Thursday, November 20, 2014 7:27:27 PM
- Revenues flat from Q2 14, down from Q3 13. No surprise, with no increase in open stores from Q2 14, and a decrease from Q3 13.
- Operating loss increased by 20% from Q2, from $.53 on every dollar of revenue, to $0.63. About half of the increase is attributed by management to 'compliance costs' (re: registration statements, audit costs, etc.).
- Compounding the problem, interest expense is $0.30 per dollar of revenue.
Clearly not a sustainable business model, so how is the company still alive? Not surprisingly, the answer is dilution -- the issuance of preferred and common stock to acquire cash, retire debt, or pay for vendor expenses.
Common stock is roughly .035/sh today; worth noting that issuance of shares to insiders, converters of debt, and vendors was between .015 and .025/sh between July 1 and the present day (based on the 'subsequent events' section), with one outside investor paying .05/sh for preferred stock during Q3. Note: I am not differentiating between common and preferred as the latter can be exchanged 1:1 for the former -- although there are not sufficient shares of common stock authorized to enable conversion.
I continue to not understand the gross property and equipment increase this year of $158K, or almost 40%, with no new store openings. If there was an explanation in the 10-Q, I couldn't find it.
'Grounded in Seattle' is on the list of 'defined-lived intangibles' assets for $72K; if the show is not picked up, I would expect this to hit the Q4 P&L during the audit process. But having said that, last year the auditors did accept $125K in this category for ice cream, which is inexplicable given the company's statement in the registration statement that
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