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Profile - Department 56, Inc. (NYSE:DFS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 26Conference call: Department 56 Earnings (Q2 2001)
Location
One Village Place
6436 City West Parkway
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Phone: (952) 944-5600
Fax: (952) 943-4500
Employees (last reported count): 328
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Personal & Household Products
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 16%
·Institutional: 89% (107% of float)
(141 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 337.0K shares (+3.01%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Department 56, Inc. is a designer, importer and distributor of collectibles and other giftware products sold through gift, home accessory and specialty retailers. The Company offers its Village Series of collectible, handcrafted, lit ceramic and porcelain houses, buildings and related accessories in The Original Snow Village Collection and The Heritage Village Collection, as well as its extensive line of holiday and home decorative accessories, including its Snowbabies collectible porcelain and pewter hand-painted figurines.
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Financial Summary
Department 56, Inc. is a designer, importer and distributor of collectibles and other giftware products sold through gift, home accessory and specialty retailers. DFS's products include its ``Village Series'' collectibles. For the 26 weeks ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 18% to $84.3 million. Net income rose 28% to $6.6 million. Revenues reflect lower Village Series product sales. Higher income reflects lower bad debt provision and reduced information system consulting costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Compensation
PayExer

Susan Engel, 53
Chairman, CEO
$613K--  
Percy Tomlinson, 38
Exec. VP and CFO
88K--  
Arete Passas, 48
Exec. VP -- Marketing
358K--  
David Dewey, 42
Exec. VP of Overseas Operations
358K$436K
Alan Sussman, 39
Sr. VP, CIO
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 1-Jan-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:DFSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 9-July-2001
$6.20 
Recent Price$9.35 
52-Week High
on 9-Nov-2000
$15.875
Beta0.90 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)44.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)8,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-30.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-7.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$120.5M
Shares Outstanding12.9M
Float10.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$11.43 
Earnings (ttm)$1.64 
Earnings (mrq)$0.62 
Sales (ttm)$16.24 
Cash (mrq)$0.04 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.82 
Price/Earnings (ttm)5.71 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.58 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$215.3M
EBITDA (ttm)$51.6M
Income available to common (ttm)$22.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)10.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)21.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.67%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.53%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.80 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.62 
Total Cash (mrq)$530.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short184.0K
Percent of Float1.7%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
156.0K
Short Ratio2.49 
Daily Volume74.0K
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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