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AMMO, Inc. (Nasdaq: POWW, POWWP) (“AMMO” or the “Company”), the owner of GunBroker.com, the largest online marketplace serving the firearms and shooting sports industries, and a leading vertically integrated producer of high-performance ammunition and components, today reported results for its first quarter of fiscal 2025, ended June 30, 2024.
First Quarter Fiscal 2025 vs. First Quarter Fiscal 2024
GunBroker.com “Marketplace” Metrics – First Quarter 2025
Jared Smith, AMMO’s CEO, commented “In our first quarter of fiscal 2025, we continued to make progress on the primary core initiatives for each of our business units, transforming our ammunition plant to higher margin rifle and pistol production and transforming our marketplace into an innovative ecommerce leader.
“We have been building ammunition inventories to accelerate sales this fall for the launch of our new premium rifle hunting segments, and we started delivering on our 12.7X108 cases under our contractual obligations to ZRO Delta. At GunBroker, we see take rates further increasing in the quarters ahead as we push ahead with our Gearfire financing solution, and an anticipated increase in non-firearm accessory sales as we monetize the algorithms and tune our cross-selling capabilities,” Mr. Smith concluded.
First Quarter 2025 Results
We ended the first quarter of our 2025 fiscal year with total revenues of approximately $31.0 million in comparison to $34.3 million in the prior year quarter. Our ammunition segment made up $18.7 million of the total revenues and our marketplace segment generated the remaining $12.3 million in revenues. The decrease in revenue was primarily related to a decrease in activity across both our reporting segments, which we believe decreased as a result of the current macroeconomic environment impacting our industry as well as others.
Cost of revenues was approximately $21.2 million for the quarter compared to $20.2 million in the comparable prior year quarter. Cost of revenues for our marketplace segment was $1.8 million and our ammunition segment cost of revenues were $19.4 million.
This resulted in a total gross margin for the quarter of $9.8 million or 31.6% compared to $14.0 million or 40.9% in the prior year period. Our marketplace segment gross margin was $10.5 million or 85.6%. The gross margin for our ammunition segment was negative $0.7 million or (4.0%).
The increase in cost of revenues and decrease in gross profit margin was related to the shift in sales mix and production inefficiencies in our ammunition segment in comparison to the prior year period.
Although our margins decreased from the prior year period, the robust margins on GunBroker continue to hold strong, and while the margins in the ammunition segment remained down as the plant ramp is still underway, we are beginning to see increased production throughput and expect that we will see increased product marginality in future periods if we are able to continue with this trend.
There was approximately $6.3 million of nonrecurring expenses in the quarter related to legal and professional fees, which we have included as an addback to adjusted EBITDA. The $6.3 million of nonrecurring expenses also included a $3.2 million expense related to a contingency stemming from litigation GunBroker was involved with prior to our acquisition. We expect to recover 2.9 million shares of common stock as a result of this settlement, which will be cancelled and returned to our authorized but unissued share pool.
For the quarter, we recorded Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $2.0 million, compared to prior year quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $6.6 million.
This resulted in a loss per share of $0.07 for the quarter or Adjusted Net Income per Share of $0.01 in comparison to a loss per share of $0.02 in the prior year quarter or Adjusted Net Income per Share of $0.05.
Looking forward, we are continuing to focus on streamlining our manufacturing processes, which should improve product throughput and marginality. For GunBroker, efforts to offer a flexible financing option to customers is well underway as well as our cross-selling solution which provides our users with the ability to view and purchase compatible items when going through the checkout process. We expect these enhancements will drive sales growth through better functionality and enhanced purchasing power of buyers.
Our financial position remains strong given our net working capital position as we have reported $134.0 million in current assets including $50.8 million of cash and cash equivalents along with $42.3 million of current liabilities. We believe this strong position will continue to stimulate our transformation efforts.
We repurchased approximately 580,000 shares of our common stock under our repurchase plan in the reported quarter, bringing us to just over 1.9 million total shares repurchased under the plan since December 2022.
Conference Call
Management will host a conference call at 5:00 PM ET today, August 8, 2024, to review financial results and provide an update on corporate developments. Following management’s formal remarks there will be a question-and-answer session.
Participants are asked to preregister for the call at the following link: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10190959/fd1589a7fa
Please note that registered participants will receive their dial-in number upon registration and will dial directly into the call without delay. Those without Internet access or who are unable to pre-register may dial in by calling 1-844-481-2698 (domestic) or 1-412-317-0655 (international).
Please join at least 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start and follow the operator’s instructions. When requested, please ask for “AMMO, Inc. First Quarter 2025 Conference Call.”
The conference call will also be available through a live webcast at the following link: https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=mju9ciSM, which is also available through the Company’s website.
About AMMO, Inc.
With its corporate offices headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, AMMO designs and manufactures products for a variety of aptitudes, including law enforcement, military, sport shooting and self-defense. The Company was founded in 2016 with a vision to change, innovate and invigorate the complacent munitions industry. AMMO promotes branded munitions as well as its patented STREAK™ Visual Ammunition, /stelTH/™ subsonic munitions, and specialty rounds for military use via government programs. For more information, please visit: www.ammo-inc.com.
About GunBroker.com
GunBroker.com is the largest online marketplace dedicated to firearms, hunting, shooting and related products. Aside from merchandise bearing its logo, GunBroker.com currently sells none of the items listed on its website. Third-party sellers list items on the site and Federal and state laws govern the sale of firearms and other restricted items. Ownership policies and regulations are followed using licensed firearms dealers as transfer agents. Launched in 1999, GunBroker.com is an informative, secure and safe way to buy and sell firearms, ammunition, air guns, archery equipment, knives and swords, firearms accessories and hunting/shooting gear online. GunBroker.com promotes responsible ownership of guns and firearms. For more information, please visit: www.gunbroker.com.
Forward Looking Statements
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