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Profile - Cole National Corporation (NYSE:CNJ)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 28Conference call: Cole National Earnings (Q2 2001)
Aug 28Earnings Announcement
Aug  4Fiscal quarter ended
Location
5915 Landerbrook Drive
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
Phone: (440) 449-4100
Fax: (440) 461-3489
Email: cnjinfo@mciworldcom.net
Employees (last reported count): 9,500
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 65%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 136.0K shares (1.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 58% (166% of float)
(61 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.27M shares (+12.24%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Cole National Corporation through its direct subsidiary, Cole National Group, Inc., is a provider of vision care products and services, managed vision care programs and personalized gifts, with 2,813 retail locations in 50 states, Canada and the Caribbean. The Company also holds an approximately 21% interest in Pearle Europe B.V., which operates 640 retail optical locations in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Italy. The Company's vision care products, services and programs are offered through retail locations by Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Target Optical and BJ's Optical Department and through Cole Managed Vision (collectively, Cole Vision). Personalized gifts are offered through retail locations, e-commerce and catalogs by Things Remembered. Cole Vision contributed 74% of the Company's net revenue in fiscal 2000, with 2,029 Company-owned and franchised retail locations throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, as of February 3, 2001.
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Financial Summary
Cole National Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides eyewear products, optometric services and personalized gifts through two units: Cole Vision and Things Remembered. For the 26 weeks ended 8/4/01, revenues rose 4% to $543.6 million. Net income totalled $2.1 million vs. a loss of $904 thousand. Revenues reflect increased comparable store sales in the Company's vision segment. Earning reflect improved gross margins and the absence of a severance charge.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Pay

Jeffrey Cole, 59
Chairman, CEO
$1.1M
Larry Pollock, 54
Pres, COO, Director
185K
Thomas Kaung, 63
CFO, Exec. VP
395K
William Lahiff, Jr., 47
Sr. VP, Controller, Assistant Sec.
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Leslie Dunn, 56
Sr. VP - Bus. Devel., Gen. Counsel and Sec.
350K
Dollar amounts are as of 3-Feb-2001 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 -- NYSE:CNJAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 6-Oct-2000
$5.75 
Recent Price$14.30 
52-Week High
on 29-May-2001
$15.22 
Beta0.39 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)37.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)11.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+120.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+195.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$224.5M
Shares Outstanding15.7M
Float5.50M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$9.34 
Earnings (ttm)$0.33 
Earnings (mrq)$0.09 
Sales (ttm)$69.29 
Cash (mrq*)$2.12 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.53 
Price/Earnings (ttm)43.47 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.21 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.10B
EBITDA (ttm*)$79.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$5.24M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)0.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.6%
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)0.88%
Return on Equity (ttm)3.55%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.50 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)1.88 
Total Cash (mrq)$34.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short69.0K
Percent of Float1.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
105.0K
Short Ratio2.09 
Daily Volume33.0K
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