May 15th, 2014 - Atlantic Wind & Solar reports financial results on operations and records first quarter profit.
Continuing with the trend of higher sales and increased profitability over the past 17 quarters, Atlantic more than doubled its sales (up 227%) from the previous year. More impressive were the increases in profit margins of 30% compared to 17.6% for the same period in 2013.
Profitability continued to improve significantly. Losses were reversed with the company's first ever profit of $319,477 or .01 per share for the quarter - a substantial improvement over the previous quarter's loss of 102,643.
With its portfolio of PV projects in Ontario under construction management expects the balance of the year to report similarly positive results.
Commenting on the results, Chairman, CEO Gilles Trahan stated "Atlantic recorded its first profitable quarter marking the success of its business model and management's commitment to its successful execution. With profitability reached, management will work toward improving its balance sheet with the reduction of payables and reduction of Preferred shares, while continuing to expand the business".
Ecuador
Finally, Atlantic is in advanced negotiations for the co-development and sale of an interest in its 25MW approved power plant project in Ecuador. Atlantic hopes to finalize this in Q2/Q3 2014.
