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Profile - Vitech America, Inc. (OTC BB:VTCHQ.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 29Price hit new 52-week low ($0.001)
Location
2190 Northwest 89th Place
Miami, FL 33172
Phone: (305) 477-1161
Fax: (305) 477-1379
Email: vitech@vitech.net
Employees (last reported count): 800
Financial Links
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
Competitors:
 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Computer Hardware
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 87%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 4.57M shares (25.5% of insider shares)
 · 4 insider sells; 4.64M shares
  (25.9% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 11% (87% of float)
(19 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 581.0K shares (+32.93%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Vitech America, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of computer products, peripherals and software to business, governmental and individual clients in Brazil. The Company's diversified family of products includes desktop personal computers, notebook personal computers, workstations, network servers, networking equipment, peripherals and software. The Company offers its own branded products and is the exclusive distributor of Gateway computer products in Brazil. Vitech also provides integrated information technology solutions for its corporate and governmental customers. Vitech has introduced a group of integrated solutions for specific vertical markets in response to the need for client-server distributed computing solutions in Brazil. These turnkey solutions include computer and networking hardware, software, Internet connectivity and support services. In August 2001, the Company filed a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
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Financial Summary
VTCHQ is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of computer equipment and related products, and the financing of the purchase thereof, in Brazil. For the three months ended 3/31/01, revenues fell 49% to $11.4 million. Net loss totaled $19.3 million vs. an income of $15 thousand. Revenues reflect impact of the fire causing an interruption in production and destroyed inventory items. Net loss reflects a $6.9 million litigation charge and a $5.9 million loss on factory fire.
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Officers
FY2000 Pay

Georges St. Laurent, III, 40
Chairman, CEO
$270K
William St. Laurent, 36
Pres, COO, Director
270K
Edward Kelly, 33
CFO
130K
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 -- OTC BB:VTCHQ.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Aug-2001
$0.001
Recent Price$0.02 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$5.375
Beta1.90 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)73.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)160.0K
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-99.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-99.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$411.0K
Shares Outstanding20.5M
Float2.70M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 11 for 10 on 9-July-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$2.14 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.57 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.94 
Sales (ttm)$5.39 
Cash (mrq)$0.03 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.01 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.00 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$104.7M
EBITDA (ttm)$23.4M
Income available to common (ttm)-$12.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-11.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)12.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-7.97%
Return on Equity (ttm)-19.74%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.77 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.61 
Total Cash (mrq)$623.0K
Short Interest
As of 9-July-2001
Shares Short213.0K
Percent of Float7.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
213.0K
Short Ratio4.63 
Daily Volume46.0K
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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