Allied Healthcare Earns Modest Profit in Tight Market

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May 06, 2011, 06:15 ET

ST. LOUIS, May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With tight budgets continuing to constrain its healthcare markets, Allied Healthcare Products (Nasdaq: AHPI) reported a modest profit in the third quarter of fiscal year 2011 and further improvement in its year-over-year performance.

Net income for the quarter ending March 31, was about $60,000, or 1 cent per basic and diluted share, compared to $37,000, or zero cents per share, for the previous year's quarter. For the first three quarters of the fiscal year, net income was about $90,000, or 1 cent per basic and diluted share, versus a loss of $685,000, or negative 9 cents per share, for the previous year's first three quarters.

Sales were essentially flat. For the third quarter, sales totaled about $11.3 million, slightly below the $11.6 million of the prior year's quarter. For the first three quarters of the fiscal year, sales were about $34.7 million, about $300,000 above the previous year's level.

Commodity prices for materials such as brass continued to increase in the third quarter. However, Allied offset most of the effect of those increases with cost containment efforts in other areas of the business.

Allied also reduced selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs significantly. In the third quarter, Allied cut SG&A costs by more than $210,000, or about 8 percent, compared to the previous year's third quarter.

"Our customers at all levels face tough budget challenges," said Earl Refsland, Allied president and chief executive officer. "We have managed our company accordingly and are well positioned for a return to more normal markets."

Allied Healthcare Products manufactures a variety of respiratory products used in the healthcare industry in a range of hospital and alternate care settings including sub-acute facilities, home healthcare and emergency medical care. Allied product lines include respiratory care products, medical gas equipment and emergency medical products. Allied products are marketed to hospitals, hospital equipment dealers, hospital construction contractors, home healthcare dealers and emergency medical product dealers.

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	ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.
	CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
		(UNAUDITED)

	Three months ended,		Nine months ended,
	March 31,		March 31,
	2011	2010	2011	2010

Net sales	$11,338,196	$11,627,418	$34,681,610	$34,366,002
Cost of sales	8,729,823	8,781,739	26,712,541	26,172,709
Gross profit	2,608,373	2,845,679	7,969,069	8,193,293


Selling General and administrative expenses	2,494,806	2,705,644	7,780,116	9,197,535
Income (loss) from operations	113,567	140,035	188,953	(1,004,242)


Interest income	(8,150)	(2,956)	(23,692)	(4,403)
Interest expense	-	190	66	2,764
Other, net	24,421	80,791	67,931	103,588
	16,271	78,025	44,305	101,949

Income (loss) before provision for
(benefit from) income taxes	97,296	62,010	144,648	(1,106,191)

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	36,972	24,480	54,966	(420,353)
Net income (loss)	$60,324	$37,530	$89,682	($685,838)

Net income (loss) per share - Basic	$0.01	$0.00	$0.01	($0.09)

Net income (loss) per share - Diluted	$0.01	$0.00	$0.01	($0.09)

Weighted average common shares outstanding - Basic	8,113,434	8,093,386	8,101,643	8,057,890

Weighted average common shares outstanding - Diluted	8,195,174	8,183,907	8,121,042	8,057,890



		ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.
		CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
		(UNAUDITED)

		March 31, 2011	June 30, 2010
ASSETS
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$ 5,802,586	$ 5,263,324
	Accounts receivable, net of allowances
	of $300,000	5,289,283	5,418,253
	Inventories, net	11,215,012	11,155,456
	Income tax receivable	776,581	877,665
	Other current assets	256,765	221,840
	Total current assets	23,340,227	22,936,538
	Property, plant and equipment, net	8,725,413	9,661,395
	Other assets, net	323,899	333,084
	Total assets	$ 32,389,539	$ 32,931,017

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable	$ 1,981,314	$ 1,950,446
	Other accrued liabilities	1,969,594	2,241,259
	Deferred income taxes	423,328	429,699
	Deferred revenue	688,200	688,200
	Total current liabilities	5,062,436	5,309,604

Deferred revenue		286,750	802,900

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders' equity:
	Preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 1,500,000 shares
	authorized; no shares issued and outstanding	-	-
	Series A preferred stock; $0.01 par value; 200,000 shares
	authorized; no shares issued and outstanding	-	-
	Common stock; $0.01 par value; 30,000,000 shares
	authorized; 10,427,878 and 10,396,878 shares issued
	at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively;
	8,124,386 and 8,093,386 shares outstanding at
	March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively	104,279	103,969
	Additional paid-in capital	48,494,770	48,362,922
	Accumulated deficit	(827,268)	(916,950)
	Less treasury stock, at cost; 2,303,492 shares at
	March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2010, respectively	(20,731,428)	(20,731,428)
	Total stockholders' equity	27,040,353	26,818,513
	Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 32,389,539	$ 32,931,017