Yahoo! FinanceHome - Yahoo! - Help

Market Guide

[ Stock Screener | Company & Fund Index | Financial Glossary ]

Profile - WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE:WMS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
Enter symbol:
symbol lookup

 
More Info: Quote | Chart | News | Profile | Research | SEC | Msgs | Insider | Options | Financials
Recent Events
Aug  8Conference call: WMS Industries Earnings (Q4 2001)
Aug  8Earnings Announcement
Location
800 South Northpoint Blvd.
Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone: (847) 785-3000
Fax: (773) 961-1099
Email: sales@wms.com
Employees (last reported count): 800
Financial Links
 ·Top Institutional Holders
 ·Top Mutual Fund Holders
 ·Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade History
 ·Historical Quote Data
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
Competitors:
 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Casinos & Gaming
Company Websites
 ·Home Page
 ·Divisions
 ·Yahoo! Category

 ·Search Yahoo! for related links...

Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 51%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 11 insider sells; 345.0K shares
  (2.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 70% (142% of float)
(257 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.29M shares (+5.50%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
More From Market Guide
 ·Highlights
 ·Performance
 ·Ratio Comparisons
Business Summary
WMS Industries Inc. designs, manufactures and markets video and reel-spinning gaming machines and video lottery terminals. Its gaming machines incorporate secondary bonus rounds, advanced graphics, digital sound and engaging game themes, some of which include popular songs and recognized trademarks. Its gaming machines are installed in all of the major gaming jurisdictions in the United States and in numerous foreign jurisdictions. The Company is focused exclusively on the design, manufacture and marketing of video and reel-spinning gaming machines and video lottery terminals. WMS conducts its gaming machine business through its subsidiary, WMS Gaming Inc. The Company has discontinued its contract manufacturing of video games, with operations expected to cease effective September 30, 2000. During fiscal 2000, the Company shuts down its former pinball game design and manufacturing and cabinet manufacturing operations.
More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description

Financial Summary
WMS Industries Inc. is engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of video and reel spinning gaming machines and video lottery terminals and coin-operated video games. For the nine months ended 3/31/01, revenues rose 33% to $198 million. Net income from continuing operations fell 1% to $31.6 million. Results reflect increased sales of gaming devices and growth of the installed base of MONOPOLY brand games, offset by the absence of litigation reversals.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 65,774; after tax earnings were 367. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

More from Market Guide: Significant Developments

Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Louis Nicastro, 72
Chairman
$1.7M
Brian Gamache, 41
Pres, CEO, Director
254K
Norman Menell, 68
Vice Chairman
--  
Scott Schweinfurth, 46
CFO, Exec. VP, Treasurer
102K
Orrin Edidin, 39
Exec. VP, Sec., Gen. Counsel
292K
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..
More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors:
Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options
Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:WMSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 13-Nov-2000
$13.438
Recent Price$21.28 
52-Week High
on 13-June-2001
$32.64 
Beta0.81 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)384.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)264.0K
Stock Performance
[one-year price graph]
big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max]
52-Week Change+26.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+69.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$675.6M
Shares Outstanding31.7M
Float15.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-Mar-1992
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$7.78 
Earnings (ttm)$0.99 
Earnings (mrq)$0.01 
Sales (ttm)$7.93 
Cash (mrq*)$2.83 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)2.74 
Price/Earnings (ttm)21.45 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.68 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$263.8M
EBITDA (ttm*)$83.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$31.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)12.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)25.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJune 30
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)12.35%
Return on Equity (ttm)14.10%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)7.36 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$86.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short436.0K
Percent of Float2.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.55M
Short Ratio0.97 
Daily Volume447.0K
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 31-Mar-2001)

Market Guide offers more in-depth Company Research, Stock Screening, and Hottest Stocks and Industries on over 10,000 U.S. Equities.


Copyright © 2001 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service
Company information Copyright Market Guide. Historical chart data and daily updates provided by Commodity Systems, Inc. (CSI). Some event data provided by CCBN. Data and information is provided for informational purposes only, and is not intended for trading purposes. Neither Yahoo nor any of its data or content providers (such as Market Guide, CSI, etc.) shall be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.