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Profile - Sand Technology Inc. (NasdaqNM:SNDT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 28Price hit new 52-week low ($2.33)
Location
215 Redfern, Suite 410
Westmount, H3Z 3L5
Quebec, Canada
Phone: (514) 939-3477
Fax: (514) 939-2042
Email: investors@sandtechnology.com
Employees (last reported count): 64
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 ·Industry: Computer Peripherals
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 36%
·Institutional: 4% (6% of float)
(9 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 127.0K shares (+19.36%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Sand Technology Inc. designs, develops, markets, and supports software products that enable users to retrieve content-oriented information from enormous amounts of data, upon demand and without having to design a system which accomplishes only pre-specified requirements. The Company's software products, known as the Nucleus Series, are designed to provide an efficient and cost-effective way to make inquiries of large databases. The Company's Nucleus Exploration series of products include the Nucleus Exploration Mart/Warehouse and the Nucleus Prototype Mart/Warehouse. An affiliated company, Hitachi Data Systems Inc., markets complete large-scale IBM compatible computer systems and sophisticated information systems.
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Financial Summary
Sand Technology, Inc. develops, markets and supports a unique data storage and manipulation architecture known as the Sand Nucleus product suite. For the nine months ended 4/30/01, revenues totaled C$10.3 million, up from C$3.8 million. Net loss fell 40% to C$1.6 million. Revenues reflect increased sales of the Company's Nucleus server. Lower loss was partially offset by the absence of a C$3.8 million gain on the sale of a stake in the Hitachi Data Systems.
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Officers

Position
Arthur RitchieChairman, Pres, CEO
Peter SampsonCFO
Jerome ShattnerPres, Sand Technology Systems, Inc.
Susan WaxmanVP-Admin.
Mario Meroni, 45VP-Bus. Devel.- Gov.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:SNDTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 28-Aug-2001
$2.33 
Recent Price$2.75 
52-Week High
on 7-Nov-2000
$7.969
Beta1.23 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)17.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)29.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-43.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-24.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$36.2M
Shares Outstanding13.2M
Float8.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 15-Jan-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$1.56 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.11 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.01 
Sales (ttm)$0.83 
Cash (mrq)$1.19 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.76 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.31 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$8.62M
EBITDA (ttm)-$1.08M
Income available to common (ttm)-$1.19M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-13.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)-11.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJuly 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-9.70%
Return on Equity (ttm)-11.42%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)10.02 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$15.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume18.0K
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