Koss Corp. Releases First Quarter Results

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Koss Corporation (NASDAQ:KOSS), the U.S. based high-fidelity headphone company, has reported its first quarter results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. 

Sales for the first quarter were $6,066,630, which is a 4.44% decrease from sales of $6,348,706 for the same three month period one year ago.  The three month net income was $17,500, compared to net income of  $84,211 for the first quarter last year.  Diluted and basic loss per common share for the quarter was $0.00 compared to income per common share of $0.01 for the three month period one year ago. 

"In a year that has seen at least nineteen major retail bankruptcies in the U.S., we were able to grow our U.S. mass market sales by 33% this quarter compared to last year," Michael J. Koss Chairman and CEO said today.  "Equally exciting has been an increase in sales to our largest Internet sales partner, while our direct-to-consumer channel saw a 40% increase compared to last year."

Koss went on to explain that sales in Europe experienced an overall decline, but that one major distributor was beginning to overcome challenges of the strong dollar by posting increased orders for the first quarter compared with the same period last year.

"Unfortunately sales to one OEM customer in Asia accounted for 64% of the decline in total Koss revenue for the quarter in comparison to the ramp up in new business shipments to the same customer one year ago." Koss continued, "The shortfall is related to a previously disclosed pricing adjustment and margin erosion related to the new product's life-cycle as well as a decrease in its total unit sales."

Koss Corporation markets a complete line of high-fidelity headphones, wireless Bluetooth® speakers, computer headsets, telecommunications headsets, active noise canceling headphones, wireless headphones, and compact disc recordings of American Symphony Orchestras on the Koss Classics® label.
                                                                               
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