GeoTeam® Note: First quarter 2011 vs. 2010 Adjusted EPS wsa $0.09 vs. $0.12
Zhiguo Fu, Chairman and CEO of Advanced Battery Technologies, said: "We are heartened by the continual growth of our operating income, which demonstrates the success of our expansion efforts. Although the growth of operating income lagged the growth of revenue, due to low margins on our small capacity batteries, our current expectation, is that, in time, the advanced technology and facilities that we acquired from Shenzhen ZQ, along with our established customer list, will allow us to achieve worthwhile margins in the small capacity battery sector. For that reason we expect that the focus of operations at the Dongguan industrial park that we currently have under construction will be in large part on small capacity batteries. This, coupled with our steady growth in the large capacity battery sector, should give us a solid platform from which to build a strong position in the international battery market."
GeoTeam® Note: 2011 vs. 2010 Adjusted EPS
First Quarter: $0.11 vs. $0.10
Analyst 2011 First Quarter Estimate was $0.10
On April 6th, 2011, the Company responded to the allegations made by Variant View Research. Read the response here.
Third Quarter Financial Highlights
Mr. Zhiguo Fu, CEO of ABAT, stated, "We are pleased to report an increase in our revenue attributable to medium and large capacity batteries and electric vehicles. This has been beneficial to the profitability of our overall business. The margins that we are able to achieve in selling larger capacity batteries are significantly greater than the margins we achieve in selling smaller capacity batteries. In order to meet higher demand from both battery and electric scooter markets, the company intends to accelerate growth by both adding more facilities and pursuing acquisition opportunities."
Second Quarter Financial Highlights:
Mr. Zhiguo Fu, CEO of ABAT, stated, "We are pleased with our results during the second quarter. During the quarter, we experienced strong demand in both domestic and international markets for electric and hybrid electric vehicles as individuals and industries switch to alternate forms of transportation. We are still upgrading the capacity of two battery production lines and are aiming to complete the upgrade in the third quarter in order to meet the strong battery demand from customers."
"ABAT is experiencing strong demand in both domestic and international markets for electric and hybrid electric vehicles as individuals and industries switch to alternate forms of transportation. Following the completion of our acquisition of Wuxi ZQ, ABAT now has the manufacturing capability to produce vehicles, batteries and many key vehicle parts, meaning Wuxi and ABAT can produce high quality vehicles with margins that are superior to its competition."
Battery backlog is approximately $53 million as of August 3, 2009, all of which is expected to be delivered in the next 12 months.
Advanced Battery did not address previously stated guidance in its second quarter press release.
Source: GlobeNewswire (August 11, 2009)
Guidance Report:
ABAT issued an SEC 8K filing this morning highlighting details from a recent investor conference call, organized by Rodman & Renshaw. The GeoTeam® has created a GeoManaged® Guidance Table summarizing financial guidance mentioned during the conference call. The guidance appears to be significantly higher than analyst estimates provided by Reuters.
First Quarter 2009 Guidance Ending March
Full Year Fiscal 2009 Guidance Ending December
* The company did not provide EPS guidance. The GeoTeam used the 2008 year end Outstanding Share count of 54.67 million to calculate implied EPS figures.
Source: SEC Form 8K ( April 2, 2009)
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