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Profile - META Group, Inc. (NasdaqNM:METG)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  6Earnings Announcement
Location
208 Harbor Drive, P.O. Box 120061
Stamford, CT 06912
Phone: (203) 973-6700
Fax: (203) 359-8066
Email: webmaster@metagroup.com
Employees (last reported count): 723
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 56%
·Institutional: 46% (104% of float)
(78 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 1.00M shares (+24.55%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
META Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, The Sentry Group, Inc., 1422722 Ontario Inc., META Group Australia Holdings PTY Limited, Cenntinum PTE Limited and MG (Bermuda) Ltd., is a research and consulting firm focusing on information technology (IT) and business transformation strategies. IT user organizations utilize META Group's research, analysis and recommendations to develop and employ cost-effective and revenue-enhancing strategies for selecting and implementing timely IT solutions, and for aligning these solutions with business priorities. IT vendors use META Group's services for help in product positioning, marketing and market planning, as well as for internal IT decision making. META Group offers clients annual subscriptions to 13 research services and five structured transformation programs. These services are focused on specific areas of IT, the special needs of those within the IT organization or the distinct IT/business issues of specific vertical markets.
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Financial Summary
METG, an independent market assessment company, provides research and analysis of developments and trends in the computer hardware, software, communications and related information technology industries, users and vendors. For the three months ended 3/01, total revenues rose 8% to $29.4 million. Net loss before acctg. change totalled $273 thousand vs. a net income of $1.6 million. Revenues reflect higher subscription revenues. Net loss reflects higher salary costs.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 30,725; after tax earnings were -649. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Dale Kutnick, 51
Chairman, CEO
$329K--  
Robert Toole, Jr., 33
Exec. VP, COO
--  --  
Robert Whitmore, 39
Exec. VP, CIO
--  --  
John Zornes, 47
Exec. VP, Application Delivery Strategies
260K$297K
John Piontkowski, 46
Sr. VP-Fin., CFO, Treasurer, Sec.
--  --  
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:METGAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$0.77 
Recent Price$2.40 
52-Week High
on 19-Sep-2000
$17.25 
Beta0.85 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)66.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)121.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-82.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-77.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$26.5M
Shares Outstanding11.0M
Float4.90M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 12-June-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$5.90 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.24 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.06 
Sales (ttm)$10.99 
Cash (mrq*)$0.83 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.41 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.22 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$119.9M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$9.44M
Income available to common (ttm)-$13.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-11.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)-12.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-9.54%
Return on Equity (ttm)-19.04%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.92 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.34 
Total Cash (mrq)$20.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short57.0K
Percent of Float1.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
162.0K
Short Ratio0.71 
Daily Volume80.0K
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 31-Mar-2001)

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