Last Thursday, Wild Oats
• GAAP earnings included $3.5 million in one-time charges for a pending merger with Whole Foods Market
(NASDAQ:WFMI) . Excluding the expense, Wild Oats booked $0.17 in per-share profit, a 70% year-over-year increase.• Those gains came with a cost of a gross margin decline of 53 basis points. Management attributed the fall to higher occupancy costs, a stockpile of lower-margin items, and additional spending for promotions.
• Investors, meanwhile, remain unimpressed. The 117 pros and amateurs participating in our Motley Fool CAPS investor intelligence database give Wild Oats just one of five stars.
(Figures in thousands, except per-share data)
Income Statement Highlights
|
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sales |
$309,942 |
$298,357 |
3.9% |
|
Net Profit |
$1,624 |
$2,885 |
(43.7%) |
|
EPS |
$0.05 |
$0.10 |
(50%) |
|
Diluted Shares |
30,342 |
29,542 |
2.7% |
Get back to basics with the income statement.
Margin Checkup|
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change* |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gross Margin |
32.00% |
32.53% |
(0.53) |
|
Operating Margin |
1.03% |
1.46% |
(0.43) |
|
Net Margin |
0.52% |
0.97% |
(0.45) |
Margins are the earnings engine.
Balance Sheet Highlights
|
Assets |
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cash + ST Invest. |
$42,817 |
$60,516 |
(29.2%) |
|
Accounts Rec. |
$4,740 |
$3,291 |
44% |
|
Inventory |
$69,717 |
$65,700 |
6.1% |
|
Liabilities |
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Accounts Payable |
$57,622 |
$59,581 |
(3.3%) |
|
Long-Term Debt |
$147,596 |
$148,064 |
(0.3%) |
The balance sheet reflects the company's health.
Cash Flow Checkup
|
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cash From Ops. |
$5,843 |
$13,181 |
(55.7%) |
|
Capital Expenditures |
$11,967 |
$5,759 |
107.8% |
|
Free Cash Flow |
($6,124) |
$7,422 |
N/A |
Free cash flow is a Fool's best friend.
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Fool contributor Tim Beyers, ranked 6,458 out of more than 28,400 ranked players in CAPS, likes his food and his stocks organically delicious. Tim didn't own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this article at the time of publication. All of his portfolio holdings can be found at Tim's Fool profile. His thoughts on Foolishness and investing may be found in his blog. The Motley Fool's disclosure policy always adds up.
