MILWAUKEE, WI — (Marketwire) — 08/30/11 — Koss Corporation (NASDAQ: KOSS), the U.S. based high-fidelity stereo headphone company, has reported its fiscal year end and fourth quarter earnings for the period ended June 30, 2011.
Net sales for the fourth quarter increased by 26.5% to $10,265,532 compared to $8,113,392 in 2010. Net income for the fourth quarter was $1,787,397 compared with a loss of $423,450 for the same quarter last year. Income per share was $0.24 for the fourth quarter compared to a loss per share of $0.05 one year ago.
“We were extremely pleased to complete fiscal year 2011 with a solid increase in net sales,” Michael J. Koss, President and CEO, said here today. “Export sales continued to be strong throughout the year. We hope that our new product and marketing initiatives for fiscal year 2012 will help the Company overcome much of the worldwide economic uncertainty.”
Sales for the year ended June 30, 2011 were $41,518,135 which was 2.3% higher than last year-s $40,598,722. Net income for the year increased to $4,373,331 compared with a loss in 2010 of $3,572,225. Income per share was $0.59 for the year ended June 30, 2011 compared to a loss per share of $0.48 one year ago. Fiscal year 2011 included $826,183 of proceeds for insurance and other recoveries that exceeded the costs for legal fees related to previously reported unauthorized transactions. Fiscal year 2010 included $10,286,988 of unauthorized transactions that occurred from July 2009 through December 2009. In addition, the Company in fiscal year 2010 incurred $1,666,986 of net charges for legal fees as well as other professional fees offset by insurance proceeds related to the unauthorized transactions.
The Company will pay a dividend of $0.06 cents per share on October 14, 2011, to shareholders of record on September 30, 2011.
Koss Corporation markets a complete line of high-fidelity stereo headphones, speaker-phones, computer headsets, telecommunications headsets, active noise canceling stereophones, wireless stereophones, and compact disc recordings of American Symphony Orchestras on the Koss Classics label.
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