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Profile - Guitar Center, Inc. (NasdaqNM:GTRC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Sep  4Conference call: Guitar Center Incorporated Guidance
Location
5795 Lindero Canyon Road
Westlake Village, CA 91362
Phone: (818) 735-8800
Fax: (818) 735-8822
Employees (last reported count): 3,525
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 79%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 7 insider sells; 718.0K shares
  (3.9% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 70% (330% of float)
(143 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 506.0K shares (+3.16%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Guitar Center Inc. is a musical instruments retailer. The Company offers products in five primary categories, which are guitars, amplifiers, percussion instruments, keyboards and pro-audio and recording equipment. As of December 31, 2000, the Company operated 83 stores, consisting of 79 stores in 42 major United States markets, including, among others, areas in or near Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Detroit, Boston, Minneapolis, Seattle, Phoenix, Atlanta, New York and Cleveland, and four stores in secondary markets.
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Financial Summary
Guitar Center, Inc. operates a chain of retail stores which sell musical instruments primarily guitars, keyboard, percussion and pro-audio equipment. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 20% to $426.5 million. Net income rose 11% to $9.1 million. Revenues reflect an increase in the comparable store sales. Earnings were partially offset by an impact on the aggressive pricing on certain inventory items and higher pre-opening costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Larry Thomas, 51
Chairman, Co-CEO
$1.0M--  
Marty Albertson, 47
Pres, Co-CEO, Director
1.0M--  
Robert Eastman, 42
CEO, Musician's Friend, Inc.
--  --  
Bruce Ross, 52
Exec. VP, CFO, Sec.
378K$80K
Mark Laughlin, 41
Exec. VP, CIO
--  --  
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:GTRCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 17-Nov-2000
$9.875
Recent Price$13.95 
52-Week High
on 29-June-2001
$23.89 
Beta0.90 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)150.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)35.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-3.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+29.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$310.9M
Shares Outstanding22.3M
Float4.70M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.18 
Earnings (ttm)$1.05 
Earnings (mrq)$0.18 
Sales (ttm)$38.29 
Cash (mrq)$0.02 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.69 
Price/Earnings (ttm)13.30 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.36 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$857.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$63.6M
Income available to common (ttm)$23.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.12%
Return on Equity (ttm)22.94%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.45 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.27 
Total Cash (mrq)$391.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short253.0K
Percent of Float5.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
173.0K
Short Ratio2.36 
Daily Volume107.0K
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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