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News Release
For
Immediate Release - June 29, 2004
Company Web Site: www.capsource-financial.com
CapSource
Financial Announces Consolidated Revenues for the Second
Quarter Increased 26.0%; Net Loss Further Reduced
(Boulder, Colorado) - CapSource Financial, Inc. announced that its consolidated
net sales and rental income for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004
increased 26.0% to $1,401,955 compared with $1,112,437 for the comparable
period last year. President and CEO Fred Boethling noted that the growth
was made up of two components: trailer sales income of $1,232,810, which
grew by 37.1%, offset by lease/rental income of $153,216, which declined
12.4%.
According to Boethling, growth in trailer sales was driven by our
expanding sales efforts in Mexico. In January 2003, we intensified our
focus on developing our sales infrastructure by
opening a new trailer sale and storage facility in a strategic area of
Mexico City, significantly
improving customer awareness of our operations and our products. It would
seem our efforts are
beginning to pay off.
Boethling further noted that, we believe that the new facility,
which became fully operational in the second half of 2003, strengthened
our capacity to respond more rapidly to our customers. Boethling
said, as we directed our working capital towards increased sales,
we reduced our equipment lease portfolio by approximately 14.6% compared
to the second quarter of last year, with the resulting decline in lease/rental
income.
For the six months ended June 30, 2004, consolidated net sales and rental
income increased 45.0% to $2,728,071, compared to $1,881,062 in the same
period last year. This increase was a result of increased trailer sales,
partially offset by reduced lease/rental income.
Gross margin consists of net sales and rental income less cost of sales
and operating leases. For the second quarter ended June 30, 2004, gross
margin increased 65.4% to $165,116 compared with $99,832 for the same
period last year, as a result of higher net trailer sales and reduced
lease/rental operating costs in 2004. For the six months ended June 30,
2004, gross margin
increased 39.9% to $347,299 compared with $248,209 for the same period
last year. This
improvement resulted primarily from the increase in consolidated net trailer
sales.
According to Boethling, we recognized a net loss of $417,961 or
$0.04 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004, compared
with a net loss of $464,943, or $0.06 per
diluted share, for the same period last year. The reduction in net loss
was due to higher net sales and gross margins, coupled with reduced interest
expense, and partially offset by an increase in selling, general and administrative
expenses which increased due to the added costs associated with our new
sales and service facility.
For the six months ended June 30, 2004, the Company reported a net loss
was $724,926, or
$0.07 per diluted share for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004, compared
with a net loss of
$885,511, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the same period last year. This
reduction in net loss was due to higher net sales and gross margins, coupled
with reduced interest expense, and partially offset by an increase in
selling, general and administrative expenses.
About CapSource
Financial, Inc.
CapSource Financial, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 to take advantage
of the 1994 North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the increased economic activity
that NAFTA
triggered when the world's largest free trade area was created by linking
406 million people in
Mexico, the U.S. and Canada producing more than $11 trillion worth of
goods and services or about one-third of the worlds total GDP. After
ten years, NAFTA has been a huge success. Mexico is now the United States'
second largest trading partner. Total trade among the three NAFTA countries
has grown to $1.7 billion in goods crossing the borders each day. U.S.
trade with Mexico has increased nearly 500 percent from $48 billion
to $239 billion since the passage of NAFTA. The vast majority of this
trade moves by truck.
For Additional Information Contact: CapSource: Fred Boethling at (888)
574-6744 or CEOcast:
Ken Sgro (212) 732-4300; Visit the companys website: www.capsource-financial.com.
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