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Profile - Tower Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:TWR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  1Price hit new 52-week high ($15.48)
Location
4508 IDS Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: (612) 342-2310
Fax: (612) 332-2012
Employees (last reported count): 16,000
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 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Auto & Truck Parts
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 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 32%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 5 insider sells; 115.0K shares
  (0.8% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 83% (123% of float)
(309 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 15.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Tower Automotive, Inc. is a global designer and producer of structural components and assemblies used by automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Company's products include automotive body structural stampings and assemblies, including exposed sheet metal components, lower vehicle structural stampings and assemblies, as well as suspension components and suspension modules. Many of the Company's stamped, formed and welded components and assemblies are attached directly to the frame of an automobile at the OEM assembly plant and comprise the major structure of a vehicle. The Company's products generally can be classified into four categories, lower vehicle structures, body structures and assemblies, suspension components, modules and systems, and Class A surfaces and modules.
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Financial Summary
Tower Automotive designs and produces high quality, engineered body structure components and assemblies. TWR products are used by original equipment manufacturers in the automotive industry. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues fell 7% to $1.27 billion. Net income fell 61% to $29.5 million. Revenues reflect a volume decline on the Dodge Durango, Ford Ranger, Chrysler LH. Net income also reflects lower margins due to lower volumes and product mix on light truck and sport utility.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

S. Johnson, 60
Chairman
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Dugald Campbell, 54
Pres, CEO, Director
$575K
Anthony Barone, 51
CFO, VP
693K
Scott Rued, 44
VP - Corp. Devel., Director
--  
James Arnold, 48
VP, Asian Strategy
245K
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:TWRAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-Dec-2000
$6.938
Recent Price$12.82 
52-Week High
on 1-Aug-2001
$15.48 
Beta0.99 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)368.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)376.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+14.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+53.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$569.2M
Shares Outstanding44.4M
Float30.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 16-July-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$16.30 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.71 
Earnings (mrq)$0.34 
Sales (ttm)$47.12 
Cash (mrq)$0.25 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.79 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.27 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.44B
EBITDA (ttm)$29.5M
Income available to common (ttm)-$30.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-1.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)0.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-1.46%
Return on Equity (ttm)-4.05%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.83 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.56 
Total Cash (mrq)$11.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.42M
Percent of Float11.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.88M
Short Ratio6.53 
Daily Volume524.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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