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Profile - Abaxis, Inc. (NasdaqNM:ABAX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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July 26Conference call: Abaxis First Quarter Results
Location
3240 Whipple Road
Union City, CA 94587
Phone: (510) 675-6500
Email: abaxis@abaxis.com
Employees (last reported count): 124
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 7%
·Institutional: 11% (12% of float)
(26 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 29.0K shares (+1.69%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Abaxis, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets portable blood analysis systems for use in any patient-care setting to provide clinicians with rapid blood constituent measurements. The Company's primary product is a system consisting of a compact 6.9 kilogram analyzer and a series of single-use plastic discs (reagent discs) containing all of the chemicals required to perform a panel of up to 12 tests. The system can be operated with minimal training and performs multiple routine tests on whole blood, serum or plasma using either venous or fingerstick samples. The system provides test results in less than 15 minutes with the precision and accuracy equivalent to a clinical laboratory analyzer. The Company currently markets this system for veterinary use under the name VetScan and Vetscan HMT (DXS System) and in the human medical market under the name Piccolo.
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Financial Summary
Abaxis develops, manufactures and markets portable blood analysis systems for use in any patient-care setting to provide clinicians with rapid blood constituent measurements. For the three months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 6% to $7.5 million. Net income fell 72% to $117 thousand. Revenues reflect increased unit sales of VetScan DXS and reagent disc. Net income was offset by an increase in cost of revenues.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Clinton Severson, 52
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$312K
Robert Milder, 50
VP of Operations
198K
Michael Mercer, 46
VP of Domestic Marketing and Sales
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Vladimir Ostoich, Ph.D., 54
VP of Engineering
235K
Kenneth Aron, Ph.D., 47
VP of R&D
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Mar-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:ABAXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 5-Apr-2001
$2.313
Recent Price$5.01 
52-Week High
on 17-Nov-2000
$7.25 
Beta0.33 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)18.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)13.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-14.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+14.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$81.4M
Shares Outstanding16.2M
Float15.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.79 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.11 
Earnings (mrq)$0.01 
Sales (ttm)$1.82 
Cash (mrq)$0.18 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)6.33 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.75 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$29.9M
EBITDA (ttm)$1.51M
Income available to common (ttm)-$1.77M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-0.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)-0.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-0.09%
Return on Equity (ttm)-15.96%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.96 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.24 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.94M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short38.0K
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
28.0K
Short Ratio2.92 
Daily Volume13.0K
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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