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Profile - Friedman's Inc. (NasdaqNM:FRDM)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
Four West State Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Phone: (912) 233-9333
Fax: (912) 234-1031
Email: information@friedmans.com
Employees (last reported count): 4,193
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 52%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 8 insider buys; 8,000  shares (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 52% (109% of float)
(68 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 517.0K shares (+6.45%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Friedman's Inc. is a specialty retailer of fine jewelry and, as of the 2000 Christmas season, operated 634 stores in 21 states primarily in the southeastern United States. The Company offers competitive prices, a broad merchandise selection and a high level of customer service that appeals to its target market of low- to middle-income consumers aged 18 to 45 years old. The Company's real estate expansion strategy focuses primarily on opening new stores in power strip centers in small cities and towns. Each Friedman's store offers a wide variety of affordable jewelry products, including diamonds, gemstones, rings, gold jewelry and chains, watches and other fine jewelry.
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Financial Summary
Friedman's Inc. is a specialty retailer of fine jewelry, operating 635 stores in 21 states, which are located primarily in the southern U.S. For the nine months ended 6/30/01, total revenues increased 11% to $345.3 million. Net income decreased 36% to $12.7 million. Revenues benefitted from the addition of 36 new stores. Earnings were offset by the closing or planned closing of 34 stores and increased advertising expenditures.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Sterling Brinkley, 48
Chairman
$488K
Bradley Stinn, 41
Pres and CEO
749K
Paul Leonard, 45
Exec. VP and CMO
425K
Victor Suglia, 45
Sr. VP, Sec., Treasurer and CFO
240K
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-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:FRDMAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 28-Dec-2000
$4.00 
Recent Price$9.67 
52-Week High
on 29-June-2001
$12.15 
Beta0.44 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)50.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)51.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+84.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+147.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$140.4M
Shares Outstanding14.5M
Float6.90M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.07 
Dividend Yield0.72%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$15.38 
Earnings (ttm)$0.86 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.48 
Sales (ttm)$28.34 
Cash (mrq)$0.03 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.63 
Price/Earnings (ttm)11.26 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.34 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$410.6M
EBITDA (ttm)$33.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$12.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsSep 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.15%
Return on Equity (ttm)5.61%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)4.29 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.27 
Total Cash (mrq)$379.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short159.0K
Percent of Float2.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
200.0K
Short Ratio3.70 
Daily Volume43.0K
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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