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Profile - E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 13Price hit new 52-week high ($71.70)
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Sep 10Dividend payment of $0.15
Location
312 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 977-3000
Fax: (513) 977-3721
Email: ir@scripps.com
Employees (last reported count): 8,400
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 92%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 10.0K shares
 · 8 insider sells; 75.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 35% (436% of float)
(265 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 70.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
E. W. Scripps Company operates in three reportable segments, Newspapers, Scripps Networks and Broadcast Television. Newspapers include 21 daily newspapers in the United States. Scripps Networks includes three national television networks that are distributed by cable and satellite television systems. These are Home & Garden Television, Food Network and Do It Yourself. The Company also has a 12% interest in FOX Sports South, a regional television network. E. W. Scripps expects to launch Fine Living, its fourth national network, in the fourth quarter of 2001. Broadcast Television includes 10 television stations, nine of which are affiliated with national television networks.
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Financial Summary
The E.W. Scripps Co. is a diversified media company operating in three segments: newspapers, broadcast television and category television. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues decreased 13% to $741.4 million. Net income rose 33% to $105.8 million. Revenues reflect a general softness in newspaper and broadcast television advertising. Net income reflects the inclusion of a $61.7 million gain on investments vs. a $10.5 million loss.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

William Burleigh, 65
Chairman
$1.1M$1.9M
Kenneth Lowe, 50
Pres, CEO, Director
3.9M--  
Richard Boehne, 44
Exec. VP
766K--  
Daniel Castellini, 61
Sr. VP, CFO
649K804K
Frank Gardner, 58
Sr. VP- Interactive Media
735K--  
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:SSPAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Sep-2000
$47.438
Recent Price$65.45 
52-Week High
on 13-Aug-2001
$71.70 
Beta0.66 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)81.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)92.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+30.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+75.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$5.19B
Shares Outstanding79.3M
Float6.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.60 
Dividend Yield0.92%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$17.22 
Earnings (ttm)$2.38 
Earnings (mrq)$0.49 
Sales (ttm)$20.22 
Cash (mrq)$0.21 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)3.80 
Price/Earnings (ttm)27.51 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.24 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.61B
EBITDA (ttm)$547.6M
Income available to common (ttm)$189.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)12.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)19.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.49%
Return on Equity (ttm)14.69%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.00 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.52 
Total Cash (mrq)$16.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short420.0K
Percent of Float6.7%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
269.0K
Short Ratio4.16 
Daily Volume101.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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