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Profile - U.S. Home & Garden, Inc. (NasdaqSC:USHG)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 29Price hit new 52-week low ($0.48)
Location
655 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 616-8111
Fax: (415) 616-8110
Employees (last reported count): 296
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 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 46%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 42.0K shares (0.5% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 15% (28% of float)
(19 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 24.0K shares (+0.91%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
U.S. Home and Garden Inc. is a leading manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of consumer lawn and garden products. The Company's products include weed preventive landscape fabrics, fertilizer and plant food spikes, decorative landscape edging, grass and flower seed products, weed trimmer replacement heads, shade cloth and root feeders, which are sold under recognized brand names such as WeedBlock(R), Jobe's, Emerald Edge, Weed Wizard, Shade Fabric, Ross, Tensar, Amturf and Landmaster. The Company markets its products through most large national home improvement and mass merchant retailers, including Home Depot, Lowe's, Kmart, Wal-Mart, Ace Hardware, TruServe and Home Base.
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Financial Summary
U.S. Home and Garden, Inc. manufactures and markets a broad range of consumer lawn and garden products. USHG's products include weed preventive landscape fabrics, root feeders, fertilizers spikes, and shade fabrics. For the nine months ended 3/31/01, revenues fell 20% to $51 million. Net loss before extraordinary item totaled $7.5 million, up from $1.2 million. Results reflect a shift in customer inventory management programs, and higher start-up costs for Egarden Inc.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Robert Kassel, 60
Chairman, CEO, Pres, Treasurer
$803K
Dick Kurz
CFO
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Maureen Kassel, 52
VP of PR and Advter., Sec., Director
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Dollar amounts are as of 30-June-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 -- NasdaqSC:USHGAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Aug-2001
$0.48 
Recent Price$0.67 
52-Week High
on 13-Sep-2000
$2.50 
Beta1.54 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)37.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)52.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-71.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-61.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$11.8M
Shares Outstanding17.6M
Float9.50M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$2.04 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.43 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.10 
Sales (ttm)$3.96 
Cash (mrq)$0.22 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.33 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.17 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$77.0M
EBITDA (ttm)-$5.93M
Income available to common (ttm)-$7.94M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-11.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)-9.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJune 30
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-6.27%
Return on Equity (ttm)-19.32%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.99 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.97 
Total Cash (mrq)$3.81M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short14.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
11.0K
Short Ratio0.40 
Daily Volume35.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Mar-2001)

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