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Profile - Bacou USA, Inc. (NYSE:BAU)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
10 Thurber Boulevard
Smithfield, RI 02917
Phone: (401) 233-0333
Fax: (401) 232-2230
Employees (last reported count): 2,460
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 ·Industry: Medical Equipment & Supplies
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 81%
·Institutional: 14% (74% of float)
(92 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 555.0K shares (+28.35%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Bacou USA, Inc. (Bacou) designs, manufactures and sells safety products that protect the sight, hearing, hands and respiratory systems of workers against occupational hazards, as well as related instrumentation including gas monitors and test equipment for self-contained breathing apparatus. The Company sells safety products that are marketed under the brand names Biosystems, Howard Leight, Lase-R Shield, Perfect Fit, Pro-Tech, Survivair, uvex and Whiting+Davis, principally to industrial safety and fire service distributors. Bacou also designs, manufactures and sells optical products under the Titmus brand name, including eyeglass frames and components, which the Company sells principally to optical laboratories, and vision screening equipment.
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Financial Summary
Bacou USA designs, manufactures and sells safety products that protect the sight, hearing, hands and respiratory systems of workers against occupational hazards, as well as related instrumentation including gas monitors and test equipment. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales fell less than 1% to $156.9 million. Net income fell 13% to $14.2 million. Results reflect the decline in domestic sales, higher labor costs and a $1.4 million evaluation expense.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Philippe Bacou, 42
Co-Chairman
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Walter Stepan, 61
Co-Chairman
$3.1M
Philip Barr, 48
Pres, CEO, Director
652K
John Bell, 54
Pres of Survivair Division
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John Burt, Jr., 57
Pres of Biosystems Division
269K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 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:BAUAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 13-Oct-2000
$21.813
Recent Price$28.48 
52-Week High
on 5-July-2001
$28.50 
Beta0.00 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)15.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)6,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+12.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+50.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$503.6M
Shares Outstanding17.7M
Float3.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$12.87 
Earnings (ttm)$1.60 
Earnings (mrq)$0.42 
Sales (ttm)$17.79 
Cash (mrq)$1.06 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.21 
Price/Earnings (ttm)17.84 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.60 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$319.7M
EBITDA (ttm)$63.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$28.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)9.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)16.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.57%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.46%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.22 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.48 
Total Cash (mrq)$18.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2,000 
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1,000 
Short Ratio0.15 
Daily Volume13.0K
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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