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Recent Events July 26 Conference call: Ceradyne Earnings (Q2 2001) Location 3169 Redhill Avenue Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Phone: (714) 549-0421 Fax: (714) 549-5787 Employees (last reported count): 405 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov Competitors:  ·Sector: Capital Goods  ·Industry: Constr. - Supplies & Fixtures Company Website  ·Home Page  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 41% · Over the last 6 months:  · one insider sell; 2,000  shares · Institutional: 17% (29% of float) (33 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 93.0K shares (+6.09%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary Ceradyne, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets advanced technical ceramic products and components for industrial, defense, consumer, electronic, and microwave communications applications. The Company serves its markets and manages its business through three divisions, each of which has its own manufacturing facilities and administrative and selling functions. Ceradyne's Advanced Ceramic Operations primarily produces armor and orthodontic products, components for semiconductor equipment, and houses the Company's SRBSN research and development activities. The Company's cathode development and production are handled through its Semicon Associates division. Fused silica products, including missile radomes, are produced at the Company's Thermo Materials division. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary Ceradyne, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets advanced technical ceramic products and components for industrial, defense, consumer and microwave applications. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales rose 1% to $23.1 million. Net income decreased 2% to $2.4 million. Revenues reflect continued demand from customers for advanced technical ceramics. Earnings were offset by expenses for internally funded research and development projects. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY2000 Compensation Pay Exer Joel Moskowitz, 61 Chairman, Pres, CEO, Director $311K --   Howard George, 56 VP -Fin., CFO, Sec. 120K --   Earl Conabee, 63 VP, Marketing at Thermo Materials 113K $16K Garry DeBoer, 64 VP, and Consultant of Semicon Associates --   --   Donald Kenagy, 59 VP, Pres of Thermo Materials 115K --   Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Price and Volume 52-Week Low on 20-Dec-2000 $5.75  Recent Price $7.20  52-Week High on 31-Jan-2001 $10.297 Beta 0.80  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 23.7K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 15.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change -20.0% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +7.3% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $60.1M Shares Outstanding 8.34M Float 4.90M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend none  Last Split none	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $4.53  Earnings (ttm) $0.59  Earnings (mrq) $0.14  Sales (ttm) $5.40  Cash (mrq) $0.49  Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 1.59  Price/Earnings (ttm) 12.20  Price/Sales (ttm) 1.33  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $46.2M EBITDA (ttm) $7.86M Income available to common (ttm) $5.04M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 10.9% Operating Margin (ttm) 11.8% Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends Dec 31 Most recent quarter 30-June-2001	Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 12.94% Return on Equity (ttm) 14.41% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 6.76  Debt/Equity (mrq) 0.01  Total Cash (mrq) $4.05M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 2,000  Percent of Float 0.0% Shares Short (Prior Month) 2,000  Short Ratio 0.09  Daily Volume 23.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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