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Profile - Niagara Corporation (NasdaqNM:NIAG)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
667 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 317-1000
Fax: (212) 317-1001
Employees (last reported count): 1,355
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Iron & Steel
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 41%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 350.0K shares (11.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 14% (25% of float)
(18 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 320.0K shares (+36.28%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Niagara Corporation (Niagara), together with its subsidiaries, produces cold drawn and hot rolled steel bars for distribution primarily within North America and Europe. The Company's subsidiaries, Niagara LaSalle Corporation and LaSalle Steel Company (collectively, Niagara US), operate from five locations in the United States. Niagara US's products include cold drawn bars, which are used in machining applications, automotive and appliance shafts, screw machine parts and machinery guides; turned, ground and polished bars, which are used in precision shafting; and drawn, ground and polished bars, which are used in chrome-plated hydraulic cylinder shafts. The Company's other subsidiary, Niagara LaSalle (UK) Limited (Niagara UK), operates from nine locations in the United Kingdom. Niagara UK offers a range of round, hexagon, flat, square and special profile bars and sections, as well as cold drawn and cold finished rectangular bars.
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Financial Summary
Niagara Corporation, through its subsidiaries, produces cold drawn and hot rolled steel bars for steel service centers and original equipment manufacturers. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales decreased 19% to $151.6 million. Net income decreased 75% to $972 thousand. Revenues reflect lower sales volume in both the U.S. and the U.K. markets. Earnings also reflect lower gross margins and an increase in operating expenses as a percentage of sales.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Michael Scharf, 58
Chairman, Pres and CEO
$973K
Raymond Rozanski, 55
VP and Treasurer
238K
Marc Segalman, 42
VP and Gen. Counsel
313K
Gilbert Scharf, 52
Sec.
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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:NIAGAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Dec-2000
$1.25 
Recent Price$1.80 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$4.25 
Beta0.89 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)14.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-56.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-41.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$15.1M
Shares Outstanding8.36M
Float4.90M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.72 
Earnings (ttm)$0.16 
Earnings (mrq)$0.02 
Sales (ttm)$35.54 
Cash (mrq)$0.60 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.27 
Price/Earnings (ttm)11.11 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.05 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$299.9M
EBITDA (ttm)$17.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$1.38M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)0.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.63%
Return on Equity (ttm)2.41%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.73 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.36 
Total Cash (mrq)$5.02M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2,000 
Daily Volume4,000 
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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