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Profile - ESS Technology, Inc. (NasdaqNM:ESST)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
48401 Fremont Boulevard
Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: (510) 492-1088
Fax: (510) 492-8868
Employees (last reported count): 436
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 ·Industry: Semiconductors
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 30%
·Institutional: 37% (53% of float)
(187 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 694.0K shares (+4.17%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
ESS Technology, Inc. designs, markets and supports highly integrated mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for multimedia applications in the Internet, personal computer and consumer marketplaces. The Company offers comprehensive solutions for networking and Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), Internet-related semiconductor, Communications, Video Compact Disk (VCD)/Super Video Compact Disk (SVCD) and PC Audio applications. The Company and its subsidiaries operate in two business segments, the semiconductor segment and the Internet segment.
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Financial Summary
ESS Technology, Inc. designs, markets and supports highly integrated mixed signal semiconductor, hardware, software and system solutions for multimedia applications in the Internet, personal computer and consumer marketplaces. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net revenues fell 29% to $115.7 million. Net loss from continuing operations totaled $13.4 million vs. an income of $23 million. Results reflect continued weakness in the PC market and lower gross margins due to lower prices.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Fred Chan, 53
Chairman
$249K$4.8M
Robert Blair, 53
Pres, CEO, Director
261K2.1M
Matthew Fong, 46
Vice Chairman
--  --  
James Boyd, 48
CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, Assistant Sec.
--  --  
Frank Effler, Jr., 54
VP of Sales and Marketing- PC Products
261K754K
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:ESSTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 3-Jan-2001
$4.50 
Recent Price$13.35 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$17.75 
Beta2.23 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)364.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)250.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-22.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+4.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$568.4M
Shares Outstanding42.6M
Float29.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$4.35 
Earnings (ttm)$0.36 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.24 
Sales (ttm)$5.90 
Cash (mrq)$1.72 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)3.07 
Price/Earnings (ttm)37.50 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.26 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$256.0M
EBITDA (ttm)$20.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$17.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)-1.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.21%
Return on Equity (ttm)8.75%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)4.78 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$72.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short855.0K
Percent of Float2.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
501.0K
Short Ratio1.53 
Daily Volume559.0K
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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