On August 13, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a Stock Buy Back Plan to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock up to a maximum value of $2.0 million. Mace’s Board of Directors considers the Company’s current stock price to be undervalued. Mace’s stock price is currently trading under its book value per share as of June 30, 2007 of $3.60. Stock purchases will be made in the open market, if and when management determines to effect purchases. Management may elect not to make purchases or make purchases less than $2.0 million in amount.
Mace narrowed its net loss by approximately $900,000 in the first half of 2007 to $1.9 million, or $(0.13) per share, from a net loss of $2.8 million, or $(0.19) per share, in the first half of 2006.
Total revenues for the first six months of 2007 were $22.7 million, compared to $25.7 million for the same period in 2006. Revenues in the Security Segment decreased by approximately $1.4 million, and car wash and detailing revenues decreased by approximately $1.0 million. The decrease in Security Segment revenues was primarily a result of the inability of some of Mace’s vendors to supply high volume products in a timely manner, increased sales of discontinued and refurbished products at lower prices, and the impact on operations and management of the previously disclosed Florida embezzlement investigation. This decrease in sales was partially offset by growth in revenues in our personal defense and law enforcement aerosol operations. The decrease in our car wash and detailing revenue was primarily the result of the sale of car washes and reduced volumes in our remaining car washes due to an increase in inclement weather.
Gross profit as a percentage of revenues was approximately 23.1% for the first six months of 2007 and 25.3% for the first six months of 2006. Gross profit percentage for 2007 was comprised of 25.5% for the Security Segment and 20.8% for the Car and Truck Wash Segment, and in 2006 this percentage was comprised of 28.2% for the Security Segment and 22.6% for the Car and Truck Wash Segment. The decrease in the Security Segment gross profit was due to the decrease in revenues noted above, a change in customer and product mix and an increase in sales of discontinued and refurbished products at reduced margins. The decrease in the Car and Truck Wash gross profit percentage was principally the result of reduced volumes.
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&Aâ€) expenses for the first six months of 2007 decreased by $114,000, compared to the same period in 2006. Mace’s SG&A expenses for the first six months of 2007 were impacted by several notable cash and non-cash charges. SG&A expenses include $248,000 of legal, consulting and accounting fees in the first six months of 2007 relating to the ongoing immigration investigation, compared to $1.1 million of such expenses in the first six months of 2006. As previously disclosed, the Company determined that our former divisional controller of the Florida Security division embezzled funds from the Company. Included in 2007 SG&A expenses is a charge of $99,000 representing the amounts of funds embezzled in the first quarter ended March 31, 2007 and approximately $300,000 of legal, consulting and accounting fees related to the Florida embezzlement investigation. SG&A expenses also include non-cash charges to compensation expenses for share-based compensation (employee stock options) of $332,000 and $387,000 for the first six months of 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Discontinued operations include the Company’s Arizona car wash region, our Northeast car wash region, and our truck washes. The results of operations for these regions are shown as discontinued operations for financial reporting purposes. These operations generated income of approximately $1.89 million in the first six months of 2007, the majority of which was from gains on the sale of car washes.
Mace narrowed its net loss by approximately $615,000 in the second quarter of 2007 to $1.26 million, or $(0.08) per share, from a net loss of $1.88 million, or $(0.12) per share, in the second quarter of 2006.
Total revenues for the second quarter of 2007 were $11.3 million, compared to $12.6 million for the same period in 2006. Car wash and detailing revenues decreased by approximately $649,000, and Security Segment revenues decreased by approximately $293,000. The decrease in Security Segment revenues was principally the result of the inability of some of Mace’s vendors to supply high volume products in a timely manner, and the impact on operations and management of the Florida embezzlement investigation. This decrease in Security Segment sales was partially offset by growth in revenues in our machine vision camera and video conference equipment operation and our personal defense and law enforcement aerosol operation. The decrease in car wash and detailing revenues was primarily the result of the sale of car washes and reduced volumes in our remaining car washes due to an increase in inclement weather.
Gross profit as a percentage of revenues was approximately 22.0% for the second quarter of 2007 and 24.0% for the second quarter of 2006. Gross profit percentage for 2007 was comprised of 25.5% for the Security Segment and 18.5% for the Car and Truck Wash Segment, and in 2006 this percentage was comprised of 26.6% for the Security Segment and 21.5% for the Car and Truck Wash Segment. The decrease in the Security Segment gross profit was due to the decrease in revenues noted above and a change in customer and product mix. The decrease in the car and truck wash gross profit percentage was principally the result of reduced volumes.
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&Aâ€) expenses for the second quarter of 2007 decreased by $423,000 as compared to the same period in 2006. Mace’s SG&A expenses for the second quarter of 2007 were also impacted by several notable cash and non-cash charges. The decrease in SG&A costs is primarily the result of a decline in legal, consulting and accounting fees related to the ongoing immigration investigation which decreased from $895,000 in the second quarter of 2006 to $117,000 in the second quarter of 2007. Additionally, included in the second quarter of 2007 SG&A expenses is approximately $300,000 of legal, consulting and accounting fees related to the Florida embezzlement investigation. SG&A expenses also included non-cash charges to compensation expense for share-based compensation (employee stock options) of $105,000 and $125,000 for the second quarter of 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Discontinued operations, as defined above, generated income of approximately $600,000 in the second quarter of 2007, which included gains on the sale of car washes of approximately $705,000.
The Company’s net book value was $55 million, or $3.60 per share, at June 30, 2007. In addition, Mace had $74.8 million in total assets, including $20.4 million of cash and short-term investments at June 30, 2007.
