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Profile - Advanced Switching Comm. (NasdaqNM:ASCX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 28Price hit new 52-week low ($0.47)
Location
8330 Boone Boulevard
Vienna, VA 22182
Phone: (703) 448-5540
Fax: (703) 448-5590
Email: investor@asc.com
Employees (last reported count): 166
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Communications Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 70%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 9,000  shares
 · 2 insider sells; 52.0K shares
  (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 23% (76% of float)
(33 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 57.0K shares (+0.59%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Advanced Switching Communications, Inc. designs, builds and markets a line of broadband access equipment for telecommunications service providers. With its MultiStream technology and integrated family of network access solutions, communications companies can rapidly and cost-effectively deliver the power of the Internet and advanced broadband services to their customers around the world. By combining advanced, multi-service switching with multiplexing, the Company's technology and products enable carriers to deliver voice, data, multimedia and Internet-based traffic across a wide range of facilities, including advanced, high-speed optical networks. Advanced Switching plans to add Internet protocol capabilities to its product portfolio in 2001. The Company markets its products to telecommunications service providers worldwide, focusing on established and emerging multi-service carriers.
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Financial Summary
Advanced Switching Communications provides network access solutions for communications companies to deploy broadband services in markets of all sizes. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net revenues rose 13% to $14.6 million. Net loss rose 50% to $17.8 million. Results reflect higher sales of the A-1240, A-3010 and A-4000 products to new customers. Net loss reflects a $7 million charge for excess and obsolete inventory, and increased costs for new product development.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Asghar Mostafa, 42
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$208K
Harry D'Andrea, 44
CFO
213K
Robert Stewart, 47
CCO
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Sherry Rhodes, 45
VP, Sec., Gen. Counsel
--  
Lawrence Kraft, 34
VP of Marketing
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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 -- NasdaqNM:ASCXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 28-Aug-2001
$0.47 
Recent Price$0.55 
52-Week High
on 5-Oct-2000
$22.016
Daily Volume (3-month avg)232.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)233.0K
Stock Performance
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26-Week Change-89.5%
26-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-88.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$23.3M
Shares Outstanding42.4M
Float12.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$2.64 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.86 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.38 
Sales (ttm)$1.15 
Cash (mrq)$1.85 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.21 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.48 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$39.1M
EBITDA (ttm)-$25.6M
Income available to common (ttm)-$24.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-59.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)-71.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-24.10%
Return on Equity (ttm)-39.11%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)13.45 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$78.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short134.0K
Percent of Float1.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
308.0K
Short Ratio0.54 
Daily Volume248.0K
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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