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Profile - Spherix Incorporated (NasdaqNM:SPEX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
12051 Indian Creek Court
Beltsville, MD 20705
Phone: (301) 419-3900
Fax: (301) 419-2344
Email: daffeldt@biospherics.com
Employees (last reported count): 228
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 25%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 4 insider sells; 61.0K shares
  (2.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 6% (8% of float)
(18 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 82.0K shares (+10.89%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Spherix Incorporated, formerly known as Biospherics Incorporated, consists of a Biotechnology Division (BioSpherix), a Commercial Information Services Division (CISD), a Government Information Services Division (GISD) and an Information Technology Division (ITD). The Company is managed along two business segments, BioSpherix and InfoSpherix. BioSpherix is the Company's biotechnology research and development arm, dedicated to developing proprietary products and services with a view toward economic commercial applications. InfoSpherix includes the operations of CISD, GISD and ITD.
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Financial Summary
SPEX consists of an Information Services Division, which provides information to the public on health and other socially beneficial subjects, a BioTech Programs Unit, which develops proprietary products and services and a Technical Services Division. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues rose 1% to $10.1 million. Net loss income decreased 91% to $132 thousand. Results reflect increases at InfoSpherix, offset by the inclusion of a settlement with the US Dept. of Labor.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Gilbert Levin, Ph.D., 76
Chairman, CEO
$332K$262K
David Affeldt, 36
Pres, COO, Director
228K31K
Richard Levin, 48
CFO, VP-Admin.
169K72K
Roger Downs
VP-Operations
--  --  
M. Karen Levin, 81
VP for Communications, Corp. Sec.
129K--  
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.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:SPEXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Nov-2000
$4.375
Recent Price$7.79 
52-Week High
on 9-July-2001
$11.74 
Beta0.92 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)31.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)28.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+12.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+50.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$83.6M
Shares Outstanding10.7M
Float8.10M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 31-May-1996
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.91 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.07 
Earnings (mrq)$0.03 
Sales (ttm)$1.58 
Cash (mrq)$0.43 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)8.61 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.92 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$17.2M
EBITDA (ttm)$391.0K
Income available to common (ttm)-$683.0K
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-4.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)-5.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-4.87%
Return on Equity (ttm)-6.99%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.69 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.16 
Total Cash (mrq)$4.59M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.22M
Percent of Float15.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Short Ratio61.00 
Daily Volume20.0K
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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