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Profile - Charming Shoppes, Inc. (NasdaqNM:CHRS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 23Conference call: Charming Shoppes Inc. Earnings (Q2)
Aug 23Earnings Announcement
Location
450 Winks Lane
Bensalem, PA 19020
Phone: (215) 245-9100
Fax: (215) 638-6759
Employees (last reported count): 5,950
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Apparel)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 64%
·Institutional: 94% (261% of float)
(190 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 514.0K shares (+0.54%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Charming Shoppes Inc., formed in 1969, operates through its subsidiary corporations, 1,754 women's specialty retail apparel stores in 48 states under the names Fashion Bug, Fashion Bug Plus, Catherine's Plus Sizes, The Answer and Added Dimensions. The Company's 1,230 Fashion Bug and Fashion Bug Plus stores specialize in selling plus-size, misses and junior sportswear, dresses, coats, lingerie, accessories, and casual footwear. The Catherine's Plus Sizes offers woman's sizes 16 and larger in the moderate price range. The Answer and Added Dimensions stores cater to an ethnically diverse, plus-size woman, over 35 years of age. In October 2000, Charming Shoppes, Inc. and Monsoon plc of London signed a joint venture agreement for the purpose of bringing the apparel and accessories concepts of Monsoon and Accessorize stores from the United Kingdom to the United States. The Company plans to open 10 Monsoon and/or Accessorize stores during the fiscal year ending February 2, 2002.
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Financial Summary
Charming Shoppes, Inc. operates a chain of specialty stores throughout the U.S. which merchandises moderately priced junior, misses, large-size and girls-size sportswear, dresses, coats, lingerie, accessories and footwear. For the 13 weeks ended 5/5/01, revenues rose 4% to $397.3 million. Net income before accounting change rose 1% to $8.4 million. Results reflect an increase in the number of stores operated, partially offset by a reduction in merchandise margins.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 13 weeks ended 08/04/2001, revenues were 404,322; after tax earnings were 14,860. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Dorrit Bern, 51
Chairman, Director, Pres and CEO
$1.8M--  
Eric Specter, 43
CFO, Exec. VP
604K$12K
Colin Stern, 52
Exec. VP, Sec., Gen. Counsel
--  --  
Anthony DeSabato, 52
Exec. VP - HR
610K129K
Erna Zint, 57
Exec. VP - Sourcing
825K--  
Dollar amounts are as of 29-Jan-2001 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:CHRSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 10-Apr-2001
$4.62 
Recent Price$6.82 
52-Week High
on 8-Feb-2001
$7.125
Beta0.31 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)319.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)179.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+36.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+83.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$693.9M
Shares Outstanding101.8M
Float36.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 8-Dec-1992
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$4.92 
Earnings (ttm)$0.40 
Earnings (mrq)$0.14 
Sales (ttm)$14.67 
Cash (mrq*)$1.56 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.39 
Price/Earnings (ttm)17.27 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.47 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.61B
EBITDA (ttm*)$99.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$40.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 3
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
5-May-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.59%
Return on Equity (ttm)8.23%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.94 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.25 
Total Cash (mrq)$0 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.78M
Percent of Float7.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.67M
Short Ratio11.22 
Daily Volume248.0K
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