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Profile - Whitehall Jewellers, Inc. (NYSE:JWL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Price hit new 52-week high ($11.77)
Aug 22Conference call: Whitehall Jewellers Earnings (Q2 2001)
Aug 22Earnings Announcement
July 31Fiscal quarter ended
Location
155 North Wacker, Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: (312) 782-6800
Fax: (312) 782-8299
Email: investorrelations@whji.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,837
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Competitors:
 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 36%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 15.0K shares
  (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 66% (104% of float)
(126 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 88.0K shares (+0.90%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Whitehall Jewellers, Inc. is a national specialty retailer of fine jewelry offering an in-depth selection in the following key categories: diamond, gold, precious and semi-precious jewelry. The Company's target customers are middle to upper-middle income women over 25 years old. The Company operates 361 mall-based stores in 37 states under the established brand names of Whitehall Co. Jewellers (298 stores), Lundstrom Jewelers (61) and Marks Bros. Jewelers (2). The Company seeks to provide a deep assortment of items across a broad range of price points in its key product categories: diamonds (such as diamond jewelry, diamond solitaires and bridal), gold, and precious and semi-precious jewelry. Unlike many of its competitors, the Company carries only a limited selection of watches and virtually no costume jewelry or gift merchandise.
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Financial Summary
Whitehall Jewellers is a national specialty retailer of fine jewelry, operating 361 stores in 37 states, as of 4/01. The Company also operates under the names Whitehall Co. Jewellers and Lundstrom Jewelers. For the six months ended 7/31/01, revenues fell 4% to $143.3 million. Net loss before acctg. change totaled $2.3 million, vs. a net income of $2.2 million. Revenues reflect weak retail sales and the slowing economy. Net loss also reflects higher selling, general and administrative cost.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Hugh Patinkin, 50
Pres, CEO and Chairman
$500K--  
Jon Browne, 46
Exec. VP, CFO, Treasurer
--  --  
Matthew Patinkin, 43
Exec. VP - Store Operations
319K--  
John Desjardins, 50
Exec. VP, Sec., Director
362K--  
Manny Brown, 46
Exec.VP- Store Operations
294K$310K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Jan-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:JWLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 16-Jan-2001
$6.00 
Recent Price$11.74 
52-Week High
on 30-Aug-2001
$11.77 
Beta1.03 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)29.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)35.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+30.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+75.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$171.2M
Shares Outstanding14.6M
Float9.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 5-Jan-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.93 
Earnings (ttm)$0.40 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.04 
Sales (ttm)$23.59 
Cash (mrq)$0.20 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.69 
Price/Earnings (ttm)29.42 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.50 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$348.6M
EBITDA (ttm)$22.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$5.87M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 31
Most recent quarter31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.20%
Return on Equity (ttm)5.82%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.25 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.86 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.92M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short325.0K
Percent of Float3.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
318.0K
Short Ratio12.04 
Daily Volume27.0K
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-July-2001)

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