NEW YORK, September 14 — Coffee Holding Co., Inc., the Nasdaq-listed coffee roaster, packager and distributor that trades under the ticker JVA, has reported third-quarter revenue of $21.69 million, gross profit of $5.42 million and net income of $1.99 million. Those three lines — the top line, the gross profit line and the bottom line — form the whole of the earnings disclosure available. The company did not release prior-year or prior-quarter comparatives alongside the figures, and it offered no management commentary or executive quotation in the material available.
No earnings-per-share figure, segment breakdown or forward guidance was included either.
What the numbers imply
Run the arithmetic and the shape of the quarter becomes clearer. Gross profit of $5.42 million against revenue of $21.69 million works out to a gross margin of roughly 25 percent. Net income of $1.99 million on the same revenue base implies a net margin of roughly 9 percent.
Both are derived from the disclosed figures rather than separately reported by the company, and they are the only margin readings the disclosure supports. What the release does not do is place those numbers in any context.
Without a year-earlier or sequential comparison, there is no way to say from the record whether the quarter was stronger, weaker or flat against any other period. No beat, miss or growth claim can be attached to the results.
Why a small-cap roaster matters to the tape
Coffee Holding sits in the small-cap consumer-staples segment, a corner of the market where a single quarterly filing can move the register of investors who track private-label and branded food suppliers. Its business spans the roasting, packaging, marketing and distribution of coffee products, including private-label lines and its own branded offerings. Because the company is a Nasdaq-listed issuer, its quarterly results are filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and are material to shareholders.
That filing obligation is what gives the three headline figures their weight — they are the auditable core of the quarter, not a promotional summary. For readers tracking the coffee supply chain out of Asia, the read-across is limited by what was disclosed.
The results give a revenue, gross profit and net income line for a US roaster and distributor, and nothing more granular about volumes, pricing, channel mix or geography. Any attempt to map the quarter onto green-bean costs, shipping rates or regional demand would go beyond the record. What to watch next is straightforward.
The company has yet to publish comparatives, per-share earnings, segment detail or guidance, and it has not attached management comment to the quarter. Those are the gaps a fuller filing or a subsequent disclosure would need to close before the numbers can be judged against anything other than themselves.
