Yahoo / Market Guide - VF Corporation

·	Insider and 5%+ Owners: 50%
·	Over the last 6 months: · one insider buy; 1,000 shares · 4 insider sells; 286.0K shares (0.5% of insider shares)
·	Institutional: 86% (172% of float) (575 institutions)
·	Net Inst. Selling: 775.0K shares (+0.81%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)

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Business Summary

VF Corporation designs, manufactures and markets branded jeanswear, intimate apparel, occupational apparel, knitwear, outdoor apparel and equipment, children's playwear and other apparel. The Company manages its business through over 24 consumer-focused marketing units that support specific brands. Marketing units with generally similar products have been grouped together into three business segments: Consumer Apparel, Occupational Apparel and All Other. The Consumer Apparel segment consists of jeanswear, women's intimate apparel, women's swimwear and the children's apparel businesses. The Occupational Apparel segment includes the industrial, career and safety apparel businesses. The All Other segment includes the knitwear and outdoor-related businesses, represented by the JanSport and Eastpak brands (backpacks and daypacks) and The North Face branded products (outerwear and equipment).

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Financial Summary

VFC is a holding company whose subsidiaries design, manufacture and market branded jeanswear, intimate apparel, knitwear, children's playwear and other apparel. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales rose 2% to $2.75 billion. Net income before acct. change applicable to Common fell 5% to $143.9 million. Results reflect additional sales due to businesses acquired in 2000, offset by lower gross margin due higher expenses at the jeanswear manufacturing plants.

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Officers

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	FY2000 Pay

Mackey McDonald, 54 Chairman, Pres, CEO, Director	$3.5M
Robert Shearer, 49 VP - Fin. and CFO	672K
Frank Pickard, III, 56 VP, Treasurer	--
Robert Cordaro, 47 VP, Controller	--
Candace Cummings, 53 VP - Admin., Gen. Counsel and Sec.	--
Dollar amounts are as of 1-Jan-2001 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:VFC

As of 31-Aug-2001

Price and Volume
52-Week Low on 19-Oct-2000	$`22.50`
Recent Price	$`34.57`
52-Week High on 29-May-2001	$`42.70`
Beta	`0.61`
Daily Volume (3-month avg)	`272.1K`
Daily Volume (10-day avg)	`410.0K`
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change	`+46.7%`
52-Week Change relative to S&P500	`+96.8%`
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization	$`3.87B`
Shares Outstanding	`112.0M`
Float	`56.0M`
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)	$`0.92`
Dividend Yield	`2.66%`
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 25-Nov-1997

Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)	$`20.06`
Earnings (ttm)	$`2.23`
Earnings (mrq)	$`0.60`
Sales (ttm)	$`50.07`
Cash (mrq)	$`0.90`
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)	`1.72`
Price/Earnings (ttm)	`15.50`
Price/Sales (ttm)	`0.69`
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)	$`5.81B`
EBITDA (ttm)	$`690.1M`
Income available to common (ttm)	$`255.5M`
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)	`4.5%`
Operating Margin (ttm)	`8.9%`
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends	Dec 30
Most recent quarter	30-June-2001

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)	`5.82%`
Return on Equity (ttm)	`11.53%`
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)	`2.20`
Debt/Equity (mrq)	`0.53`
Total Cash (mrq)	$`100.4M`
Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short	`743.0K`
Percent of Float	`1.3%`
Shares Short (Prior Month)	`710.0K`
Short Ratio	`3.22`
Daily Volume	`231.0K`

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)

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