REX American Resources Third Quarter Revenue Rises to $179 Million; Diluted EPS of $0.05

REX American Resources Third Quarter Revenue Rises to $179 Million; Diluted EPS of $0.05

DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- REX American Resources Corporation (NYS: REX) today reported financial results for its fiscal 2012 third quarter ("Q3 '12") ended October 31, 2012. REX management will host a conference call and webcast today at 11:00 a.m. ET:

REX's Q3 '12 results principally reflect its alternative energy segment interests in seven ethanol production facilities. The operations of One Earth Energy, LLC ("One Earth") and NuGen Energy, LLC ("NuGen") are consolidated (NuGen was not in the comparable year-ago period), while those of its five other plants are reported as equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates. REX's Q3 '12 net sales and revenue rose 111.8% to $179.0 million, from $84.5 million in Q3 '11, primarily reflecting the consolidation of NuGen.

REX recognizes certain results from its ethanol interests on a quarterly calendar basis, and as a result, REX's Q3 results include results from ethanol operations for the period July 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012, with the exception of NuGen, which is for the period August 1, 2012 through October 31, 2012.

Reflecting the on-going industry-wide compression of ethanol margins and lower income from discontinued operations, net income attributable to REX shareholders in Q3 '12 was $0.4 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared with $6.5 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, in Q3 '11. Q3 '12 income from continuing operations net of tax attributable to REX shareholders was $0.3 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared with $6.0 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, in Q3 '11. REX recorded income from discontinued operations net of tax, including gain on disposal of discontinued operations, of $0.1 million, or $0.02 per diluted share for Q3 '12, compared with $0.5 million, or $0.05 per diluted share in Q3 '11. Per share results in Q3 '12 and Q3 '11 are based on 8,258,000 and 9,239,000 diluted weighted average shares outstanding, respectively. The 10.6% reduction in the shares outstanding principally reflects the Company's ongoing open market share repurchase program partially offset by shares exercised pursuant to options.

REX's consolidated gross profit (inclusive of the Company's real estate segment) declined to $3.6 million in Q3' 12, from $9.0 million in Q3' 11, primarily reflecting the challenging alternative energy industry conditions in the current year. In Q3 '12, equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates was $1.5 million, compared with income of $6.3 million in Q3 '11, primarily due to lower results from the Company's unconsolidated ethanol production interests and the benefit in the prior year from the inclusion of NuGen prior to consolidation. REX's Q3 '12 income from continuing operations before income taxes and non-controlling interests was $0.9 million, compared with $11.9 million in Q3 '11.

REX CEO, Stuart Rose, commented, "Throughout fiscal 2012, the ethanol production industry's profitability has been impacted by lower crush spread margins. Although the lower crush spreads reduced operating profits, we partially offset the challenging industry environment with rising dried distillers grains pricing and corn oil extraction.

"Looking forward, we believe our state-of-the-art ethanol plants located across the Corn Belt, along with our operating disciplines at the plant and corporate level, help to position REX as one of the leading companies in the ethanol industry."

Balance Sheet and Share Repurchase Program

At October 31, 2012, REX had cash and cash equivalents of $68.1 million, $47.9 million of which was at the parent and $20.2 million of which was at its consolidated ethanol production facilities. This compares with cash and cash equivalents of $75.0 million at January 31, 2012, $46.1 million of which was at the parent and $28.9 million of which was at its consolidated ethanol production facilities.

REX repurchased 76,050 common shares in Q3 '12 at an average price per share of $17.93. In Q4 '12 to date, the Company repurchased an additional 26,494 shares at an average price per share of $16.74, and reflecting the August 2, 2012 authorization for the Company to repurchase 500,000 additional shares, the Company is currently authorized to repurchase up to an additional 422,429 shares of common stock. Reflecting all share repurchases to date, REX has 8,157,254 shares outstanding.

At October 31, 2012, REX had lease agreements, as landlord for six former retail store locations. REX has 12 owned former retail stores that were vacant at October 31, 2012, which it is marketing to lease or sell (4 of which had temporary fall seasonal leases). In addition, one former distribution center is partially leased, partially occupied by the REX corporate office and partially vacant. The real estate segment revenue reflects rental income derived from these sites.

Supplemental Data Related to REX's Alternative Energy Interests

(1)REX's current effective annual gallons sold represents ten months of ownership of Big River Resources Boyceville, LLC on an annualized basis.

About REX American Resources Corporation

REX American Resources has interests in seven ethanol production facilities which in aggregate shipped approximately 704 million annualized gallons of ethanol over the twelve month period ended October 31, 2012. REX's current effective ownership of the trailing twelve month annualized gallons shipped (for the period ended October 31, 2012) by the ethanol production facilities in which it has ownership interests is approximately 256 million gallons. Further information about REX is available at www.rexamerican.com.

This news announcement contains or may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be identified by use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "expect," "believe," "estimate," "anticipate" or "continue" or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. Readers are cautioned that there are risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those referred to in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the risk factors set forth from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and include among other things: the impact of legislative changes, the price volatility and availability of corn, dried distillers grains, ethanol, corn oil, gasoline and natural gas, ethanol plants operating efficiently and according to forecasts and projections, changes in the national or regional economies, weather, the effects of terrorism or acts of war, changes in real estate market conditions and the impact of Internal Revenue Service audits. The Company does not intend to update publicly any forward-looking statements except as required by law.

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