ARC Group, Inc. Announces Record Q1 2017 Financial Results

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ARC Group, Inc. ARCK, the owner, operator and franchisor of the award-winning Dick's Wings & Grill® concept, announced financial results for its fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017, reporting net income of $206,077 and record revenue of $1,088,796.

Financial Highlights

The Company achieved the following financial results for its fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017:

  • Revenue increased 253% to $1,088,796 for Q1 2017 from $308,615 for Q1 2016.
  • Income from operations was $210,392 during Q1 2017 compared to $121,186 during Q1 2016.
  • Net income and net income per share was $206,077, or $0.03 per share, during Q1 2017 compared to $100,642, or $0.02 per share, during Q1 2016.
  • Cash flows from operating activities increased $115,364 to $202,493 during Q1 2017 from $87,129 during Q1 2016.
  • EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was $217,148 during Q1 2017 compared to 97,727 during Q1 2016.
  • Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was $230,463 during Q1 2017 compared to $134,482 during Q1 2016.

A reconciliation of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis is included in the table below entitled "Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Financial Measures".

"We are very pleased with our financial results for our first fiscal quarter of 2017," stated Richard W. Akam, Chief Executive Officer of ARC Group.  "Our financial results and financial position improved substantially from last year, as we generated earnings of $0.03 per share on record revenue of $1,088,796.  We also generated $202,493 of cash flow from operations, an improvement of more than 130% year-over-year.  This put us in the best cash position that we have been in for several years."

"A significant reason for our improvement was our acquisition of Seediv in December 2016," added Seenu G. Kasturi, President and Chief Financial Officer of ARC Group.  "Seediv, which owns two of our highest grossing Dick's Wings & Grill restaurants, contributed $868,476 of revenue and $118,616 of net income to ARC Group during Q1 2017.  Our results were also helped by an increase in royalties from our franchisees.  Excluding royalties generated by Seediv's restaurants during Q1 2016, which we ceased receiving upon acquiring Seediv, royalties increased almost 15% year-over-year." 

Akam added, "We will continue to focus on growing our legacy Dick's Wings brand and capturing market share.  We intend to support this growth through increases in the number of company-owned and franchised restaurants that we have.  We are also evaluating acquisition opportunities that would provide us with additional brands and offer us product and geographic diversification.  This multi-faceted growth strategy will be the key driver for us throughout the remainder of 2017."

Dick's Wings restaurants are family fun fooderys® where both families and sports fans can go to enjoy a unique restaurant experience from first bite to last call®.  Dick's Wings offers a variety of boldly-flavored menu items highlighted by its award-winning, Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings and hog wings and its Dick's Blingz® boneless chicken wings, for which it boasts 365 mouth-watering flavors.  It also offers customers a variety of fresh sandwiches, burgers, wraps, salads and signature waffle fries.  Guests enjoy these menu items in an elevated sports-themed environment that includes flat screen TVs located throughout each restaurant and children's areas filled with video games and other forms of children's entertainment. 

Dick's Wings is actively offering franchise opportunities in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina.  For more information about Dick's Wings exciting menu offering and locations, and for additional franchising information, please visit www.dickswingsandgrill.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP").  In addition to disclosing financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP, this release also includes non-GAAP EBITDA and non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA data for the periods presented. Management uses non-GAAP financial measures internally for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons.  The Company's management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information to management and investors regarding the performance of the company's core business operations, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making.

These non-GAAP financial measures are not recognized measures for financial statement presentation under U.S. GAAP and do not have standardized meanings.  Accordingly, they may be different from similar non-GAAP financial measures presented by other companies.  These non-GAAP financial measures should only be used to evaluate the Company's results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP financial measures. Investors should consider these non-GAAP financial measures as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, corresponding financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

For the purposes of this press release, the following non-GAAP financial measures have the following meanings:

"EBITDA" means earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and is comprised of net income plus interest (income) / expense and depreciation expense. 

"Adjusted EBITDA" means EBITDA plus stock-based compensation expense and loss from investment in Paradise on Wings.

For further information, please refer to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 4, 2017 and available online at www.sec.gov.

For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, please see the table below entitled "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures".

About ARC Group, Inc.                                                         

ARC Group, Inc., headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, is the owner, operator and franchisor of the Dick's Wings & Grill concept.  Now in its 20th year of operation, Dick's Wings prides itself on its award-winning chicken wings, hog wings and duck wings spun in its signature sauces and seasonings.  It also offers its own proprietary line of craft beers under the name "Dick's Craft Beers".  Dick's Wings has 17 restaurants in Florida and five restaurants in Georgia.  It also has two concession stands at EverBank Field, home of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. 

Safe Harbor Provision

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created thereby.  All statements other than statements of historical fact contained herein, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's future financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives, are forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expects," "intends," "plans," "projects," "estimates," "anticipates," or "believes" or the negative thereof or any variation thereon or similar terminology or expressions.  Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from results proposed in such statements.  Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can provide no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct.  Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include, but are not limited to, those factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and its other filings and submissions with the SEC.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.  Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

 

 ARC Group, Inc. 

 Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) 








 March 31, 


 December 31, 



2017


2016






Assets










Cash and cash equivalents

$               270,133


$                 50,923


Restricted cash and cash equivalents

30,196


-


Accounts receivable, net

48,976


67,395


Accounts receivable, net – related party

3,280


14,568


Other receivables, net

13,067


-


Inventory

49,318


45,250


Notes receivable, net

43,602


63,742


Interest receivable, net

376


838


Other current assets

19,363


1,806







     Total current assets

478,311


244,522







Notes receivable, net of current portion

15,472


29,379


Property and equipment, net

87,541


80,948


Other assets

2,930


-







          Total assets

$               584,254


$               354,849






Liabilities and stockholders' deficit










Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$               731,744


$               735,331


Accounts payable and accrued expenses – related party

20,097


98,434


Accrued interest

6,558


2,594


Ad fund liability

27,067


-


Settlement agreements payable

256,504


253,724


Accrued legal settlement

150,035


148,105


Notes payable – in default

7,000


7,000


Notes payable – related party

289,224


232,572


Contingent consideration

20,897


20,897


Other current liabilities

4,640


5,096







     Total current liabilities

1,513,766


1,503,753







          Total liabilities

1,513,766


1,503,753






Stockholders' deficit:










Class A common stock – $0.01 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized,





     6,647,464 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2017 and





     December 31, 2016 

66,475


66,475


Additional paid-in capital

3,747,953


3,747,953


Stock subscriptions payable

213,178


199,863


Accumulated deficit

(4,957,118)


(5,163,195)







     Total stockholders' deficit

(929,512)


(1,148,904)







          Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit

$               584,254


$               354,849

 

 

 ARC Group, Inc. 

 Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) 








 For the Three Months Ended 



March 31, 2017


March 31, 2016






Revenue:





Restaurant sales

$                 868,476


$                           -


Franchise and other revenue

177,302


134,833


Franchise and other revenue – related party

43,018


173,782






Total net revenue

1,088,796


308,615






Operating expenses:





Restaurant operating costs:





    Cost of sales

283,006


-


    Labor

268,479


-


    Occupancy

30,715


-


    Other operating expenses

170,052


-


Professional fees

25,620


36,160


Employee compensation expense

85,323


130,408


General and administrative expenses

15,209


20,861






Total operating expenses

878,404


187,429






Income from operations

210,392


121,186






Other expense:





Interest income / (expense)

(7,925)


2,915


Loss from investment in Paradise on Wings

-


(24,323)


Other income

3,610


864






Total other expense

(4,315)


(20,544)






Net income

$                 206,077


$                 100,642






Net income per share – basic and fully diluted

$                       0.03


$                       0.02






Weighted average number of shares 





outstanding – basic and fully diluted

6,647,464


6,591,679

 

 

 ARC Group, Inc. 

 Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited) 






Table 1: EBITDA











 For the Three Months Ended March 31, 



2017


2016






Net income (as reported)

$                        206,077


$                        100,642







Interest (income) / expense

7,925


(2,915)


Depreciation expense

3,146


-






EBITDA

$                        217,148


$                          97,727











Table 2: Adjusted EBITDA











 For the Three Months Ended March 31, 



2017


2016






EBITDA

$                        217,148


$                          97,727







Stock-based compensation expense

13,315


12,432


Loss from investment in Paradise on Wings

-


24,323






Adjusted EBITDA

$                        230,463


$                        134,482

 

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SOURCE ARC Group, Inc.

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