Flotek Industries Inc Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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May 21, 2010
Flotek Industries Inc (FTK, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-03-31.

Flotek Industries Inc has a market cap of $31.4 million; its shares were traded at around $1.34 with and P/S ratio of 0.4.

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Interest expense and loss on extinguishment of debt was $5.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 versus $3.7 million in 2009. The increase was primarily related to realization of $1.0 million of unamortized transaction costs associated with the refinancing and subsequent extinguishment of the Companys term loan with Wells Fargo as well as $0.4 million paid to Wells Fargo in settlement of the Companys interest rate swap in March 2010.

Chemicals and Logistics revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 was $13.1 million, a decrease of $4.1 million, or 24.0%, compared to $17.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The decrease in Chemicals and Logistics revenue was due to less favorable price, volume and product mix economics. Pricing pressures drove customers to lower priced products resulting in a 12% decrease in average sales dollars per units sold. The Chemical and Logistics segment was also impacted by a 19% reduction in volume of unit sales. Low natural gas prices continue to contribute to a business environment of cost cutting and discounting of well completion products and services.

Drilling Products revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 was $12.9 million, a decrease of $5.4 million, or 29.4%, compared to $18.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The quarter to quarter decrease in revenue as compared to 2009 was primarily due to decreased demand for products and services as targeted customers, exploration and production companies, continued to explore other alternatives to reduce drilling costs. Reductions in volume were experienced in all product lines and nearly all products; with the majority being, the motor lines and Teledrift lines. An oversupply of tools available for rent or sale by the Company and in the market due to the economic slowdown also contributed to pricing pressures which reduced revenue on a per-rental basis.

Artificial Lift revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 were $2.3 million, a decrease of $2.8 million, or 54.3%, compared to $5.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The majority of Artificial Lift revenues were derived from coalbed methane (CBM) drilling. CBM drilling activity is highly correlated to the price of natural gas and as the price of natural gas decreased throughout most of 2009 and has remained depressed, drilling activity slowed considerably, resulting in a reduction in the volume of units sold in 2010. Gross margin decreased $0.7 million primarily due to reductions in revenue as cost containment improved the gross margin percentage by 1.5%.

Income from operations decreased $0.6 million to $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2010 from $0.8 million in the first quarter of 2009. The majority of this decrease was driven by revenue reduction. Although, field indirect costs decreased by 28% over the same first quarter period in 2009, sales costs as a percentage of revenue were higher.

Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $28.4 million, an increase of $3.8 million, or 15.4%, compared to $24.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009. Revenue increased in all three of our segments as rig activity in North America began to improve in the early part of 2010 with higher gas price forecasts. Drilling Products revenue increased 21.7% and Chemicals and Logistics revenue increased 12.9% on a sequential basis over the previous quarter. Consolidated gross margin increased $1.2 million to $8.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to $6.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009. Gross margin as a percentage of sales improved to 28.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2010 from 27.9% for the three months ended December 31, 2009, as the Company successfully implemented targeted price increases in selected products. Loss from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $3.7 million, a decrease of $1.9 million, compared to the loss from operations of $5.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2009.

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