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Profile - Certegy Inc. (NYSE:CEY)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 31Price hit new 52-week high ($34.36)
Location
555 North Point Centre, East, Suite 300
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Phone: (678) 867-8000
Employees (last reported count): 5,700
Financial Links
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
Competitors:
 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Business Services
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 8%
·Institutional: 1% (1% of float)
(18 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 436.0K shares (+50.02%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Certegy, Inc. provides credit, debit and merchant card processing, e-banking, check risk management and check cashing services to financial institutions and merchants worldwide. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Certegy maintains a strong global presence with operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Chile, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. As a global payment services provider, Certegy enables transaction certainty, brings customers and commerce together and provides business results through leading technology. Certegy's two main business units, Card Services and Check Services, are organized to enable targeted services and systems that address diverse customer needs.
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Financial Summary
Certegy Inc. provides credit and debit card processing and check risk management services to financial institutions and merchants throughout the world, processing over 1.7 billion transactions in 2000. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 8% to $400.4 million. Net income fell 2% to $36.5 million. Revenues reflect increases in merchant processing. Earnings were offset by higher interest expense and minority interest.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
Thomas F. Chapman, Chmn.
Lee A. Kennedy, Pres./CEO
Larry J. Towe, Exec. VP/COO
Michael T. Vollkommer, VP/CFO
Bruce S. Richards, VP/Counsel/Secy.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:CEYAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-June-2001
$23.90 
Recent Price$34.36 
52-Week High
on 31-Aug-2001
$34.36 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)189.0K
Stock Performance
4-Week Change+5.2%
4-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+12.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.36B
Shares Outstanding68.6M
Float63.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.01 
Earnings (ttm)$1.29 
Earnings (mrq)$0.31 
Sales (ttm)$11.88 
Cash (mrq)$0.69 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)5.72 
Price/Earnings (ttm)26.64 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.89 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$808.3M
EBITDA (ttm)$191.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$87.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)11.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)18.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)17.15%
Return on Equity (ttm)24.73%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.47 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.00 
Total Cash (mrq)$47.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.28M
Percent of Float2.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.91M
Short Ratio2.56 
Daily Volume499.0K
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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