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Profile - Consolidated Mercantile (NasdaqSC:CSLMF)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 24Price hit new 52-week high ($4.20)
Location
106 Avenue Road, Ontario
Toronto, M5R 2H3, Canada
Phone: (416) 920-0500
Fax: (416) 920-7851
Employees (last reported count): 492
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 ·Industry: Containers & Packaging
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·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 50%
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Business Summary
Consolidated Mercantile Incorporated carries on business as an investment management holding company with investments in operating companies and subsidiaries in the furniture, specialty covers, packaging and real estate industries. The Company's packaging and specialty cover division consists of a 39.2% interest in Polyair Inter Pack Inc., which in turn owns 100% of Cantar/Polyair Corporation. This division manufactures packaging and specialty cover products under the Cantar and Polyair trade names. The Company's furniture division consists primarily of a 50.5% interest in Distinctive Designs Furniture Inc. The Furniture Division focuses on the manufacture and sale of leather and fabric upholstered furniture for sale to major Canadian department stores, mass merchants and independent furniture stores as well as a growing number of customers in the United States.
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Financial Summary
Consolidated Mercantile is an investment management holding company with investments in operating companies and subsidiaries in the furniture, specialty covers, packaging and real estate industries. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales increased 14% to C$104 million. Net loss applicable to Common totalled C$202 thousand, vs. an income of C$584 thousand. Results reflect growth in the packaging and specialty cover segment sales, offset by higher amortization expenses.
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Officers

Position
Fred LitwinPres
Daniel TamkinVP
Stan AbramowitzSec.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqSC:CSLMFAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 14-Sep-2000
$2.00 
Recent Price$4.15 
52-Week High
on 24-Aug-2001
$4.20 
Beta0.94 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,682 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+41.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+89.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$11.7M
Shares Outstanding2.82M
Float1.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 1 for 2 on 23-Nov-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.85 
Earnings (ttm)$0.15 
Earnings (mrq)$0.01 
Sales (ttm)$46.29 
Cash (mrq)$0.14 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.08 
Price/Earnings (ttm)27.67 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.09 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$142.1M
EBITDA (ttm)$10.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$532.0K
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.52%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.89%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.14 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.79 
Total Cash (mrq)$386.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume3,000 
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);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.55 Canadian Dollars/US Dollar

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