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Profile - Meristar Hospitality Corp (NYSE:MHX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  9Conference call: MeriStar Hospitality Earnings (Q2 2001)
Aug  8Earnings Announcement
July 31Dividend payment of $0.505
Location
100 Potomac Street N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 295-1000
Fax: (202) 295-2187
Employees (last reported count): 14
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 ·Industry: Real Estate Operations
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 38%
·Institutional: 73% (118% of float)
(260 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.38M shares (+4.06%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
MeriStar Hospitality Corporation is a real estate investment trust that owns a portfolio of primarily upscale, full-service hotels, diversified geographically, and by franchise and brand affiliations, in the United States and Canada. The hotels are located in major metropolitan areas or rapidly growing secondary markets and are well located within these markets. A majority of the hotels are operated under national brand names, such as Hilton, Sheraton, Westin, Marriott, Radisson, Doubletree and Embassy Suites.
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Financial Summary
Meristar Hospitality Corp. is a hotel real estate investment trust formed as a result of a merger between CapStar Hotel Company and American General Hospitality Corp. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues totaled $609.9 million. Net income before extraordinary item and applicable to Common totaled $37.2 million. Results are not comparable to the prior period due to the full assumption of MeriStar Hotels operations after a change in the leases assignment.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Paul Whetsell, 50
Chairman of Directors, CEO
$2.1M
Bruce Wiles, 48
Pres, CIO
972K
Steven Jorns, 52
Vice Chairman
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John Emery, 36
COO, Director
1.5M
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:MHXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 13-Nov-2000
$18.25 
Recent Price$20.60 
52-Week High
on 29-June-2001
$23.75 
Beta0.83 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)214.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)109.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-4.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+27.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$917.4M
Shares Outstanding44.5M
Float27.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$2.02 
Dividend Yield9.81%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$25.24 
Earnings (ttm)$2.80 
Earnings (mrq)$0.52 
Sales (ttm)$16.80 
Cash (mrq)$0.46 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.82 
Price/Earnings (ttm)7.36 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.23 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$862.0M
EBITDA (ttm)$384.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$132.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)15.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)31.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.37%
Return on Equity (ttm)11.83%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.47 
Total Cash (mrq)$20.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short323.0K
Percent of Float1.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
334.0K
Short Ratio1.43 
Daily Volume226.0K
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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