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Profile - Sinclair Broadcast Group (NasdaqNM:SBGI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
10706 Beaver Dam Road
Cockeysville, MD 21030
Phone: (410) 568-1500
Fax: (410) 568-1533
Email: ir@sbgnet.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,500
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Broadcasting & Cable TV
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 78%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 10.0K shares
 · 3 insider sells; 441.0K shares
  (0.7% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 42% (193% of float)
(199 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.59M shares (+4.32%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Sinclair) is a diversified television broadcasting company that owns or provides programming services pursuant to local marketing agreements (LMAs) to television stations in the United States. The Company owns and operates, or provides programming services pursuant to LMAs, to 62 television stations in 40 markets. In markets where duopolies are permitted, the Company has entered into agreements to acquire the License Assets of stations the Company has been programming pursuant to LMAs. Upon completion of all pending acquisitions, Sinclair will own duopolies in 11 markets, and operate a second station pursuant to an LMA in eight markets. In addition, the Company owns equity interests in several Internet-related companies, and owns an equity interest and has a strategic alliance with a manufacturer of transmitters and other broadcast equipment.
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Financial Summary
Sinclair Broadcast Group is a diversified broadcasting company that owns or provides programming services to 62 television stations in 40 markets. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues decreased 7% to $358.2 million. Net loss from continuing operations applicable to Common before extraordinary item totaled $54.8 million, up from $9.1 million. Results reflect continued weakness in the advertising market and increased amortization, restructuring costs and derivative losses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

David Smith, 50
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$1.0M
David Amy, 48
CFO, Exec. VP
307K
Robin Smith, 44
VP of
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Delbert Parks, III, 49
VP, Operations and Engineering
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Frederick Smith, 51
VP
195K
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..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:SBGIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 9-Apr-2001
$4.95 
Recent Price$9.90 
52-Week High
on 12-Jan-2001
$13.063
Beta1.39 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)237.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)206.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-17.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+10.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$834.2M
Shares Outstanding84.3M
Float18.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 29-May-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$10.08 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.06 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.18 
Sales (ttm)$8.80 
Cash (mrq)$0.02 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.98 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.12 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$762.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$376.2M
Income available to common (ttm)-$91.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-10.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)15.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-2.38%
Return on Equity (ttm)-10.29%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.48 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.95 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.42M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.27M
Percent of Float7.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.65M
Short Ratio4.96 
Daily Volume256.0K
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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