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Profile - Lowrance Electronics, Inc (NasdaqNM:LEIX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
12000 East Skelly Drive
Tulsa, OK 74128
Phone: (918) 437-6881
Fax: (918) 234-1705
Employees (last reported count): 887
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 ·Industry: Aerospace & Defense
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 63%
·Institutional: 17% (46% of float)
(12 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 27.0K shares (+4.02%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Lowrance Electronics, Inc. is engaged in the design, manufacture and sales of sportfishing SONAR (also known as fish finders or depth finders) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS/Mapping). The Company sells sportfishing SONAR through dual-brand marketing of its Lowrance and Eagle trade names. In support of those two brands, the Company also markets a complete line of related accessories, including transducers, temp/speed/distance sensors, mounting systems, GPS receivers/antennas, detailed CD-ROM mapping software, SONAR/GPS computer interfaces and a variety of cables/connectors.
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Financial Summary
Lowrance Electronics, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets SONARS and accessories for use in recreational and commercial boating. For the nine months ended 4/30/01, net sales decreased 2% to $55.1 million. Net income fell 49% to $466 thousand. Revenues reflect a decrease in sales of SONAR and SONAR/GPS navigation units. Net income also reflects an increase in selling and administrative expenses due to an increase in advertising expenditures related to new products.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Darrell Lowrance, 61
Pres and CEO
$662K
Ronald Weber, 55
Exec. VP of Technology and Engineering
331K
Steven Schneider, 40
VP of Sales and Marketing
220K
Robert Biolchini, 60
Sec.
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-July-1999 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 -- NasdaqNM:LEIXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 21-Dec-2000
$2.25 
Recent Price$3.15 
52-Week High
on 21-Feb-2001
$8.313
Beta1.15 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)4,364 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-28.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-3.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$11.9M
Shares Outstanding3.77M
Float1.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.26 
Earnings (ttm)$0.54 
Earnings (mrq)$0.23 
Sales (ttm)$19.15 
Cash (mrq)$0.28 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.96 
Price/Earnings (ttm)5.86 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.16 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$72.2M
EBITDA (ttm)$5.10M
Income available to common (ttm)$2.03M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJuly 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.37%
Return on Equity (ttm)17.80%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.56 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.81 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.05M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1,000 
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3,000 
Short Ratio0.17 
Daily Volume6,000 
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-Apr-2001)

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