1-800-Flowers Needs More Bloom
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1-800 Flowers.com (FLWS) announced earnings early Thursday morning and told the world that they increased the net income by 212% and EBITDA by 28%. All this was achieved with only a 2.7% increase in revenues for the quarter. The strong growth was mainly attributable to the company’s BloomNet Wire Service.
This all sounds like a gangbuster announcement until you realize that the net profit is only $3.3 million. So any change is huge, percentage-wise.
What is also disconcerting is
that BloomNet as a percentage of overall revenues is still relatively
modest. It’s great that they are doing well. But management needs to
talk more extensively about the core business and where it is going.
There have been changes in receivables and inventories as well as significant changes in deferred income tax which should be commented on. The cash position increased dramatically and the revolving line of credit was not in use.
This is all very good news, and investors deserve to have more information on what is going on to achieve these results.
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