Enerchem International Inc. bucks industry trend with higher sales volumes
Enerchem International Inc. Reports Financial Results For the Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2009 Financial highlights (unaudited) (in Cdn $ 000's except per share amounts) Three months ended Nine months ended September 30 September 30 2009 2008 2009 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenues 31,028 32,471 65,737 87,608 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income (loss) for the period 345 (844) (1,432) (1,982) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income (loss) per share Basic 0.02 (0.06) (0.10) (0.13) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diluted 0.02 (0.06) (0.09) (0.13) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- EBITDA(1) 831 1,428 (886) 2,133 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- EBITDA per share(2) 0.06 0.10 (0.06) 0.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure which the Company defines as earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, accretion expense, restructuring costs and write-downs. EBITDA per share represents EBITDA divided by the basic weighted average common shares outstanding. Non-GAAP measures do not have any standard meaning prescribed by GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. The Company includes these non-GAAP measures as it believes they are used by investors to assess the performance of the Company, and is used by management to assist in assessing comparative performance of the Company. (2) Calculated as EBITDA divided by the basic weighted average numbers of shares outstanding during the period.
Industry Activity and Financial Overview
Industry activity during the third quarter of 2009 continues to be down significantly from the comparative period in the prior. Year-over-year well completions were down 65% and rig utilization rates were down 58% - from 48% utilization to 20% - during the quarter. Despite these activity reductions, Enerchem sales volumes were up by 24% over third quarter 2008 levels. Tighter margins and a different mix of hydrocarbon fluid sales in the current period partially offset the favorable volume impact resulting in a quarter with a positive bottom line, but lower cash generated from operations compared to the third quarter of 2008.
Consolidated revenue for the three and nine months ended
Strategy and Outlook
Although the prospects for the world's economic recovery remain the subject matter of cautious commentary by analysts, Enerchem management believes that the cost containment work, inventory management effort and plant utilization rate improvement put in place over the last three quarters along with a capital investment strategy targeting plant reliability and safety will position the Company well for favorable change in the economic environment in which we are now working.
Enerchem International Inc. is a producer and distributor of hydrocarbon drilling and fracturing fluids designed to provide cost effective solutions to the upstream oil and gas industry and specialty solvents to help resolve production and processing problems to the downstream producers. The Company also provides energy marketing services and, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Millard Trucking Ltd., provides fluid transportation and other related oilfield services. The Company's common shares trade on the
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