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Profile - Liberty Corporation (NYSE:LC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  7Earnings Announcement
Aug  7Conference call: Liberty Corporation Earnings (Q2 2001)
Upcoming Events
Oct  2Dividend payment of $0.22
Location
P.O. Box 789, Wade Hampton Boulevard
Greenville, SC 29602
Phone: (864) 609-8256
Fax: (864) 609-4390
Email: info@libertycorp.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,500
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 ·Industry: Broadcasting & Cable TV
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 43%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 5,000  shares
·Institutional: 43% (76% of float)
(144 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 97.0K shares (+1.15%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The Liberty Corporation is a holding company with operations primarily in the television broadcasting industry. The Company's television broadcasting subsidiary, Cosmos Broadcasting, consists of 15 network-affiliated stations located in the Southeast and Midwest, a cable advertising company, a video production company and a professional broadcast equipment dealership. Eight of the Company's television stations are affiliated with NBC, five with ABC, and two with CBS.
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Financial Summary
The Liberty Corporation is a holding company with operations primarily in the television broadcasting industry. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 11% to $90.1 million. Net income applicable to Common from continuing operations fell 3% to $11.6 million. Results reflect increased station and cable advertising revenues, offset by an increase in depreciation attributable to the Company's station acquisitions completed during 2000.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

W. Hayne Hipp, 61
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$2.0M
Howard Schrott, 46
CFO
--  
Martha Williams, 58
VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
794K
James Keelor, 58
Pres of Cosmos
857K
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:LCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 12-Oct-2000
$31.688
Recent Price$40.80 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$42.50 
Beta0.69 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)23.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)16.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+5.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+41.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$798.7M
Shares Outstanding19.6M
Float11.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.88 
Dividend Yield2.16%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 3-Dec-1991
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$29.57 
Earnings (ttm)$1.23 
Earnings (mrq)$0.37 
Sales (ttm)$9.28 
Cash (mrq)$1.10 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.38 
Price/Earnings (ttm)33.12 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.40 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$182.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$67.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$24.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)13.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)18.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.17%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.22%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)3.27 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$21.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short31.0K
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
7,000 
Short Ratio1.19 
Daily Volume26.0K
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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