-- FY 2017 Retail Pharmacy Sales increased by 1.1%; Gross Margin Increased From 19.7% to 20.4%; 9 New Pharmacies Added in 2017 (net)
HANGZHOU, China, June 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc. (NASDAQ CM: CJJD) (the "Company" or "China Jo-Jo"), a leading China-based pharmacy providing retail, wholesale and online distribution and sales of pharmaceutical and health care products through its own online and retail pharmacies, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.
FY 2017 Fourth Quarter Highlights:
Fiscal Year 2017 Highlights:
Reconciliation to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
| For The Years Ended March 31 |
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| 2017 |
2016 |
|
| Net income |
(5,644,204) |
447,156 |
| Share-based compensation expenses |
2,248,598 |
1,022,790 |
| Change in fair value of derivative liabilities |
(140,032) |
(612,198) |
| Adjusted net income |
(3,535,638) |
857,748 |
| Adjusted net income per share - diluted |
(0.17) |
0.05 |
Revenue decreased by $7,566,535 to $81,499,045 for the year ended March 31, 2017, or by 8.5% as compared to the year ended March 31, 2016, primarily due to a decline in our online pharmacy business, which was partially offset by increases in our retail drugstore and wholesale businesses. Retail drugstore sales, which accounted for approximately 63.5% of our total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2017, increased by $582,742 to $51,788,386, or by 1.1% as compared to the year ended March 31, 2016. Same-store sales decreased by approximately $2,648,725, or 5.5%, while new stores contributed approximately $2,200,622 in revenue during the year ended March 31, 2017. Excluding the RMB depreciation effect, the same store sales actually increased by approximately 0.6% period over period.
Online pharmacy sales decreased by approximately $11,060,985 for the year ended March 31, 2017, or by 41.8% as compared to the year ended March 31, 2016. This decrease was primarily the result of a decline in business referred from Yikatong and a decline in sales made via various e-commerce platforms during the year ended March 31, 2017.
Wholesale revenue increased by $2,911,708, or 25.5%, primarily through the resale of certain products for which our retail stores had prepared large orders to other vendors. Because our retail drugstores achieved large sales quantities for certain brand name merchandise, we were able to negotiate lower than market purchase prices for those items, and as a result, certain vendors who were unable to obtain a better price than ours will purchase those items from us, resulting in growth in our wholesale sales volumes.
Gross profit decreased by $884,664, or 5.1% period over period, primarily as a result of a decrease in gross profit from online sales, which decreased significantly in the year ended March 31, 2017. At the same time, gross margin increased from 19.7% to 20.4% due to higher retail and wholesale profit margins.
Net loss was $5,644,204, or $0.28 per diluted share, for the year ended March 31, 2017, as compared to net income of $447,156 ,or $0.03 per diluted share, for the year ended March 31, 2016.
The Chairman and CEO of China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Mr. Liu Lei, commented, "Despite a decline in our online pharmacy sales, we managed to not only have increased revenue in our other business segments - retail drugstore sales and wholesale sales - but also have increased our overall gross margin. Through increasing medical service prices at public hospitals and demanding a lower percentage of revenue from drug sales at hospital, China medical reform continues to push drug sales from public hospitals to other retail outlets such as retail pharmacies. As public hospitals in China dominate the retail sale of prescription drugs that was estimated to have annual gross sales volume over US $150 billion (one trillion RMB) in 2016, we anticipate that drugstores will continue to benefit from the reform. Additionally, we are implementing strategies to increase our online pharmacy sales, including increasing online drug and health products sales referred by large commercial health insurance providers."
"I am pleased to report that we now have a record number of retail pharmacies, which stood at 67 as of March 31, 2017. Our growth strategy includes opening and acquiring additional retail stores (chain) in fiscal year 2018 and employing tactics to grow our online pharmacy sales to help us continue to expand our market share and remain a leading player in the physical retail and e-commerce pharmacy businesses in China," Mr. Liu concluded.
| CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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| March 31, |
March 31, |
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| 2017 |
2016 |
|||||||
| ASSETS |
||||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS |
||||||||
| Cash |
$ |
18,364,424 |
$ |
6,671,873 |
||||
| Restricted cash |
9,431,386 |
13,747,990 |
||||||
| Financial assets available for sale |
87,068 |
465,165 |
||||||
| Notes receivable |
253,394 |
15,506 |
||||||
| Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,415,505 and |
8,561,596 |
8,054,597 |
||||||
| Inventories |
9,923,101 |
10,802,691 |
||||||
| Other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $26,854 and $28,405, as |
2,269,193 |
1,376,468 |
||||||
| Advances to suppliers, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,502,255 and |
5,504,141 |
4,230,665 |
||||||
| Other current assets |
1,566,155 |
1,518,048 |
||||||
| Total current assets |
55,960,458 |
46,883,003 |
||||||
| PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net |
4,263,157 |
5,543,076 |
||||||
| OTHER ASSETS |
||||||||
| Long-term investment |
46,152 |
108,539 |
||||||
| Farmland assets |
718,787 |
1,562,205 |
||||||
| Long term deposits |
2,294,848 |
2,452,056 |
||||||
| Other noncurrent assets |
1,177,005 |
2,595,129 |
||||||
| Intangible assets, net |
2,712,611 |
2,928,779 |
||||||
| Total other assets |
6,949,403 |
9,646,708 |
||||||
| Total assets |
$ |
67,173,018 |
$ |
62,072,787 |
||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCK HOLDERS' EQUITY |
||||||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES |
||||||||
| Short-term loan payable |
$ |
- |
$ |
31,011 |
||||
| Accounts payable, trade |
19,441,195 |
16,667,396 |
||||||
| Notes payable |
12,691,575 |
17,595,634 |
||||||
| Other payables |
2,916,283 |
1,917,821 |
||||||
| Other payables - related parties |
927,052 |
2,199,775 |
||||||
| Customer deposits |
2,675,030 |
2,610,151 |
||||||
| Taxes payable |
681,939 |
483,770 |
||||||
| Accrued liabilities |
679,350 |
615,056 |
||||||
| Total current liabilities |
40,012,424 |
42,120,614 |
||||||
| Purchase option and warrants liability |
496,217 |
636,301 |
||||||
| Total liabilities |
40,508,641 |
42,756,915 |
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| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
||||||||
| STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
||||||||
| Common stock; $0.001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 25,214,678 and |
25,215 |
17,736 |
||||||
| Preferred stock; $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; nil issued and |
- |
- |
||||||
| Additional paid-in capital |
36,581,248 |
22,088,267 |
||||||
| Statutory reserves |
1,309,109 |
1,309,109 |
||||||
| Accumulated deficit |
(12,601,257) |
(6,957,053) |
||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income |
1,350,062 |
2,857,813 |
||||||
| Total stockholders' equity |
26,664,377 |
19,315,872 |
||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
$ |
67,173,018 |
$ |
62,072,787 |
||||
| CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) |
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| For the years ended |
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| 2017 |
2016 |
|||||||
| REVENUES, NET |
$ |
81,499,045 |
$ |
89,065,580 |
||||
| COST OF GOODS SOLD |
64,872,127 |
71,553,998 |
||||||
| GROSS PROFIT |
16,626,918 |
17,511,582 |
||||||
| SELLING EXPENSES |
12,923,192 |
12,360,872 |
||||||
| GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES |
7,684,862 |
5,175,476 |
||||||
| TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES |
20,608,054 |
17,536,348 |
||||||
| LOSS FROM OPERATIONS |
(3,981,136) |
(24,766) |
||||||
| INTEREST INCOME |
379,790 |
299,511 |
||||||
| INTEREST EXPENSE |
(1,349) |
(155,578) |
||||||
| OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET |
19,888 |
(187,468) |
||||||
| IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS |
(2,117,042) |
- |
||||||
| CHANGE IN FAIR VALUE OF PURCHASE OPTION AND WARRANTS |
140,032 |
612,198 |
||||||
| (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
(5,559,817) |
543,897 |
||||||
| PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES |
84,387 |
96,741 |
||||||
| NET (LOSS) INCOME |
(5,644,204) |
447,156 |
||||||
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS |
||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments |
(1,507,751) |
(1,114,730) |
||||||
| COMPREHENSIVE LOSS |
(7,151,955) |
(667,574) |
||||||
| WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES: |
||||||||
| Basic |
20,396,217 |
16,096,406 |
||||||
| Diluted |
20,396,217 |
16,147,505 |
||||||
| (LOSS) EARNINGS PER SHARES: |
||||||||
| Basic |
$ |
(0.28) |
$ |
0.03 |
||||
| Diluted |
$ |
(0.28) |
$ |
0.03 |
||||
| CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
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| Accumulated |
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| Common Stock |
Retained Earnings |
other |
Non- |
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| Number of |
Paid-in |
Statutory |
comprehensive |
controlling |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| shares |
Amount |
capital |
reserves |
Unrestricted |
income/(loss) |
interest |
Total |
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| BALANCE, March 31, 2015 |
15,650,504 |
$ |
15,651 |
19,301,233 |
1,309,109 |
(7,404,210) |
3,972,543 |
39,064 |
$ |
17,233,390 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock based compensation |
885,000 |
885 |
1,021,906 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1,022,791 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income |
- |
- |
- |
- |
447,157 |
- |
- |
447,157 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered direct |
1,200,000 |
1,200 |
1,765,128 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1,766,328 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(1,114,730) |
(39,064) |
(1,153,794) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BALANCE, March 31, 2016. |
17,735,504 |
$ |
17,736 |
22,088,267 |
1,309,109 |
(6,957,053) |
2,857,813 |
- |
$ |
19,315,872 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock based compensation |
1,690,174 |
1,690 |
2,246,960 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2,248,650 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(5,644,204) |
- |
- |
(5,644,204) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Private direct offering financing |
4,840,000 |
4,840 |
10,643,160 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10,648,000 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stocks |
949,000 |
949 |
1,602,861 |
1,603,810 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(1,507,751) |
(1,507,751) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BALANCE, March 31, 2017. |
25,214,678 |
$ |
25,215 |
36,581,248 |
1,309,109 |
(12,601,257) |
1,350,062 |
- |
$ |
26,664,377 |
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| CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
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| For the years ended |
||||||||
| 2017 |
2016 |
|||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||
| Net income |
$ |
(5,644,204) |
$ |
447,156 |
||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
||||||||
| Bad debt direct write-off and provision |
679,271 |
(1,584,031) |
||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
1,316,747 |
1,456,029 |
||||||
| Impairment of prepayment of lease use right |
1,246,788 |
- |
||||||
| Farmland assets impairment |
761,403 |
|||||||
| Impairment of land and road improvement |
108,851 |
|||||||
| Stock based compensation |
2,248,650 |
1,022,791 |
||||||
| Change in fair value of purchase option derivative liability |
(140,084) |
(612,198) |
||||||
| Change in operating assets: |
||||||||
| Accounts receivable, trade |
(717,386) |
432,677 |
||||||
| Notes receivable |
(244,713) |
118,687) |
||||||
| Inventories and biological assets |
191,564 |
(762,212) |
||||||
| Other receivables |
(773,359) |
(67,778) |
||||||
| Advances to suppliers |
(3,020,156) |
1,329,323 |
||||||
| Other current assets |
(148,983) |
581,847 |
||||||
| Other noncurrent assets |
35,509 |
- |
||||||
| Change in operating liabilities: |
||||||||
| Accounts payable, trade |
3,936,178 |
1,595,739 |
||||||
| Other payables and accrued liabilities |
1,250,755 |
(598,213) |
||||||
| Customer deposits |
237,891 |
(976,138) |
||||||
| Taxes payable |
234,780 |
202,026 |
||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities |
1,559,502 |
2,585,705 |
||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||
| Disposal of financial assets available for sale |
445,968 |
790,845 |
||||||
| Purchase of financial assets available for sale |
(89,194) |
- |
||||||
| Acquisition of equipment |
(140,209) |
(192,937) |
||||||
| Termination of a joint venture |
104,059 |
- |
||||||
| Investment in a joint venture |
(96,180) |
(110,718) |
||||||
| Additions to leasehold improvements |
(270,990) |
(57,382) |
||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
(46,546) |
429,808 |
||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
||||||||
| Proceeds from short-term bank loan |
- |
23,258 |
||||||
| Repayment of short-term bank loan |
(29,731) |
(23,258) |
||||||
| Change in restricted cash |
3,519,030 |
(5,319,861) |
||||||
| Proceeds from notes payable |
24,577,096 |
21,657,140 |
||||||
| Repayment of notes payable |
(28,445,215) |
(18,956,792) |
||||||
| Changes in other payables-related parties |
375,659 |
(481,879) |
||||||
| Proceeds from sale of stock and warrants |
10,648,000 |
2,699,500 |
||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
10,644,839 |
(401,892) |
||||||
| EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON CASH |
(465,244) |
34,671 |
||||||
| INCREASE IN CASH |
11,692,551 |
2,648,292 |
||||||
| CASH, beginning of year |
6,671,873 |
4,023,581 |
||||||
| CASH, end of year |
$ |
18,364,424 |
$ |
6,671,873 |
||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: |
||||||||
| Cash paid for interest |
$ |
1,349 |
$ |
155,578 |
||||
| Cash paid for income taxes |
$ |
57,247 |
$ |
78,550 |
||||
| Issuance of common stocks in exchange of debts |
$ |
1,603,810 |
$ |
- |
||||
| Non-cash financing activities: |
||||||||
| Issuance of stock purchase options to an investment bank |
147,728 |
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Use of non-GAAP financial measures
To supplement China Jo-Jo's consolidated financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, China Jo-Jo uses the following measures defined as non-GAAP financial measures by the SEC: net income (loss) excluding share-based compensation expenses and change in fair value of derivative liabilities, and diluted net income (loss) per share excluding share-based compensation expenses and change in the fair value of derivatives liabilities. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
China Jo-Jo believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance and liquidity by excluding share-based compensation expenses and change in fair value of derivative liabilities that may not be indicative of its operating performance from a cash perspective. China Jo-Jo believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance and when planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to China Jo-Jo's historical performance and liquidity. China Jo-Jo computes its non-GAAP financial measures using the same consistent method from quarter to quarter. China Jo-Jo believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. A limitation of using these non-GAAP measures is that they exclude share-based compensation and change in fair value of derivative liabilities charge that has been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense in our business. Management compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from each non-GAAP measure. The table under the heading Reconciliation to non-GAAP Financial Measures in the beginning of the release has more details on the reconciliations between GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures.
About China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc.
China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc., is a leading China-based pharmacy that engages in retail, wholesale and online distribution and sales of pharmaceutical and health care products, including through its online and retail pharmacies. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had 67 retail pharmacies in Zhejiang Province. The Company's wholesale subsidiary supplies its retail stores and distributes drug and healthcare products to other drugstores and drug vendors. For more information, please visit: www.jiuzhou-drugstore.com (Chinese) and www.chinajojodrugstores.com (English). The Company routinely provides important information on its website.
Forward Looking Statement
Statements in this press release regarding the Company that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future events or results to differ materially from such statements. Any such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, financial guidance, are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe," "expect," "estimate," "may," "will," "should," "project," "plan," "seek," "intend," "anticipate," the negatives thereof, or comparable terminology. Such statements typically involve risks and uncertainties and may include financial projections or information regarding the progress of new product development. It is routine for the Company's internal projections and expectations to change as the quarter and year progresses, and therefore it should be clearly understood that the internal projections and beliefs upon which the Company bases its expectations may change. Although these expectations may change, the Company is under no obligation to inform you if they do. Actual results could differ materially from the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors, including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions in the People's Republic of China, variations in cash flow, reliance on collaborative retail partners and on new product development, variations in new product development, risks associated with rapid technological change, and the potential of introduced or undetected flaws and defects in products. Readers are referred to the reports and documents filed from time to time by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of these and other important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in forward-looking statements. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.
Investor Relations Contact:
Steve Liu
steve.liu@jojodrugstores.com
Frank Zhao
86-571-88077108
frank.zhao@jojodrugstores.com
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