Gross profit
Gross profit increased by $13,475 or approximately 0.1%, to $1,992,424 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, from $1,978,949 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. This increase was due to an increase in sales offset by a higher cost of rubber products and higher freight costs.
Operating income
Operating income decreased $277,962 to income of $198,038 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, from income of $476,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. This decrease is attributed to the above-described increase in revenues and gross profit coupled with an increase in general and administrative expenses of 246,472. The increase in general and administrative expenses is mainly attributed to an increase in administrative payroll costs of $161,215 due to higher headcount.
Other income (expense)
Other income (expense) decreased by $536,666 to expense of $67,548 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, from income of $469,118 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. This decrease is attributed to one time income events including PPP loan forgiveness of $326,100 coupled with the gain on the sale of the Florida real estate of $225,330 recorded in the 1st quarter of 2021 which were absent in the 2022 reporting period.
Net Income
As a result of the above factors, the Company showed net income of $100,837 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to a net income of $849,353 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. This decrease is attributed to operational income of $198,038 coupled with one-time gains on the PPP loan forgiveness of $326,100 and a gain on the sale of the Florida real estate of $225,330 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 which were absent in the 2022 reporting period.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash requirements for, but not limited to, working capital, capital expenditures, and debt repayments have been funded from cash balances on hand, revolver borrowings, loans from officers, notes payable and cash generated from operations.
On September 30, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $117,618 as compared to approximately $569,281 as of December 31, 2021, representing a decrease of $451,663. This decrease can be explained by cash used in operating activities of $399,061 primarily attributed to increased buying of inventory and resultant accounts payable to satisfy increased customer demand; offset by cash used in financing activities of $52,602 which was the result of paydowns of the note payable related party of $520,816, offset by increased borrowing on the line of credit of $494,574.
The cash flow from operating activities decreased from cash used of $110,947 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to net cash used of $399,061 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This decrease of $288,144 is primarily attributed to increased accounts payable and inventory offset by a lesser increase in accounts receivable.
The cash flow from investing activities increased from net cash used of $712,500 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This decrease is explained by the proceeds from the sale of the Florida real estate totaling $712,500 in the first quarter of 2021 which was absent for the 2022 rep.
The cash flow from financing activities increased from net cash used of $418,661 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 to net cash used of $52,602 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. This increase is primarily attributed to increased borrowing on the line of credit of $541,491 offset by the increased paydown of the related party debt in the amount of 284,173.