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Press Release Source: Solar EnerTech Corp.
Solar EnerTech Announces Fiscal 2008 Third Quarter Financial Results Thursday August 14, 4:00 pm ET -- Fiscal 3Q08 Revenue Increases 577% to $10.3 Million Compared to 3Q07 -- -- 3Q08 Sequential Revenue Increases 194% from 2Q08 --
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOEN - News; the "Company") today announced results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008.
ADVERTISEMENT For the fiscal 2008 third quarter ended June 30, 2008, total revenue increased 577% to $10.3 million compared to $1.5 million in the third quarter of the prior year period. This performance also exceeded the Company's original third quarter 2008 guidance of $8.5 million to $9.5 million published on April 25, 2008. On a quarterly sequential basis, fiscal third quarter revenue increased 194%, or $6.8 million to $10.3 million, compared to $3.5 million in the fiscal 2008 second quarter period. Revenue for the fiscal 2008 third quarter was comprised of approximately $9 million of sales of the Company's solar modules and approximately $1.3 million of contract manufacturing revenue. For the contract manufacturing arrangement, silicon wafers were provided by the customer and Solar EnerTech produced solar modules based on the customer's specifications.
The Company recorded a gross margin of $37,000 for the third quarter 2008 compared to $10,000 in the same quarter 2007. The increase in gross margin in the third quarter 2008 was primarily attributable to sales of the Company's solar modules compared to the prior year period when gross margin primarily resulted from the resale of raw materials.
Selling, general and administrative expense for the three months ended June 30, 2008 decreased 43% to $1.6 million from $2.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007. The selling, general and administrative expense included stock-based compensation expense related to employee options of $0.5 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Excluding stock-based compensation expense, our selling, general & administrative costs increased by approximately $0.4 million largely from increases in professional fees, the number of employees added as we grow our business, and increased sales and marketing activities.
Total operating expense for the fiscal 2008 third quarter was $3.3 million compared to $2.8 million in the prior year period. In the 2008 third quarter, the Company incurred $2.1 million in non-cash expenses which consisted of a non-cash loss on debt extinguishment of $1.5 million related to the conversion of convertible notes into common stock and a $0.6 million non-cash stock-based compensation expense as described above. Non-cash stock compensation charges for the third quarter of 2007 were $2.1 million. Excluding these non-cash charges of $2.1 million in both the fiscal third quarter of 2008 and 2007, operating expense on a non-GAAP basis, for the third quarter of 2008 was $1.2 million, or 12% of sales, compared to $0.7 million, or 47% of sales, in the prior year third quarter period.
The Company incurred interest expense charges of $238,000 in the third fiscal quarter of 2008, primarily associated with Series A and B convertible notes. It also recorded gains of $107,000 on the change in fair market value of warrant liability.
Net loss for the fiscal 2008 third quarter was $3.5 million. Diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of both 2008 and 2007 showed a loss of ($0.03).
As of June 30, 2008, the Company had $2.7 million in cash, $2.6 million of accounts receivables, $5.0 million of prepayments primarily for purchase of raw materials, as well as $9.3 million of inventories on hand. Additionally, the Company had $2.3 million of accounts payable and accrued liabilities and $4 million of accounts payable and accrued liabilities due to related parties.
Mr. Leo Young, Chief Executive Officer of Solar EnerTech commented, ''We continue to make steady progress in our business and are pleased with the better than expected increase in revenues during our fiscal third quarter. We saw strong demand from our key customer 'Sky Solar' during the quarter. Other customers we shipped to during the quarter were in Australia, Germany, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. Ongoing margin improvement remains a high priority for our business. Our gross margin was positive this quarter and we believe we can continue to show improvement in this area of our operations. During the third quarter of 2008, approximately 36% of our solar cell modules were manufactured using internally produced solar cells which improved our margin performance, but still resulted in higher manufacturing costs due to relatively low manufacturing volume. For our upcoming fiscal fourth quarter, we expect to produce nearly all of our modules using our own cells further increasing our manufacturing volume and improving our gross margin.
We continue to focus on the highest quality of solar cell and module products for growing our customer base and view this as a differentiating factor for our company. In fact, one of our largest customers recently commented on the superiority of our branded SolarE products compared to the other vendors they use. Our product quality has benefitted significantly from our research & development effort as well as from the experienced individuals we have brought on board over the past year.
As part of our efforts to improve the quality and reputation of our solar cell products, we were also pleased to have recently secured our VDE certification which allows us to develop additional new business opportunities in the European marketplace. We plan to continue to enhance our profile and further expand our international presence by securing additional certifications, including UL and CSA certifications. As we enter into the second half of the calendar year, we remain on plan with our goal to complete our second cell production line by year end. Doing so will allow us to double our solar cell production capacity to 50MW. We also are in ongoing discussions with various suppliers in China and abroad regarding a long-term polysilicon supply contract. We expect doing so will allow us to reduce our short term polysilicon supply contracts, eliminate our need for spot market purchases and thus beneficially impact our overall margin performance. Increased global demand for highly efficient, state-of-the-art solar cells and modules continues to provide our business with very compelling growth opportunity ahead. We are encouraged with our opportunities and believe our fiscal fourth quarter revenue results have the ability to exceed our third quarter performance and believe that our gross margin will continue to show steady improvement,'' concluded Young.
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