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Profile - Scientific Technologies (NasdaqNM:STIZ)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 23Price hit new 52-week low ($4.50)
Location
6550 Dumbarton Circle
Fremont, CA 94555
Phone: (510) 608-3400
Fax: (510) 744-1440
Email: sales@sti.com
Employees (last reported count): 422
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Scientific & Technical Instr.
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 80%
·Institutional: 3% (18% of float)
(14 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2,000  shares (+0.60%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Scientific Technologies Incorporated designs, manufactures and distributes electrical and electronic industrial controls. The Company operates in one business segment, the development, manufacture and marketing of industrial automation products. In 2000, the Company organized itself into two product groups, Safety Products Group and Automation Products Group. Safety Products Group includes safety light curtains, safety interlocks and relays, safety mats and controllers, safety contact strips and optical profiling scanners. Automation Products Group includes photoelectric and fiber-optic sensors, control components, power monitoring electronics, defense electronics, industrial control microcomputers, peripherals and software, level and flow sensors, non-contact ultrasonic sensors and controllers, pressure transducers, digital pressure gauges, displacement and velocity transducers and pressure comparators.
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Financial Summary
STIZ develops, manufactures and markets safety light curtains, industrial sensors, power monitoring devices, microcomputers and optical profilers for factory automation applications. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales decreased 10% to $25.9 million. Net loss totaled $378 thousand, vs. an income of $2.8 million. Revenues reflect reduced sales volume in markets served by STI. Net loss also reflects increases to reserves and a shift in the sales mix.
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Officers
FY2000 Pay

Anthony Lazzara, 70
Chairman
$610K
Joseph Lazzara, 49
Pres, CEO, Treasurer, Director
283K
James Ashford, 49
Sr. VP, Operations
290K
James Lazzara, 44
Sr. VP, Sec., Director
294K
Richard Faria, 61
VP - Fin. and Admin.
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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:STIZAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 23-Aug-2001
$4.50 
Recent Price$4.70 
52-Week High
on 19-Jan-2001
$10.00 
Beta0.44 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,864 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-40.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-20.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$45.4M
Shares Outstanding9.65M
Float1.90M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.21 
Dividend Yield4.47%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 28-July-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.18 
Earnings (ttm)$0.25 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.10 
Sales (ttm)$5.83 
Cash (mrq)$0.18 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.48 
Price/Earnings (ttm)18.65 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.81 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$56.5M
EBITDA (ttm)$3.86M
Income available to common (ttm)$2.45M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.71%
Return on Equity (ttm)7.88%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)3.70 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.78M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1,000 
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2,000 
Short Ratio0.33 
Daily Volume3,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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