AMMO, Inc. (Nasdaq: POWW) (“AMMO” or the “Company”), a premier
American ammunition and munition components manufacturer and
technology leader, is pleased to provide a link to the transcript
and summary excerpts of the Q&A session from the Company’s
Fiscal 2021 Earnings call held on June 29, 2021.
Replay:
https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/hFa3FRFAvO
Fiscal 2022 is positioned to be transformative
in AMMO’s opinion, with revenue and earnings per share increasing
significantly as the Company continues to deploy resources to
solidify and enhance 2021’s trajectory through this Fiscal
Year.
EXCERPTSQ&A
session:
Matthew
Koranda
Got it. Okay. Maybe one more from me, and then
I'll turn it over to take turns here. But just in terms of
GunBroker, now that it's been brought on-line, wanted to get an
update from you guys on maybe priorities in terms of what you see
as some of the first add-on product lines you can bring to that?
Obviously, I think in the past we've talked about the potential to
be able to put ammunition through that platform, but there's also
additional low-hanging fruit that we've talked about as well in
terms of payments and financing and whatnot, and you guys have put
some press releases out around that. But maybe you could just talk
a little bit about the priority lists and where you see that
headed.
Rob Goodmanson
Well, you're talking, you're hitting some of the
priorities right there. We are, with GunBroker being the world's
leading online marketplace, we are going to leverage that
marketplace. Got 6 million plus active users, and we really want to
enhance the customer experience, and I think one of the best ways
to do that is really to host additional product offerings and add
it to our lines.
One of the things we'll do, of course we talked
about ammunition, seems like a low hanging fruit, but ammunition
was only approximately 3% of their sales last year at GunBrokers.
We feel that by going direct to the customer we can really drive
revenues for GunBroker.
On top of that, I think you're going to see a
number of financing options come available to our users. This
conversion is going to help with the retention. I believe they're
going to help us with retention. It's also going to grow the
average ticket size. Up until this point it's been pretty much an
ACH thing, so I think you're going to see financing options are
going to be well received with that company.
Matthew
Koranda
Okay, got it. I lied, I’m going to do one more
and then I'll get back in queue, I promise on this one. But just
wanted to get a quick update from you guys just in terms of now
that you have GunBroker under the umbrella, so to speak, maybe talk
a little bit about what you're seeing in terms of just consumer
demand trends and how GMV has trended there. I know it's been
running at a relatively elevated rate over the last several months,
but just wanted to see, has that changed in any material way in
recent weeks or months, and how do you see that trending for the
rest of this fiscal year, if you could?
Rob Wiley
Hey Matt, this is Rob Wiley.
GMV in 2020 was a record-setting year. In 2021,
we're seeing GMV actually outpacing the prior year record-setting
year. For the remainder of the year, we're not seeing any
indication of slowing in that. We're very excited of the year to
come.
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Mark Smith
I think the last one from me is just, as we look
at government military contracts, you've had some good
announcements on that business, but how do you guys weigh, with
your capacity, a military contract versus consumer ammunition? What
are the margins like, and do you have capacity to be able to take
on new contracts this year?
Rob Goodmanson
Let's break that into a couple of different
answers.
We put a team together a few years ago to work
in the military and the allied and the import business. Prior to
even getting anything, we started to actually acquire equipment
that were MilSpec-grade manufacturing. That was before we had any
of the contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense. I will say
that that probably helped us secure those contracts, as far as
their requirements for performance and volume. But when it comes to
the capacity, this team have done a fabulous job in moving in
within the military machine, if you will. But for this Company,
we're not going to go pursue or go under any contract with the U.S.
military or military branches of an allied nation unless we're
confident that we can perform and supply at a world-class level in
all respects. We're not going to be everything to everybody, but we
do have a few products that—well, we think that there's a lot of
things we can't talk about, but some of the potential opportunities
with the Armor Piercing and the Streak applications, we think that
future is very bright moving forward.
Mark Smith
Okay. That's great. That hits the point that you
guys have always been focused more so on innovation and being
differentiated rather than just selling plain ammunition. As we
look forward, is that still the goal? It sounds like, as you guys
are transitioning from just a manufacturer of ammunition to
specialty ammunition, proprietary products and really now more
technology company, maybe more so than just manufacturer.
Rob Goodmanson
Yes. So far it's working very well for us, and
we don't see any reason to change what we try to do. We want to be
a disrupter. You can call us whatever you'd like. But it's
antiquated, need to change it. I think the e-commerce platform is a
solid move that way, on top of our product line.
Fred Wagenhals
Mark, this is Fred. I don't think we're ever
going to be a company that's going to be a little white box on the
shelf with some red or blue lettering on it, selling at the
cheapest price. It's not going to be us.
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Brandon
Beylo
I know I said that was it, but I do have one
more question. When it comes to the margin expansion, I know you
guys are starting to see a lot of that operational leverage kick in
now; on a percentage basis, where do you guys think you're at in
terms of realizing full operational leverage capability? Are you
70% of the way there, 60% of the way they, or is it too early to
call at this point?
Rob Wiley
Hey Brandon, this is Rob Wiley. I'm going to
answer this in a little bit of a roundabout way. But our margins
are growing rapidly, as you can see from our financial statements,
and we expect them to do so in this next fiscal year, with the
addition of GunBroker. Historically, they were kicking off gross
margins at approximately 87%. With the growth in the margins we've
had just from the loading operations over the past year, we've been
able to increase our margins by 170% in the next fiscal year.
To answer part two of your question, we really
look at the revenue mix of our next fiscal year broken out
one-third to GunBroker and two-thirds to our loaded ammo
operations. We previously announced guidance of $190 million.
Fred Wagenhals
The other thing that I say makes a big
difference there, now that we've acquired GunBroker, we're not just
a manufacturing company anymore, making ammo. We're in the
marketplace.
Brandon
Beylo
Do you think at some point you guys are going to
eventually see maybe the public market think of you and maybe even
re-rate you as more of a marketplace business than just a commodity
producer?
Fred Wagenhals
Yes, I think they are. Yes.
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Michael Dwyer
Hi guys, thanks for taking my call.
Rob, where do you see gross profit margin over
the coming fiscal year? If you could give some color around the
segmentation of that, that would be helpful.
Rob Wiley
Hi Mike, and thank you. We could grow—our gross
margin's increasing rapidly. As I mentioned previously,
GunBroker.com historically have kicked off margins of approximately
87%, and with our margins continuing to grow due to our scale,
we're very excited at the potential increases that we expect to see
throughout this next fiscal year.
Michael Dwyer
I've heard the word marketplace mentioned a few
times by Fred and you in your introductory comments. How do you see
that going forward? Should the Street look at this from a re-rating
standpoint?
Rob Goodmanson
Hi Mike, this is Rob Goodmanson. I think the
Street is starting to realize really what we're doing here. Part of
our plan was not to be just a straight manufacturing company. The
marketplace is the place to be, this is a new way to do it, and I
think that they will actually see, as the numbers come out moving
forward, this year and next year, the year after that, that we will
carry a different valuation than a manufacturing company.
Fred Wagenhals
Mike, this is Fred. I've been asked this
question a lot, and my answer is, we did not buy GunBroker to just
be GunBroker. We bought it because we knew we could put other stuff
on that product line. My past experience with Action Performance,
you saw what I did there, we just didn't have a little die-cast car
or T-shirt, we probably had 160 SKUs before it was over. The plan
is to grow GunBroker.
About AMMO, Inc.
With its corporate offices headquartered in
Scottsdale, Arizona. AMMO designs and manufactures products for a
variety of aptitudes, including law enforcement, military, sport
shooting and self-defense. The Company was founded in 2016 with a
vision to change, innovate and invigorate the complacent munitions
industry. AMMO promotes branded munitions as well as its patented
STREAK™ Visual Ammunition, /stelTH/™ subsonic munitions, and armor
piercing rounds for military use. For more information, please
visit: www.ammo-inc.com.
About GunBroker.com
As an AMMO subsidiary, GunBroker.com is the
largest online marketplace dedicated to firearms, hunting, shooting
and related products. Aside from merchandise bearing its logo,
GunBroker.com currently sells none of the items listed on its
website. Third-party sellers list items on the site and Federal and
state laws govern the sale of firearms and other restricted items.
Ownership policies and regulations are followed using licensed
firearms dealers as transfer agents. Launched in 1999,
GunBroker.com is an informative, secure and safe way to buy and
sell firearms, ammunition, air guns, archery equipment, knives and
swords, firearms accessories and hunting/shooting gear online.
GunBroker.com promotes responsible ownership of guns and firearms.
For more information, please visit: www.gunbroker.com.
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Investor Contact:Rob Wiley,
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