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Profile - Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BID)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  7Earnings Announcement
Location
3800 Woodward Ave., Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
Phone: (248) 646-2400
Fax: (248) 646-2681
Employees (last reported count): 2,048
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 91%
·Institutional: 61% (707% of float)
(205 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 212.0K shares (+0.56%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. is an auctioneer of fine arts, antiques and collectibles, offering property in over 90 collecting categories, among them paintings, jewelry, decorative arts and books. In addition to both live and Internet auctioneering, the Company's Auction segment is engaged in a number of related activities, including the purchase and resale of art and other collectibles, and the brokering of art and collectible purchases and sales through private treaty sales. The Company also markets and brokers luxury residential real estate through its Real Estate segment, conducts art-related financing activities through its Finance segment, and is engaged, to a lesser extent, in insurance brokerage, art education and restoration activities.
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Financial Summary
Sotheby's Holdings is engaged in art-related financing activities, the marketing and brokering of luxury real estate, fine arts education and art-related restoration. BID conducts auctions and private sales of fine art, jewelry and decorative art. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 12% to $186.9 million. Net loss totaled $8.3 million vs. an income of $949 thousand. Revenues reflect a reduced number of lots sold. Loss reflects costs for the retention of key employees.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Michael Sovern, 69
Chairman
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William Ruprecht, 45
Pres, CEO, Director
$985K
Max Fisher, 92
Vice Chairman, Director
--  
William Sheridan, 47
CFO, Exec. VP
937K
Robin Woodhead, 49
Exec. VP, Director and CEO of Sotheby's Europe and Asia
1.1M
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 -- NYSE:BIDAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 6-July-2001
$15.53 
Recent Price$15.90 
52-Week High
on 20-Oct-2000
$28.25 
Beta1.34 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)74.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)37.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-25.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+0.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$974.7M
Shares Outstanding61.3M
Float5.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.40 
Dividend Yield2.52%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 18-July-1989
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.56 
Earnings (ttm)-$3.38 
Earnings (mrq)$0.23 
Sales (ttm)$6.26 
Cash (mrq)$0.90 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.47 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.54 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$372.5M
EBITDA (ttm)-$221.6M
Income available to common (ttm)-$198.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-53.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)-65.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-20.18%
Return on Equity (ttm)-85.57%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.10 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.80 
Total Cash (mrq)$55.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short809.0K
Percent of Float15.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
855.0K
Short Ratio9.63 
Daily Volume84.0K
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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