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Profile - Factory 2-U Stores, Inc. (NasdaqNM:FTUS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 15Earnings Announcement
Aug  4Fiscal quarter ended
Location
4000 Ruffin Road
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: (858) 627-1800
Email: mailus@factory2-u.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,447
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Apparel)
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 41%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 5,000  shares
 · 3 insider sells; 92.0K shares
  (1.7% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 63% (106% of float)
(195 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 685.0K shares (+7.84%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Factory 2-U Stores, Inc. operates a chain of off-price retail apparel and housewares stores in Alabama, Arizona, California, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and Washington. The Company sells branded casual apparel for the family, as well as selected domestics and household merchandise at prices that generally are significantly lower than other discount stores. The Company operates stores under the name Factory 2-U. As of April 13, 2001, the Company operated 247 stores located in 10 states. The Company's stores are primarily located in rural and lower-income suburban communities and, to a lesser extent, in metropolitan areas.
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Financial Summary
Factory 2-U Stores, Inc. operates through 247 Factory 2-U and Family Bargain Center off-price retail apparel and housewares stores located in CA, AZ, WA, NM, OR, NV and TX. For the 26 weeks ended 8/4/01, net sales increased 18% to $265.1 million. Net loss totalled $1.6 million vs. income of $3.3 million. Revenues reflect the opening of new stores. Loss reflects increased labor rates as well as higher advertising and utility costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Michael Searles, 51
Chairman, Pres and Chief Exec. Officer
$1.5M
Douglas Felderman, 47
CFO, Exec. VP
--  
Tracy Parks, 40
COO, Exec. VP
508K
Norman Plotkin, 46
Exec. VP- Store Devel. and Gen. Counsel
430K
Mary Kwan, 48
Exec. VP of Merchandising and Marketing
--  
Dollar amounts are as of 29-Jan-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:FTUSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 10-July-2001
$18.00 
Recent Price$22.36 
52-Week High
on 30-Jan-2001
$45.188
Beta0.58 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)222.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)52.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-35.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-14.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$286.2M
Shares Outstanding12.8M
Float7.60M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 22 for 73 on 25-Nov-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$6.19 
Earnings (ttm)$1.24 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.01 
Sales (ttm)$45.85 
Cash (mrq*)$0.64 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)3.62 
Price/Earnings (ttm)18.11 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.49 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$595.7M
EBITDA (ttm*)$27.7M
Income available to common (ttm)$16.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 3
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
4-Aug-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)10.48%
Return on Equity (ttm)22.99%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.44 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.31 
Total Cash (mrq)$8.23M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short458.0K
Percent of Float6.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
603.0K
Short Ratio2.76 
Daily Volume166.0K
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 4-Aug-2001)

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