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Profile - Fab Industries, Inc. (AMEX:FIT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
200 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 592-2700
Fax: (212) 689-6929
Email: fabindus@access.digex.net
Employees (last reported count): 1,100
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 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Apparel/Accessories
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 73%
·Institutional: 45% (171% of float)
(26 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 21.0K shares (+0.87%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Fab Industries, Inc. is a major manufacturer of warp and circular knit fabrics, raschel laces and laminated fabrics. The Company's textile fabrics are sold to a wide variety of manufacturers of ready-to-wear and intimate apparel for men, women and children, including dresses and sportswear, children's sleepwear, activewear and swimwear, and recreational apparel. While sales are primarily to manufacturers of finished goods, the Company also uses its own textile fabrics internally to produce 100% cotton jersey sheets, flannel and satin sheets, as well as blankets, comforters and other bedding products, which the Company sells to specialty stores, catalogue and mail order companies, as well as airlines and healthcare institutions. In addition, the Company's subsidiary, Gem Urethane Corporation, produces a line of ultrasonically hot melt adhesive, flame and adhesive bonded products for apparel, environmental, healthcare, industrial and consumer markets.
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Financial Summary
Fab industries manufactures and markets warp knit textile fabrics, raschel laces, circular and novelty knits, and polyurethane coated bonded fabrics. The Co. also produces comforters, sheets, blankets and other bedding products. For the 26 weeks ended 6/2/01, net sales fell 26% to $43 million. Net loss totaled $5.4 million vs. an income of $1.1 million. Results reflect lower volumes, lower margins due to lower volumes and a $6 million asset impairment charge.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Samson Bitensky, 81
Chairman and CEO
$356K
Stanley August, 69
Co-Pres, COO, Director
237K
Steven Myers, 52
Co-Pres, COO
237K
David Miller, 63
CFO, VP-Fin., Treasurer
156K
Sam Hiatt, 53
VP of Sales
217K
Dollar amounts are as of 2-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:FITAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Oct-2000
$10.25 
Recent Price$14.05 
52-Week High
on 22-May-2001
$15.00 
Beta-0.04 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)5,091 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+29.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+73.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$73.9M
Shares Outstanding5.26M
Float1.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.40 
Dividend Yield2.85%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 17-June-1991
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$23.65 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.67 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.83 
Sales (ttm)$19.51 
Cash (mrq*)$15.51 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.59 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.72 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$103.3M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$5.09M
Income available to common (ttm)-$3.54M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-3.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)-10.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 2
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
2-June-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-2.38%
Return on Equity (ttm)-2.74%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)11.39 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.00 
Total Cash (mrq)$81.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-June-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
5,000 
Daily Volume11.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-May-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 2-June-2001)

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