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Pro-Dex, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2021 First Quarter Results
IRVINE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 5, 2020 / PRO-DEX, INC. (NasdaqCM:PDEX) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 first quarter ended September

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[{"type":"text","content":"IRVINE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 5, 2020 / PRO-DEX, INC. (NasdaqCM:PDEX) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 first quarter ended September 30, 2020. The Company also filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission today.Net sales for the three months ended September 30, 2020, increased $1.4 million, or 19%, to $8.6 million from $7.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The increase is driven by sales of our newest thoracic driver.Gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2020, increased $695,000, or 25%, to $3.5 million, compared to $2.8 million for the year-ago period. Gross margin increased by 2 percentage points to 40% during the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to 38% during the corresponding year-ago period due to favorable product mix and increased absorption of our fixed manufacturing overhead expenses.Operating expenses (which include selling, general and administrative, and research and development expenses) for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, increased $637,000 from the corresponding year-ago period. We are increasing these expenditures in an effort to release new products and garner new customer relationships.Net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, was $1.3 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, compared to $1.1 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.CEO CommentsRichard L. (\"Rick\") Van Kirk, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, \"We are pleased with our first quarter results. We continue to reinvest our profits in research and development to continue to grow our core medical device business and expect to close on the purchase of a new building to expand our operations as early as tomorrow. Finally,\" concluded Mr. Van Kirk, \"we expect to introduce another CMF driver and our ENT shaver by the end of the current fiscal year.\"The amount spent on projects under development, along with the current estimated commercial launch date and estimated recurring annual revenue, is summarized below (in thousands): For the Three Months Ended September, 30 2020 2019 Market Launch(1) Est Annual Revenue Total Research & Development costs: $1,091 $484 Products in development: Thoracic Driver(2) $- $19 (2) $4,000...