Payless Cashways, Inc.

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PROFILE Payless Cashways wants to nail the professional builder market. The building materials and home improvement products retailer, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has about 130 stores in 17 states in the Midwest, Southwest, Pacific Coast, and Rocky Mountains. The stores target professional contractors and institutional buyers (together accounting for 57% of sales) and do-it-yourselfers. Operating under the names Payless Cashways, Furrow, Lumberjack, Hugh M. Woods, Knox Lumber, and Contractor Supply, the stores sell lumber, roofing, flooring, electrical and plumbing products, tools, and other hardware. Eight PCI Builders Resource centers sell and deliver wholesale building materials to home builders' job sites.  COMPETITION The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) Menard, Inc. (dossier)		STOCK ANALYSIS  View by:  Day   Day   Month   Month   Year   Year  FURTHER ANALYSIS • Advanced Charting • Deals  FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Fiscal Year-End: November 2000 Sales (mil.): 1,492.80 1-Yr. Sales Growth: (17.7)% Employees: 8,100 Revenue per employee: $184,296.30  KEY PEOPLE • Millard E. Barron     CEO • Richard B. Witaszak     CFO  CONTACT INFO 800 NW Chipman Rd., Ste. 5900 Lee's Summit, MO 64064 US Phone: 816-347-6000 Fax: 816-347-6046 Online: Web Site

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