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Profile - Houston Exploration (NYSE:THX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1100 Louisana Street, Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: (713) 830-6800
Fax: (713) 652-4017
Email: kthornhill@houstonexp.com
Employees (last reported count): 110
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 ·Industry: Oil Well Services & Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 77%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 32.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 32% (138% of float)
(167 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 593.0K shares (+5.80%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The Houston Exploration Company is an independent natural gas and oil company engaged in the exploration, development, exploitation and acquisition of domestic natural gas and oil properties. The Company's offshore properties are located primarily in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and its onshore properties are located in east and south Texas, south Louisiana, the Arkoma Basin and the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia. At December 31, 2000, net proved reserves were 562 Bcfe with a discounted present value of cash flows before income taxes of $2.8 billion. The Company's focus is natural gas, and approximately 94% of its net proved reserves at December 31, 2000 were natural gas and approximately 77% were classified as proved developed. The Company operates approximately 85% of its production.
More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description

Financial Summary
THX engages in exploring, developing, exploiting, and acquiring domestic natural gas and oil properties. THX's properties are located in the Gulf of Mexico, east and south Texas, the Arkoma Basin, south Louisiana and WV. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues totalled $223.7 million, up from $107.3 million. Net income totalled $83.2 million, up from $24.8 million. Revenues reflect increases in production and average realized gas prices. Earnings also reflect lower interest expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Robert Catell, 64
Chairman
--  --  
William Hargett, 51
Pres, CEO, Director
--  --  
Thomas Powers, 56
CFO, Sr. VP, Treasurer
$452K$1.1M
Charles Adcock, 47
Sr. VP, Operations and Engineering
415K582K
Tracy Price
Sr. VP, Land
--  --  
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 -- NYSE:THXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Oct-2000
$21.875
Recent Price$28.81 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$39.75 
Beta0.73 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)44.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)25.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+12.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+51.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$874.5M
Shares Outstanding30.4M
Float7.00M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$16.75 
Earnings (ttm)$4.76 
Earnings (mrq)$1.17 
Sales (ttm)$12.92 
Cash (mrq)$0.13 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.72 
Price/Earnings (ttm)6.05 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.23 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$388.7M
EBITDA (ttm)$335.7M
Income available to common (ttm)$143.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)37.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)58.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)17.80%
Return on Equity (ttm)35.59%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.17 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.32 
Total Cash (mrq)$3.96M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short272.0K
Percent of Float3.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
331.0K
Short Ratio9.71 
Daily Volume28.0K
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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