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Profile - Mercantile Bankshares (NasdaqNM:MRBK)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
Two Hopkins Plaza, P.O. Box 1477
Baltimore, MD 21203
Phone: (410) 237-5900
Fax: (410) 237-5854
Email: investor.relations@mercantile.net
Employees (last reported count): 2,979
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Regional Banks
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 41% (42% of float)
(402 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 285.0K shares (+0.99%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Mercantile Bankshares Corporation (Mercshares) is a bank holding company. Mercshares directly owns all of the outstanding stock of 21 affiliated Banks and directly or indirectly owns all of the outstanding stock of certain other affiliates. The Company is divided into two operating components, the lead bank, Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company (including its Banking and Trust Divisions), and 20 community banks.
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Financial Summary
MRBK is a holding company for 21 banks, a mortgage banking company, an insurance agency and several other financial services companies. For the six months ended 6/01, total interest income rose 10% to $336.9 million. Net interest income after loan loss prov. rose 7% to $202.7 million. Net income rose 8% to $91 million. Net interest income reflects higher earning assets, partially offset by a lower net interest margin. Net income reflects higher securities gains.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

H. Furlong Baldwin, 69
Chairman
$1.3M
Edward Kelly, III, 47
Pres, CEO
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Terry Troupe, 53
CFO and Treasurer
273K
Jack Steil, 54
Exec. VP; Chairman - Credit Policy - Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company
536K
Robert Johnson, 58
Sr. VP
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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 -- NasdaqNM:MRBKAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000
$31.563
Recent Price$40.75 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$45.125
Beta0.87 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)250.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)226.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+15.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+55.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.84B
Shares Outstanding69.7M
Float69.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.12 
Dividend Yield2.75%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 1-July-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$17.38 
Earnings (ttm)$2.55 
Earnings (mrq)$0.62 
Sales (ttm)$9.51 
Cash (mrq)$4.14 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.35 
Price/Earnings (ttm)15.96 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.28 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$678.3M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$182.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)26.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.06%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.88%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Long-Term Debt/Equity (mrq)0.07 
Total Cash (mrq)$294.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.05M
Percent of Float3.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
570.0K
Short Ratio4.84 
Daily Volume424.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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