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Profile - Sterling Financial Corp. (NasdaqNM:STSA)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 22Price hit new 52-week high ($18.25)
July 25Conference call: Sterling Financial WA Earnings (Q2 2001)
Location
111 North Wall Street
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 458-2711
Fax: (509) 358-6162
Employees (last reported count): 822
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: S&Ls/Savings Banks
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 37%
·Institutional: 55% (88% of float)
(59 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 57.0K shares (+1.17%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Sterling Financial Corporation (Sterling) is a unitary savings and loan holding company, the significant operating subsidiary of which is Sterling Savings Bank. The operating subsidiaries of Sterling Savings Bank are Action Mortgage Company, INTERVEST-Mortgage Investment Company and Harbor Financial Services, Inc. Sterling provides personalized, quality financial services to its customers. The Company believes that this dedication to personalized service has enabled it to maintain a stable retail deposit base. With $2.66 billion in total assets at December 31, 2000, Sterling attracts deposits from the general public through 77 retail branches located primarily in rural and suburban communities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
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Financial Summary
Sterling Financial Corp. is a unitary savings and loan holding company for Sterling Savings Bank. For the six months ended 6/30/01, interest income rose 3% to $101.5 million. Net interest income after loan loss prov. rose 1% to $37.7 million. Net income rose 10% to $7.4 million. Net interest income reflects increased loans and investments, partially offset by higher costs of LT borrowings. Earnings benefitted from higher service charges and greater number of transaction accounts.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Harold Gilkey, 61
Chairman, CEO
$456K--  
William Zuppe, 59
Pres, COO
418K$26K
Daniel Byrne, 46
CFO, Sr. VP - Fin., Treasurer and Assistant Sec.
--  --  
David Bobbitt, 53
Exec. VP-Community Banking
181K--  
Heidi Stanley, 44
Exec. VP-Corp. Admin., Sterling Savings
--  --  
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:STSAAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 23-Oct-2000
$9.773
Recent Price$16.503
52-Week High
on 22-Aug-2001
$18.25 
Beta0.24 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)34.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)18.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+58.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+112.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$147.3M
Shares Outstanding8.93M
Float5.60M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 11 for 10 on 2-Nov-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$16.77 
Earnings (ttm)$1.59 
Earnings (mrq)$0.42 
Sales (ttm)$23.17 
Cash (mrq)$6.63 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.98 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.35 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.71 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$208.5M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$14.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)36.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.54%
Return on Equity (ttm)10.37%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$59.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short24.0K
Percent of Float0.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
21.0K
Short Ratio0.52 
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 30-June-2001)

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