Supplemental Data: Income taxes paid $239,743 $-- Interest paid on debt $4,538 $7,832 Borrow money from third party, using in purchase transportation equipment on April 2009. $87,221 $--
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