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Profile - Gray Communications Sys. (NYSE:GCS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  7Earnings Announcement
Location
4370 Peachtree Road
Atlanta, GA 30319
Phone: (404) 504-9828
Fax: (404) 261-9607
Employees (last reported count): 1,284
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Broadcasting & Cable TV
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 64%
·Institutional: 9% (25% of float)
(47 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 117.0K shares (+7.63%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Gray Communications Systems, Inc. owns 13 network-affiliated television stations in 11 medium-size markets in the southeastern (Southeast), southwestern (Southwest) and midwestern (Midwest) United States. Ten of the stations are affiliated with the CBS Television Network, a division of CBS, Inc. (CBS), and three are affiliated with the NBC Television Network, a division of the National Broadcasting Company, Incorporated (NBC). The Company also owns and operates four daily newspapers and an advertising shopper located in the Southeast and the Midwest and a paging business located in the Southeast.
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Financial Summary
Gray Communications System owns and operates 13 television stations in 11 medium sized markets and also provides satellite, production services and paging services. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues decreased 7% to $76.9 million. Net loss applicable to Common increased 32% to $7.6 million. Revenues reflect a slowdown in the placement of advertising. Net loss reflects higher newsprint prices and increased depreciation expense related to the acquisitions.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

William Mayher III, 62
Chairman of Directors
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J. Mack Robinson, 77
Director, Pres and CEO
$227K
James Ryan, 40
CFO, VP
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Hilton Howell, Jr., 39
Exec. VP, Director
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Robert Prather, Jr., 56
Director and Exec. VP - Acquisitions
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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:GCSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 24-Oct-2000
$11.00 
Recent Price$16.10 
52-Week High
on 29-June-2001
$19.05 
Beta-0.08 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)13.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)6,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+42.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+90.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$251.4M
Shares Outstanding15.6M
Float5.60M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.08 
Dividend Yield0.50%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 1-Oct-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$8.98 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.58 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.15 
Sales (ttm)$10.66 
Cash (mrq)$0.11 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.79 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.51 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$165.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$58.4M
Income available to common (ttm)-$9.07M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-5.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)16.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-1.31%
Return on Equity (ttm)-6.24%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.21 
Debt/Equity (mrq)2.48 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.70M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short71.0K
Percent of Float1.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
88.0K
Short Ratio8.88 
Daily Volume8,000 
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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