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Profile - Western Power & Equipment (NasdaqSC:WPEC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 29Price hit new 52-week low ($0.23)
Location
4601 NE 77th Avenue, Suite 200
Vancouver, WA 98662
Phone: (360) 253-2346
Fax: (360) 253-4830
Email: webmaster@westernpower.com
Employees (last reported count): 377
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 ·Sector: Capital Goods
 ·Industry: Constr. & Agric. Machinery
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 62%
·Institutional: 2% (6% of float)
(7 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 24.0K shares (+25.00%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Western Power & Equipment Corp. is engaged in the sale, rental, and servicing of light, medium-sized, and heavy construction, agricultural, and industrial equipment, parts, and related products that are manufactured by Case Corporation and certain other manufacturers. The Company believes, based upon the number of locations owned and operated, that it is one of the largest independent dealers of Case construction equipment in the United States. Products sold, rented, and serviced by the Company include backhoes, excavators, crawler dozers, skid steer loaders, forklifts, compactors, log loaders, trenchers, street sweepers, sewer vacuums, and mobile highway signs.
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Financial Summary
Western Power and Equipment is engaged in the sale, rental and servicing of light, medium-sized and heavy construction, agricultural, and industrial equipment, parts, and related products manufactured by Case. For the nine months ended 4/30/01, net revenue fell 5% to $105.7 million. Net loss totaled $3 million, up from $1.1 million. Revenues reflect the consolidation of stores and a slowing economy. Loss also reflects lower gross margins due to the economic downturn.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

C. McLain, 46
Chairman, Pres and CEO
$330K
Mark Wright, 43
VP of Fin., CFO, Treasurer and Sec.
165K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-July-1999 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 -- NasdaqSC:WPECAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Aug-2001
$0.23 
Recent Price$0.31 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$6.438
Beta-0.00 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)6,773 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)3,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-94.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-92.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.05M
Shares Outstanding3.40M
Float1.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.42 
Earnings (ttm)-$2.71 
Earnings (mrq)-$1.52 
Sales (ttm)$44.79 
Cash (mrq)$0.07 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.09 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.01 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$150.0M
EBITDA (ttm)$7.18M
Income available to common (ttm)-$9.05M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-6.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)-2.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJuly 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-8.06%
Return on Equity (ttm)-58.34%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.79 
Debt/Equity (mrq)5.98 
Total Cash (mrq)$248.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short16.0K
Percent of Float1.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
16.0K
Short Ratio2.00 
Daily Volume8,000 
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-Apr-2001)

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