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Profile - Mead Corporation (NYSE:MEA)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Sep  1Dividend payment of $0.17
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week high ($33.40)
Location
Mead World Headquarters
Courthouse Plaza Northeast
Dayton, OH 45463
Phone: (937) 495-6323
Fax: (937) 461-2424
Employees (last reported count): 15,080
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Office Supplies
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 23%
·Institutional: 75% (97% of float)
(634 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 3.33M shares (+4.31%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Mead Corporation manufactures and sells paper, pulp, paperboard, lumber and other wood products. Mead also manufactures and distributes consumer and office supplies, including time-management products. The Company classifies its businesses into three industry segments. The Paper operations manufacture and sell printing, writing, carbonless copy, publishing and specialty paper, primarily to domestic publishers, printers and converters. The Packaging and Paperboard operations manufacture and sell beverage and food packaging materials, corrugated shipping containers and paperboard to those markets primarily located in the United States, with other operations conducted in Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. The Consumer and Office Products operations are conducted predominantly in North America and manufacture and distribute school, office and dated material products to retailers and commercial distributors.
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Financial Summary
Mead Corporation manufactures and sells paper, pulp, paperboard, lumber and other wood products. MEA also manufactures and distributes school and office supplies. For the six months ended 7/1/01, net sales fell less than 1% to $2.1 billion. Net loss before acct. change totalled $5.6 million vs. an income of $87.1 million. Revenues reflect a decline in prices for coated paper and corrugating medium. Net loss reflects higher energy costs and adverse foreign exchange effects.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay
Jerome Tatar, 54
Chairman, CEO and Pres		$2.2M
Raymond Lane, 52
Exec. VP		954K
Ian Millar, 50
Exec. VP		--  
Peter Vogel, Jr., 47
VP of Fin., Purchasing, and Logistics, Treasurer		--  
Timothy McLevish, 46
VP and Chief Financial Offcer		592K
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..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:MEAAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000		$21.188
Recent Price$33.24 
52-Week High
on 31-Aug-2001		$33.40 
Beta1.15 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)584.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.20M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+26.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500		+69.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$3.30B
Shares Outstanding99.1M
Float76.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.68 
Dividend Yield2.05%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-Dec-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$23.90 
Earnings (ttm)$0.68 
Earnings (mrq)$0.31 
Sales (ttm)$44.54 
Cash (mrq*)$0.20 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.39 
Price/Earnings (ttm)49.10 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.75 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$4.45B
EBITDA (ttm*)$550.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$68.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)		1-July-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)		30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.09%
Return on Equity (ttm)2.85%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.25 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.75 
Total Cash (mrq)$19.8M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.37M
Percent of Float3.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)		2.02M
Short Ratio5.03 
Daily Volume470.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 1-July-2001)

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