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Profile - Trans World Entertainment (NasdaqNM:TWMC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 15Earnings Announcement
Location
38 Corporate Circle
Albany, NY 12203
Phone: (518) 452-1242
Fax: (518) 452-7848
Email: corporatecomm@twec.com
Employees (last reported count): 4,600
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 79%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 39.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 58% (275% of float)
(134 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 45.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Trans World Entertainment Corporation operates a chain of retail entertainment stores and an e-commerce site. The Company is a specialty retailer of compact discs, prerecorded audiocassettes, prerecorded videocassettes, digital versatile discs (DVDs) and related products in the United States. The Company stocks and promotes brand name blank audiocassettes, compact discs and videocassette tapes, as well as accessory merchandise for compact discs, audiocassettes and videocassettes, including maintenance and cleaning products, storage cases, portable electronics and headphones. The Company also features video games, consumer electronics and boutique items. As of February 3, 2001, the Company operated 984 stores, totaling approximately 5.3 million square feet in 46 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, with the majority of its stores concentrated in the eastern half of the United States.
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Financial Summary
Trans World is a specialty retailer of music and video products. As of 2/01, the Company operated 984 stores totaling 5.3 million square feet in 46 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. For the 13 weeks ended 5/5/01, revenues fell less than 1% to $309.1 million. Net loss totaled $2.1 million vs. an income of $9 million. Revenues reflect decreased comparable-store sales. Net loss reflects an increase in SG&A expenses.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 13 weeks ended 08/04/2001, revenues were 294,600; after tax earnings were -4,000. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Pay

Robert Higgins, 59
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$1.2M
John Sullivan, 48
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin., Treasurer
257K
Laurie Clark, 39
Exec. VP of Merchandising and Marketing
322K
Bruce Eisenberg, 41
Sr. VP- Real Estate
257K
Matthew Mataraso, 71
Sec.
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Dollar amounts are as of 3-Feb-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 -- NasdaqNM:TWMCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 16-Oct-2000
$6.50 
Recent Price$8.60 
52-Week High
on 15-Sep-2000
$10.813
Beta0.93 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)104.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)140.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-10.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+19.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$361.4M
Shares Outstanding42.0M
Float8.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 16-Sep-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$10.35 
Earnings (ttm)$0.42 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.10 
Sales (ttm)$32.35 
Cash (mrq*)$1.08 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.83 
Price/Earnings (ttm)20.57 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.27 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.42B
EBITDA (ttm*)$63.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$18.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 3
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
5-May-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.23%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.10%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.77 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.04 
Total Cash (mrq)$0 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.02M
Percent of Float34.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.84M
Short Ratio32.16 
Daily Volume94.0K
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