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Profile - US Unwired, Inc. (NasdaqNM:UNWR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  9Conference call: US Unwired Earnings (Q2 2001)
Aug  8Earnings Announcement
Location
One Lakeshore Drive, Suite 1900
Lake Charles, LA 70629
Phone: (337) 310-3500
Fax: (337) 310-3510
Email: ir@usunwired.com
Employees (last reported count): 850
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Communications Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 71%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 5 insider sells; 244.0K shares
  (0.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 12% (43% of float)
(69 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 3.24M shares (+23.73%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
US Unwired, Inc., incorporated as Mercury, Inc. in 1967, provides wireless personal communications services (PCS), primarily in Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. The Company is a network partner of Sprint PCS, the personal communications services group of Sprint Corporation. The Company has the exclusive right to provide digital PCS services under the Sprint and Sprint PCS brand names in a service area comprising approximately 9.8 million residents. In addition, the Company provides cellular and paging services in parts of southwest Louisiana.
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Financial Summary
US Unwired, Inc. is a provider of wireless personal communications services primarily in LA, TX, FL, AR, MS and AL. The Company has the exclusive right to provide services under the Sprint and Sprint PCS names to approx. 9.8 million residents. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues totaled $106.5 million, up from $47.9 million. Net loss from continuing operations before extraordinary item applicable to Common rose 50% to $50.4 million. Results reflect subscriber growth, offset by higher network costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

William Henning, Jr, 48
Chairman
$321K
Robert Piper, 42
Pres, CEO
287K
Jerry Vaughn, 56
CFO
209K
Michael Bennet, 36
COO
176K
Jack Blanchard, 41
VP of Marketing
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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 -- NasdaqNM:UNWRAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Dec-2000
$4.00 
Recent Price$11.21 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$16.375
Daily Volume (3-month avg)336.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)447.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-29.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-6.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$942.7M
Shares Outstanding84.1M
Float24.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.99 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.24 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.21 
Sales (ttm)$2.13 
Cash (mrq)$1.91 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)11.31 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)5.27 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$171.8M
EBITDA (ttm)-$30.6M
Income available to common (ttm)-$99.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-57.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)-54.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-22.10%
Return on Equity (ttm)-89.28%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)4.23 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.88 
Total Cash (mrq)$160.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short799.0K
Percent of Float3.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
911.0K
Short Ratio3.29 
Daily Volume243.0K
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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