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Profile - Knight-Ridder, Inc. (NYSE:KRI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  3Price hit new 52-week high ($63.80)
Aug 20Dividend payment of $0.25
Upcoming Events
Oct 16Add this event to your Yahoo! CalendarLive call at 2:00 pm ET: Knight-Ridder Earnings (Q3 2001)
Location
50 W. San Fernando Street, Suite 1500
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: (408) 938-7700
Fax: (408) 938-7755
Email: plaffoon@knightridder.com
Employees (last reported count): 22,000
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Printing & Publishing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 29%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 3,000  shares
 · 5 insider sells; 22.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 93% (132% of float)
(735 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 3.79M shares (+5.15%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Knight Ridder, Inc. is a newspaper publisher with products in print and online. The Company publishes 32 daily newspapers in 28 United States markets, with a readership of 8.5 million daily and 12.6 million Sunday. Knight Ridder also has investments in a variety of Internet and technology companies and two newsprint production companies. The Company's Internet operation, KnightRidder.com, creates and manages a variety of online services, including the Real Cities Network of regional hubs in 38 United States markets. Revenue is earned through the sale of advertising and circulation and related activities.
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Financial Summary
Knight-Ridder is engaged in newspaper publishing, news and information services and graphics and photo services. KRI publishes 32 daily and 22 non-daily newspapers in 28 U.S. markets and maintains 45 associated Web sites. For the six months ended 7/01, revenues fell 6% to $1.47 billion. Net income applicable to Common fell 80% to $49 million. Results reflect lower classified revenue due to reduced recruitment and auto advertising, and the realized loss on Internet investments.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

P. Anthony Ridder, 60
Chairman, CEO
$3.3M--  
Gary Effren, 44
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin.
--  --  
Mary Connors, 48
Sr. VP of HR
1.8M$290K
Frank McComas, 55
Sr. VP- Operations
2.0M--  
Joseph Visci, 47
VP, Operations
--  --  
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:KRIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 16-Oct-2000
$44.125
Recent Price$60.60 
52-Week High
on 3-Aug-2001
$63.80 
Beta0.60 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)329.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)289.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+8.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+45.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$4.52B
Shares Outstanding74.7M
Float53.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.00 
Dividend Yield1.65%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 1-Aug-1996
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$19.95 
Earnings (ttm)$1.20 
Earnings (mrq)$0.15 
Sales (ttm)$38.79 
Cash (mrq*)$0.42 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)3.04 
Price/Earnings (ttm)50.63 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.56 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$3.12B
EBITDA (ttm*)$700.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$100.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)16.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
1-July-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.62%
Return on Equity (ttm)6.51%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.00 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)1.09 
Total Cash (mrq)$31.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short14.4M
Percent of Float27.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
14.8M
Short Ratio48.00 
Daily Volume300.0K
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