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Profile - Eastern Company (AMEX:EML)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
112 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 460
Naugatuck, CT 06770
Phone: (203) 729-2255
Fax: (203) 723-8653
Email: ir@easterncompany.com
Employees (last reported count): 634
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 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Auto & Truck Parts
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 39%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 3,000  shares
  (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 28% (46% of float)
(33 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 106.0K shares (+9.51%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The Eastern Company manufactures and sell industrial hardware, security products and metal products from five United States operations and four wholly owned foreign subsidiaries. The Company maintains nine physical locations, and operates in three business segments, Industrial Hardware, Security Products and Metal Products. The Industrial Hardware segment consists of Eberhard Manufacturing, Eberhard Hardware Manufacturing Ltd. and Sesamee Mexicana, S.A. de C.V., and designs, manufactures and markets a diverse product line of industrial and vehicular hardware throughout North America. The Security Products segment, made up of Greenwald Industries, Illinois Lock Company, CCL Security Products, World Lock Company Ltd. and World Security Industries Ltd., is a manufacturer of security products. The Metal Products segment, based at the Company's Frazer & Jones facility, is a producer of expansion shells for use in supporting the roofs of underground mines.
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Financial Summary
The Eastern Company designs, manufactures, and markets a wide range of locking devices, fasteners, and industrial hardware. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenues increased 7% to $43.4 million. Net income decreased 47% to $1.7 million. Revenues reflect the Greenwald acquisition, volume increases and new product introductions. Earnings were offset by lower profit margins due to product mix, and additional borrowings.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Leonard Leganza, 70
Pres, CEO, Director
$574K
John Sullivan, lll, 48
VP, Treasurer, Sec.
251K
Dollar amounts are as of 30-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 -- AMEX:EMLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Sep-2000
$11.25 
Recent Price$14.15 
52-Week High
on 2-Feb-2001
$17.05 
Beta0.50 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,955 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+1.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+35.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$51.4M
Shares Outstanding3.63M
Float2.20M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.44 
Dividend Yield3.11%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 16-June-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$10.73 
Earnings (ttm)$1.52 
Earnings (mrq)$0.15 
Sales (ttm)$24.86 
Cash (mrq)$1.11 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.32 
Price/Earnings (ttm)9.31 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.57 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$91.2M
EBITDA (ttm)$11.6M
Income available to common (ttm)$5.55M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)9.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.63%
Return on Equity (ttm)14.69%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)3.36 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.77 
Total Cash (mrq)$4.03M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume3,000 
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-June-2001)

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