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PETMED EXPRESS, INC.
QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 24, 2005 AT 8:30 A.M. EDT
Coordinator Welcome to the PetMed Express Inc. doing business as
1-800-PetMeds conference call to review the financial
results for the 2nd fiscal quarter ended on September
30, 2005. Due to Hurricane Wilma, this conference
call has been prerecorded, and there will not be a
question and answer session following the
Founded in 1996, 1-800-PetMeds is America's Largest
Pet Pharmacy, delivering prescription and non-
prescription pet medications, and other health
products for dogs, cats and horses direct to the
consumer. 1-800-PetMeds markets its products through
national television, on-line and direct mail
advertising campaigns, which direct consumers to order
by phone or on the internet, and aim to increase the
recognition of the "1-800-PetMeds" brand name. 1-800-
PetMeds provides an attractive alternative for
obtaining pet medications in terms of convenience,
price, ease of ordering and rapid home delivery.
At this time I would like to turn the call over to the
Company's Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Bruce
B. Rosenbloom I would like to welcome everybody here today. Before
I turn the call over to Mendo Akdag, our Chief
Executive Officer and President, I would like to
remind everyone that the entire conference call will
be listen-only, and there will not be a question and
answer session following the presentation.
Also, certain information that will be included in
this press conference may include forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or the
Securities and Exchange Commission that may involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. These statements
are based on our beliefs, as well as assumptions we
have used based upon information currently available
to us. Because these statements reflect our current
views concerning future events, these statements
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual
future results may vary significantly based on a
number of factors that may cause the actual results or
events to be materially different from future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by
these statements. We have identified various risk
factors associated with our operations in our most
recent annual report and other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Now let me introduce today's speaker, Mendo Akdag,
Chief Executive Officer and President of 1-800-
M. Akdag Welcome and thank you for joining us. Today we will
review the highlights of our financial results. We
will compare our 2nd fiscal quarter and six months
ended on September 30, 2005 to last year's quarter and
six months ended on September 30, 2004.
For the 2nd fiscal quarter ended on September 30, 2005,
sales were $38.7 million compared to sales of $28.8
million for the same period the prior year, an
increase of 34%. For the six months ended on September
30, 2005, sales were $82.3
million compared to $64.0 million for the six months
the prior year, an increase
of 28%. The increase was primarily due to increased
retail reorders, retail new orders and wholesale
sales. It was a hot summer with a favorable
advertising environment. Compared to last year, our
advertising was more efficient and effective and
included more discount offers.
For the 2nd fiscal quarter, Net Income was $2.7
million, or $0.11 diluted per share compared to $1.8
million, or $0.08 diluted per share for the same
quarter the prior year, an increase to net income of
50%. For the six months, net income was $6.3 million,
$0.26 diluted per share compared to $3.6 million,
$0.15 diluted per share a year ago, an increase to net
Retail Reorder sales increased by 33% to $22.9 million
for the quarter compared to retail reorder sales of
$17.2 million for the same quarter the prior year. For
the six months, the reorder sales increased by 31% to
$48.6 million compared to $37.2 million for the same
Retail New order sales increased by 35% to $14.7
million for the quarter compared to $10.9 million for
the same period the prior year. For the six months,
the new order sales increased by 21% to $31.1 mil
compared to $25.8 million for the same period last
Wholesale sales were $1.1 million for the quarter
compared to $600,000 for the same quarter the prior
year. For the six months, wholesale sales were $2.5
million compared to $1.1 million for the same period a
We acquired 208,000 new customers in our 2nd fiscal
quarter compared to 154,000 for the same period the
prior year, and we acquired 425,000 new customers in
the six months compared to 345,000 for the same period
Our average order was approximately $74 for the
quarter, and approximately 55% of our sales were
generated on our web site.
The seasonality in our business is due to the
proportion of flea, tick and heartworm medications in
our product mix. Spring and summer are considered peak