Adams Golf, Inc. saw total net sales decrease to $56.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 from $56.8 million for the comparable period of 2004, primarily resulting from maturing product lines which have decreased in overall sales coupled with a decrease in fairway wood revenue, partially offset by successful product introductions of the Idea A2 and A2 OS Irons and the RPM Dual series of drivers.
Overall, product family life cycles generally range from one to three years and each product family varies in its life cycle as there are multiple factors influencing the life, such as, but not limited to, customer acceptance, competition and technology.
Net sales of drivers increased to $15.7 million, or 27.8% of total net sales, for the year ended December 31, 2005 from $11.1 million, or 19.6% of total net sales, for the comparable period of 2004. A large portion of the driver net sales for the year ended December 31, 2005 was generated by the Redline RPM and RPM Dual product lines, which were introduced in fourth quarter of 2004 and second quarter of 2005, respectively, and Ovation drivers, which were introduced in the first quarter of 2005. This was offset by a decrease in maturing product line sales specifically the Redline product family and Tight Lies GT driver product family.
Net sales of irons increased to $23.9 million, or 42.4% of total net sales, from $21.1 million, or 37.2% of total net sales, for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase was primarily generated from sales of the company's Idea A2 and A2 OS irons, Original Idea irons and integrated iron sets while the prior period was primarily resulting from sales of the Original Idea irons and integrated iron sets.
Net sales of fairway woods decreased to $14.5 million, or 25.8% of total net sales, from $21.6 million, or 38.1% of total net sales, for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The prior period's net sales were generated from Ovation fairway woods, Idea I-woods and Original Tight Lies fairway woods. This year the net sales were generated from Redline RPM fairway woods, Idea A2 and original I-woods and Original Tight Lies.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, no customers individually represented greater than 5% but less than 10% of total net sales, while one customer individually represented greater than 10% but less than 15% of total net sales. Should this customer or the company's other customers fail to meet their obligations to the company, the company's results of operations and cash flows would be adversely impacted.
Net sales of the company's products outside the U.S. increased to $7.9 million, or 14.1% of total net sales, from $6.5 million, or 11.4% of total net sales, for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
Cost of goods sold increased to $30.3 million, or 53.7% of total net sales, for the year ended December 31, 2005 from $28.6 million, or 50.4% of total net sales, for the comparable period of 2004. The increase as a percentage of total net sales is primarily due to changes in the product mix, coupled with decreases in fairway wood net pricing and increases in some component pricing.
Selling and marketing expenses increased to $16.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 from $16.1 million for the comparable period in 2004. The increase is primarily the result of additional personnel which resulted in incremental compensation related costs of $0.7 million partially offset by a reduction in overall marketing expenses, including advertising, research and direct commercial costs, of $0.3 million.
General and administrative expenses, including provisions for bad debts, decreased to $7.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 from $7.2 million for the comparable period in 2004. The decrease in administrative related costs is attributable to an increase in compensation expenses of $1.0 million offset by a decrease in bad debt expense of $1.0 million. The company measures each customer's financial strength using various key aspects such as, but not limited to, the customer's overall credit risk (via Dun and Bradstreet reports), payment history, track record for meeting payment plans, industry communications, the portion of the customers balance that is past due and other various items. The company also looks at the overall aging of the receivables in total and relative to prior periods to determine the necessary reserve requirements. Periods will fluctuate depending on the strength of the customers and the change in mix of customers and their respective strength could affect the reserve disproportionately compared to the total change in the accounts receivable balance.
Research and development expenses, primarily consisting of costs associated with development of new products, increased to $2.3 million from $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, primarily resulting from continued strengthening of the R&D function, which lead to an increase in compensation expense of $0.4 million.
During 2005, the company reversed settlement expense of $1.8 million, which is attributable to the reversal of the accrued expenses for the settlement agreement that was reached with Mr. Nick Faldo in regards to the dispute regarding provisions of his prior professional services agreement with Adams Golf. Because Mr. Faldo did not meet the conditions precedent to pay in his contract, the company is no longer due to make any future payments.
Other income increased to $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 from $0.1 million for the comparable period in 2004 which is attributable to the one time receipt by the company of a $965 thousand insurance claim paid by the company's insurance carrier in connection with the embezzlement which occured during the period from 2001 through 2004. This event was disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
The company's inventory balances were approximately $16.2 million and $11.6 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase in inventory levels is primarily a result of the increased purchasing related to the newly released A2 and A2 OS iron sets launched in the fourth quarter of 2005 and first quarter of 2006.
The company's net accounts receivable balances were approximately $14.2 million and $9.3 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase is primarily due to the recent successful product launch of Idea A2 and A2 OS Irons and extended terms offered to some customers in 2005.
The company's prepaid balances were approximately $0.8 million and $0.2 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively while the other assets balance was approximately $1.6 million and $0.0 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase in the prepaid and other assets is primarily associated with the Company's decision to prepay certain strategic marketing expenses. The short term portion of these marketing expenses is in prepaids and the long term portion is in other assets.
The company's accounts payable balances were approximately $4.7 million and $3.9 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increase in accounts payable is primarily associated with the extension of payment terms with key vendors.
As a result of the above, the company reported net income of $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 compared to $3.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2004.