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Profile - Polymer Group, Inc. (NYSE:PGI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
4838 Jenkins Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29405
Phone: (843) 566-7293
Fax: (843) 308-0104
Email: johnstonr@pginw.com
Employees (last reported count): 4,300
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 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Textiles - Non Apparel
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 66%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 4 insider buys; 335.0K shares (1.6% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 33% (97% of float)
(105 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 1.91M shares (+21.93%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Polymer Group, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of non-woven and oriented polyolefin products. The Company supplies non-woven products to a number of the largest consumer and industrial products manufacturers in the world. The Company has a global presence with an established customer base in both developed and developing markets. Polymer's product offerings are sold principally to converters that manufacture a wide range of end use products. Sales are focused in two product segments, Consumer and Industrial and Specialty. The Consumer segment includes products within the hygiene, consumer wiping and medical categories. The Industrial and Specialty segment includes products such as cable wrap, house wrap, furniture and bedding applications, landscape and agriculture products, protective apparel, automotive, filtration, flexible packaging and industrial wiping products.
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Financial Summary
Polymer Group manufactures and markets nonwoven and oriented polyolefin fabric used in hygiene, medical, wiping, industrial and specialty products. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues decreased 9% to $415.6 million. Net loss before extraordinary item totaled $31.6 million, vs. an income of $2.8 million. Revenues reflect the underutilization of certain specialized manufacturing assets and competitive pricing pressures. Net loss reflects higher interest expense and lower margins.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Jerry Zucker, 50
Pres, Chairman, CEO
$2.5M
James Boyd, 55
Exec. VP, CFO, Sec., Treasurer, Director
1.6M
James Schaeffer, 49
Exec. VP of the Corp. and Pres and COO, Nonwovens
547K
Rolf Altdorf, 46
VP--Europe, Nonwovens
362K
Peter Bourgeois, 56
Group VP and Gen. Mang. of Fabrene
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Dollar amounts are as of 1-Jan-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 -- NYSE:PGIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 23-Mar-2001
$0.90 
Recent Price$1.93 
52-Week High
on 6-Sep-2000
$8.375
Beta0.93 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)79.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)119.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-74.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-66.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$61.8M
Shares Outstanding32.0M
Float10.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.08 
Dividend Yield4.14%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.72 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.23 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.41 
Sales (ttm)$25.68 
Cash (mrq)$1.56 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.34 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.07 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$821.9M
EBITDA (ttm)$123.8M
Income available to common (ttm)-$39.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-4.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-2.65%
Return on Equity (ttm)-18.55%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.51 
Debt/Equity (mrq)5.93 
Total Cash (mrq)$49.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short140.0K
Percent of Float1.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
150.0K
Short Ratio1.56 
Daily Volume90.0K
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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