Financial Performance - Net sales for the fiscal 2025 second quarter increased 5.9% to a record 208.2millionfrom196.6 million in the prior year[4]. - Gross profit for the fiscal 2025 second quarter reached a record 41.3million,withagrossmarginof19.83.0 million, or 0.15pershare,comparedtoanetlossof2.0 million, or 0.10pershare,ayearago[7].−Forthesix−monthperiod,netsalesincreased6.1378.1 million from 356.3millionayearago[11].−GAAPnetlossforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,was(2,954,000), compared to a net loss of (1,958,000)inthesameperiodof2023[28].−ThecompanyreportedaGAAPnetlossof(21,039,000) for the six months ended September 30, 2024, compared to a net loss of (3,368,000)inthesameperiodof2023[29].CashFlowandDebtManagement−Thecompanygenerated22.9 million in cash from operating activities and reduced net bank debt by 22.0millionto114.3 million[10]. - Interest expense for the fiscal second quarter decreased by 1.2millionto14.2 million from 15.4millionayearago[6].−InterestexpenseforQ32024was14,182,000, slightly down from 15,383,000inQ32023[32].GuidanceandFutureExpectations−Fiscal2025guidanceestimatesnetsalesbetween746 million and 766million,representing3.979 million and 84million,beforecertainnon−cashitemsandone−timeexpenses[17].−Thecompanyanticipatescontinuedimprovementsingrossmargins,grossprofit,andcashflowintheupcomingquarters[8].AssetandLiabilityManagement−Totalcurrentassetsdecreasedto548,202,000 as of September 30, 2024, from 560,459,000asofMarch31,2024,representingadeclineofapproximately2.3722,279,000 as of September 30, 2024, from 726,892,000asofMarch31,2024[24].−Totalshareholders′equitydecreasedto263,963,000 as of September 30, 2024, from 285,110,000asofMarch31,2024,adeclineofapproximately7.4112,699,000 as of September 30, 2024, up from 96,296,000,reflectingagrowthofabout17378,776,000 as of September 30, 2024, down from 397,328,000,indicatingareductionofapproximately4.77,957,000, compared to 8,665,000in2023[28].−EBITDAforthesixmonthsendedSeptember30,2024,wassignificantlyimpactedbyforeignexchangeeffects,totaling16,506,000[29]. - New product line start-up costs for the six months ended September 30, 2024, amounted to 4,438,000,comparedto684,000 in the same period of 2023[29]. - Total non-cash items impacting gross profit for Q3 2024 amounted to 3,785,000,representing1.84,702,000 or 2.4% in Q3 2023[30]. - Cash items impacting gross profit in Q3 2024 included new product line start-up costs of 1,298,000,whilesupplychaindisruptionsinQ32023incurredcostsof3,199,000[30]. - Total non-cash items impacting EBITDA for Q3 2024 were 10,609,000,downfrom11,553,000 in Q3 2023[32]. - Cash items impacting EBITDA for Q3 2024 included new product line start-up costs of 1,498,000,whileQ32023hadcashitemsof3,548,000[32]. Gross Profit and Margins - Gross margin for the fiscal 2025 six-month period was 18.6%, compared to 19.0% a year earlier, impacted by non-cash and one-time cash expenses[12]. - GAAP gross profit for Q3 2024 was 41,277,000,withagrossmarginof19.841,148,000 and a gross margin of 20.9% in Q3 2023[30]. - For the first six months of 2024, GAAP gross profit was 70,451,000,reflectingagrossmarginof18.667,715,000 and a gross margin of 19.0% in the same period of 2023[31]. - The company experienced a decrease in supply chain disruption costs from $5,183,000 in the first half of 2023 to no costs reported in the first half of 2024[31].