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Profile - RailAmerica, Inc. (NasdaqNM:RAIL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 14Earnings Announcement
Aug 13Price hit new 52-week high ($14.25)
Location
5300 Broken Sound Blvd.
N.W Boca Raton,, FL 33487
Phone: (561) 994-6015
Fax: (561) 994-3929
Email: waugust@railamerica.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,230
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 ·Sector: Transportation
 ·Industry: Railroads
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 86%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 5,000  shares
 · 6 insider sells; 115.0K shares
  (0.6% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 66% (480% of float)
(102 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.98M shares (+15.84%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
RailAmerica, Inc. is an owner and operator of short line freight railroads in North America and regional freight railroads in Australia and Chile. The Company owns, operates or has an equity interest in a diversified portfolio of 39 railroads, with approximately 11,000 miles of track located in the United States, Australia, Canada, Chile and Argentina. Through its diversified portfolio of rail lines, the Company operates in numerous geographic regions, with varying concentrations of commodities hauled. In February 2000, the Company acquired RailTex, Inc. RailTex is an owner and operator of short line freight railroads concentrated in the Southeastern, Midwestern, Great Lakes and New England regions of the United States and in eastern Canada, with approximately 4,100 miles of rail lines in North America.
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Financial Summary
RAIL, a multi-modal transportation co., is engaged in rail transportation of varied products, primarily agricultural communities. RAIL manufactures specialty truck trailers. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 5% to $185.4 million. Net income from continuing operations before extraordinary item and applicable to Common rose 5% to $6.7 million. Results reflect increased carloads due to the acquisition of RailTex, partially offset by increased interest expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Gary Marino, 55
Chairman, CEO, Pres and Treasurer
$1.0M
Marinus Van Onselen, 51
CEO of Freight Victoria Limited
165K
Donald Redfearn, 47
Exec. VP, CAO, Sec., Director
358K
Bennett Marks
Sr. VP, CFO
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W. Graham Claytor, III, 49
Sr. VP - International Rail Group
239K
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..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:RAILAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 11-Oct-2000
$5.688
Recent Price$12.75 
52-Week High
on 13-Aug-2001
$14.25 
Beta0.53 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)316.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)89.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+96.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+163.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$304.9M
Shares Outstanding23.9M
Float3.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.82 
Earnings (ttm)$0.45 
Earnings (mrq)$0.19 
Sales (ttm)$17.83 
Cash (mrq)$1.30 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.87 
Price/Earnings (ttm)28.08 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.71 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$366.6M
EBITDA (ttm)$94.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$9.49M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)18.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.17%
Return on Equity (ttm)7.80%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.93 
Debt/Equity (mrq)2.91 
Total Cash (mrq)$29.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.25M
Percent of Float37.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.16M
Short Ratio5.25 
Daily Volume238.0K
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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