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Dorel Inds. profits decline in fourth quarter

Revenues grow, although not in home furnishings

Larry Thomas -- Furniture Today, March 12, 2009

MONTREAL — Dorel Inds., a major producer of juvenile products and ready-to-assemble furniture, said fourth-quarter profits fell 14.2% due to weak consumer demand and rising raw materials costs.

Sales for the quarter, however, were 4.6% ahead of the fourth quarter of 2007 due largely to a pair of acquisitions in the company's recreational/leisure segment.

Dorel, which reports its financial results in U.S. dollars, said total revenues for the most recent quarter were $479.9 million, compared with $458.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Net income came to $19.2 million or 57 cents per share, down from $22.3 million or 67 cents per share in the comparable quarter in 2007.

The company said revenues for the juvenile products segment declined 11.2% to $228.7 million in the quarter.

Dorel's home furnishings segment, meanwhile, had fourth quarter revenues of $97.4 million, a drop of 15.7% from the fourth quarter of 2007.

The company said the sales declines were steepest in its metal folding furniture and futon businesses. However, sales at its Ameriwood RTA division were up slightly and earnings "significantly improved," the company reported.

For all of 2008, Dorel said total revenues were $2.18 billion, an increase of 20.3% from 2007.

Full-year earnings were $112.9 million or $3.38 per share. That's an increase of 29% from earnings of $87.5 million or $2.63 per share in 2007.

Revenues from the juvenile products segment, the company's largest business unit, rose 9.1% for the year to $1.11 billion.

Home furnishings segment revenues for 2008 were $428.7 million, an increase of 1.5% from 2007.

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