Steiner Leisure Limited Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Steiner Leisure Limited (NASDAQ:STNR) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Financial Results Steiner Leisure's revenues for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 rose 10.5% to $136.7 million from $123.7 million during the comparable quarter in 2007. Net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008, was $9.7 million compared with $10.8 million for the same quarter in 2007. Earnings per share for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 was $0.61 per share, compared with $0.62 per share for the comparable quarter in 2007. The earnings per share data are presented on a diluted basis. Corporate Overview Steiner Leisure Limited is a worldwide provider of spa services. The Company’s operations include spas and salons on 127 cruise ships, and in 51 resort spas and two luxury day spas. Our cruise line and land-based resort customers include Carnival Cruise Lines, Caesars Entertainment, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Cunard/Seabourn Cruise Lines, Hilton Hotels, Holland America Line, Kerzner International, Marriott Hotels, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises and Royal Caribbean Cruises. Our Elemis Limited subsidiary manufactures its Elemis® brand products for use in our cruise ship and land-based spas. This top quality European line of beauty products is also distributed worldwide to exclusive hotels, salons, health clubs and destination spas. Elemis®, as well as other Steiner products, including La Therapie®, Ionithermie, and Steiner Hair Care, are available at www.timetospa.com. Steiner Leisure owns and operates four post secondary schools (comprised of a total of 14 campuses) located in Miami, Orlando, Pompano Beach and Sarasota, Florida; Baltimore, Maryland; Charlottesville, Virginia; York, Pennsylvania; Salt Lake City and Lindon, Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada; Tempe and Phoenix, Arizona; and Westminster and Aurora, Colorado. Offering degree and non-degree programs in massage therapy and, in some cases, skin care, these schools train and qualify spa professionals for health and beauty positions within the Steiner family of companies or other industry entities. Conference Call The Company will be holding a conference call at 11:00 am (EST) on Thursday, May 1, 2008. Clive E. Warshaw, Chairman of the Board, and Leonard I. Fluxman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will discuss the contents of this press release. If you wish to participate in this conference call, please call (517) 308-9020 for domestic and international calls approximately ten minutes before the scheduled time. The password is "Steiner”. This call is available for replay from Thursday, May 1, 2008 (approximately 3 hours after the call takes place) until Thursday, May 8, 2008 at approximately 5:00 pm. You may reach it by dialing (402) 220-5070 for both domestic and international calls. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA ($ in thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited)   First Quarter Ended March 31, 2008(2) 2007 Revenues: Services $ 91,163 $ 84,247 Products 45,553   39,490   Total revenues 136,716   123,737     Cost of Sales: Cost of services 73,884 67,487 Cost of products 33,393   27,754   Total cost of sales 107,277   95,241   Gross profit 29,439   28,496     Operating Expenses: Administrative 8,122 7,862 Salary and payroll taxes 10,755   9,285   Total operating expenses 18,877   17,147   Income from operations 10,562   11,349     Other Income (Expense): Interest expense (100 )   (44 ) Other income 138   569   Total other income (expense) 38   525     Income from operations before provision for income taxes 10,600 11,874   Provision for income taxes 897   1,095     Net income $ 9,703   $ 10,779   Income per share: Basic $ 0.62   $ 0.63   Diluted(1) $ 0.61   $ 0.62     Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic 15,736 17,023 Diluted 15,915 17,387   Notes: (1) Considers the impact of stock options outstanding of a subsidiary’s common stock of $3,000 and $42,000 as of March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. (2) Included in both Products Revenues and Cost of products is approximately $1.9 million relating to travel kits sold to British Airways. Excluding this amount would have resulted in a Gross Margin on Product Revenues of approximately 28%. STATISTICS First Quarter Ended(Unaudited) March 31, 2008 2007   Average number of ships served1: 128 125 Spa 96 92 Non-Spa 32 33   Average total number of staff on ships served: 2,008 1,938 Spa 1,772 1,695 Non-Spa 236 243   Revenue per staff per day2: $ 471 $ 455 Spa $ 493 $ 475 Non-Spa $ 303 $ 317   Average weekly revenues: $ 51,895 $ 49,443 Spa $ 64,073 $ 61,525 Non-Spa $ 15,595 $ 16,207   Average number of land-based spas served3 54 55   Average weekly land-based spas revenues $ 29,470 $ 26,484   Total schools revenues $ 11,732,000 $ 11,943,000   Total wholesale and retail product revenues $ 18,080,000 $ 13,875,000   1 Average number of ships served reflects the fact that during the periods ships were in and out of service and, accordingly, the number of ships served during the periods varied. 2 Revenue includes all sales of services and products on ships. Staff includes all shipboard employees. Per day refers to each day that a cruise ship is in service. 3 Average number of land-based day spas operated reflects the fact that during the period spas were opened and closed and, accordingly, the number of spas served during the period varied.