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Profile - Metawave Communications (NasdaqNM:MTWV)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
10735 Willows Road NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: (425) 702-5600
Fax: (425) 702-5970
Email: ir@metawave.com
Employees (last reported count): 346
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Communications Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 50%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 8 insider sells; 110.0K shares
  (0.5% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 64% (127% of float)
(121 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.72M shares (+8.28%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Metawave Communications Corporation provides smart antenna systems and embedded solutions to wireless network operators and base station manufacturers facing capacity constraints in the wireless communications industry. The Company believes that its SpotLight systems enable wireless network operators to increase overall network capacity, improve or maintain network quality, reduce network operating costs and better manage their network infrastructure. The Company develops proprietary hardware and software solutions that it believes will allow base station manufacturers significant performance and time to market benefits.
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Financial Summary
Metawave Communications is a provider of smart antenna systems to wireless network operators facing capacity constraints, improving the reception and transmission of radio signals and increasing overall capacity. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 3% to $20.1 million. Net loss before accounting change totaled $45 million, up from $14.2 million. Results reflect a general slowdown in telecom spending and increased amortization of goodwill.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Robert Hunsberger, 54
Chairman, CEO
$939K$808K
Stuart Fuhlendorf, 37
Sr. VP, CFO
262K--  
Victor Liang, 48
Sr. VP, GSM Products Group
230K--  
Richard Henderson, 38
VP of Sales and Marketing
321K33K
Martin Feuerstein, 37
VP-Bus. Devel.
175K60K
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:MTWVAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$1.438
Recent Price$3.23 
52-Week High
on 19-Sep-2000
$26.50 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)360.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)391.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-85.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-80.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$153.0M
Shares Outstanding47.4M
Float23.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$2.35 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.88 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.54 
Sales (ttm)$1.24 
Cash (mrq)$0.47 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.38 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.61 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$52.1M
EBITDA (ttm)-$66.8M
Income available to common (ttm)-$79.5M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-55.31%
Return on Equity (ttm)-66.61%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.50 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.04 
Total Cash (mrq)$22.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short685.0K
Percent of Float2.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
959.0K
Short Ratio2.65 
Daily Volume258.0K
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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