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Mannatech Reports Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results
FLOWER MOUND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MTEX), a global health and wellness company committed to transforming lives to make a

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[{"type":"text","content":" FLOWER MOUND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nMannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MTEX), a global health and wellness company committed to transforming lives to make a better world, today announced financial results for its second quarter of 2020.\n\n\nSecond Quarter End Results\n\n\nSecond quarter net sales for 2020 were $37.6 million, a decrease of $3.1 million, or 7.5%, as compared to $40.7 million in the second quarter of 2019. Income from operations decreased to $1.1 million for the second quarter of 2020, from $2.0 million in the same period in 2019.\n\n\nNet income was $1.1 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2020, as compared to a net income of $2.0 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2019.\n\n\nGross profit as a percentage of sales declined to 76.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to 80.1% for the same period in 2019.\n\n\nCommission and incentives as a percentage of net sales was 40.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to 40.0% for the same period in the prior year.\n\n\nFor the three months ended June 30, 2020, overall selling and administrative expenses decreased by $1.2 million to $7.2 million, as compared to $8.4 million for the same period in 2019. The decrease in selling and administrative expenses was due to a $0.9 million decrease in payroll costs, a $0.2 million decrease in marketing costs and a $0.1 million decrease in stock-based compensation.\n\n\nFor the three months ended June 30, 2020, other operating costs decreased by $0.6 million, or 10.9%, to $4.8 million, as compared to $5.4 million for the same period in 2019. The decrease in operating costs was primarily due to a $0.4 million decrease in travel and entertainment and a $0.2 million decrease in office expenses.\n\n\nFor the three months ended June 30, 2020, taxes were a $0.2 million provision, compared to the same period in the prior year, which had a $1.0 million provision.\n\n\nThe approximate number of new and continuing independent associate and preferred customer positions held by individuals in Mannatech’s network and associated with purchases of products as of June 30, 2020 and 2019 were approximately 172,000 and 175,000, respectively. As the novel coronavirus (\"COVID-19\") continued to spread into our markets, recruiting decreased 5.2% in the second quar...