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Profile - Blair Corporation (AMEX:BL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 10Price hit new 52-week low ($15.00)
Upcoming Events
Sep 15Dividend payment of $0.15
Location
220 Hickory Street
Warren, PA 16366
Phone: (814) 723-3600
Fax: (814) 726-6123
Email: blair@blair.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,500
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Catalog & Mail Order)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 46%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 9 insider buys; 7,000  shares (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 52% (96% of float)
(56 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 292.0K shares (+7.58%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Blair Corporation's business consists of the sale of fashion apparel for men and women, plus a wide range of home products that are primarily marketed through direct mail merchandising. The Company operates three retail stores, two in Pennsylvania and one in Delaware, and two outlet stores in Pennsylvania. The Company markets a wide range of merchandise, manufactured by a number of independent suppliers, both domestic and foreign. Catalogs and letters containing color folders depict the current styles of womenswear, menswear and home products, and are mailed directly to existing and prospective customers. The Company serves customers throughout the 50 states.
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Financial Summary
Blair Corporation is principally engaged in the direct mail and retail merchandising of men's and women's fashion apparel and home products. For the six months ended 6/01, total revenues rose 5% to $323.6 million. Net income fell 66% to $5.2 million. Revenues reflect an increase in average order size and higher finance charges. Earnings were offset by expenses associated with investment initiatives such as e-commerce, and severance charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Murray McComas, 64
Chairman
$640K
John Zawacki, 52
Pres, CEO, Director
597K
Blair Smoulder, 58
Exec. VP, Director
557K
Steven Blair, 57
VP- Order Handling, Director
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Robert Crowley, 51
VP- Menswear, Director
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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 -- AMEX:BLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 10-Aug-2001
$15.00 
Recent Price$16.20 
52-Week High
on 14-Sep-2000
$25.375
Beta0.68 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)9,091 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)10.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-25.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-0.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$129.1M
Shares Outstanding7.97M
Float4.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.60 
Dividend Yield3.70%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$30.11 
Earnings (ttm)$1.40 
Earnings (mrq)$0.69 
Sales (ttm)$77.88 
Cash (mrq)$1.54 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.54 
Price/Earnings (ttm)11.57 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.21 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$633.5M
EBITDA (ttm)$28.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$11.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.21%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.72%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.70 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.21 
Total Cash (mrq)$12.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short55.0K
Percent of Float1.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
55.0K
Short Ratio5.50 
Daily Volume10.0K
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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