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Profile - Western Wireless Corp. (NasdaqNM:WWCA)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Price hit new 52-week low ($29.50)
Aug  8Earnings Announcement
Location
3650 131st Avenue S.E., Suite 400
Bellevue, WA 98006
Phone: (425) 586-8700
Fax: (425) 586-8012
Email: investor.relations@wwireless.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,665
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Communications Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 40%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 6,000  shares
 · 5 insider sells; 2.08M shares
  (6.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 79% (131% of float)
(431 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.64M shares (+4.08%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Western Wireless Corporation provides wireless communications services in the United States, principally through the ownership and operation of cellular systems. The cellular operations are primarily in rural areas. As of December 31, 2000, the Company provided cellular services in 19 western states under the Cellular One brand name, serving over 1,049,000 subscribers. The Company operates and maintains extensive centralized management and back-office functions in the state of Washington. In addition, the Company operates two call centers in Washington and Kansas, and a third, a bilingual call center, in Texas. Western Wireless International Corporation (WWI), a subsidiary of the Company, is a provider of wireless communications services worldwide. WWI operates wireless networks in eight countries. As of December 31, 2000, these systems served over 678,000 customers.
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Financial Summary
WWCA provides wireless communications services in the U.S. through the ownership and operation of cellular and personal communications services systems. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues rose 30% to $489 million. Net loss before acct. change and extraordinary item totaled $31.3 million vs. an income of $8.1 million. Revenues reflect a higher number of subscribers and an increase in roaming traffic. Net loss reflects higher S/G/A expenses due to costs to support the subscriber base.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Compensation
PayExer

John Stanton, 44
Chairman, CEO
$2.4M--  
Mikal Thomsen, 43
Pres, COO, Director
1.1M$2.4M
Donald Guthrie, 44
Vice Chairman
958K304K
Theresa Gillespie, 47
Exec. VP, Director
719K11.1M
Alan Bender, 45
Exec. VP, Sec.
717K5.4M
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 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:WWCAAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Aug-2001
$29.50 
Recent Price$30.93 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$52.563
Beta1.22 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)738.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)606.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-39.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-19.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.43B
Shares Outstanding78.7M
Float47.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$2.31 
Earnings (ttm)$0.47 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.18 
Sales (ttm)$11.93 
Cash (mrq)$0.90 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/Earnings (ttm)65.81 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.59 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$946.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$323.1M
Income available to common (ttm)$38.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)14.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.43%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.99 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$71.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.17M
Percent of Float2.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.35M
Short Ratio1.00 
Daily Volume1.17M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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