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Profile - Northwestern Steel & Wire (OTC BB:NWSW.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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July 25Price hit new 52-week low ($0.005)
Location
121 Wallace Street
Sterling, IL 61081
Phone: (815) 625-2500
Fax: (815) 625-0440
Email: rkoch@nwsw.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,500
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Competitors:
 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Iron & Steel
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 38%
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(2 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 38.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Northwestern Steel & Wire Company is a major mini-mill producer of steel products including structurals, bars and rod. In contrast to integrated mills, which produce steel from coke and iron ore through blast furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces, mini-mills use electric arc furnaces to melt steel scrap and cast the resulting molten steel into long strands of various shapes in a continuous casting process. Structural steel products are used in commercial, industrial and residential construction applications, as well as infrastructure projects, such as roads and bridges, and public sector construction, such as schools and hospitals. In construction applications, structural steel products are used as beams, columns and girders, which form the support structure of a building. In infrastructure construction, structural forms are combined to form bridge trusses and vertical highway supports. Original equipment manufacturers use light structural shapes in the fabrication of heavy equipment.
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Financial Summary
NWSW is a mini-mill producer of structural steel components which include wide flange beams, light structural shapes, merchant bars and semi-finished steel, as well as rod and wire products which include nails, fencing, concrete reinforcing mesh and other fabricated wire products. For the six months ended 1/31/01, net sales fell 20% to $142.1 million. Net loss rose 70% to $29.4 million. Revenues reflect a decrease in tons shipped. Net loss reflects lower interest income.
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Officers
FY1999 Pay

William Andrews, 68
Chairman
--  
Frederick Rocchio, Jr., 52
CEO, Pres, Director
$428K
Michael Venie, 51
Sr. VP -- Sales and Marketing
191K
Thomas Vercillo, 44
VP -- Fin., CFO, Sec. and Treasurer
127K
Andrew Moore, 46
VP, Director of HR
145K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-July-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 -- OTC BB:NWSW.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 25-July-2001
$0.005
Recent Price$0.01 
52-Week High
on 9-Nov-2000
$0.422
Beta-0.12 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)65.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)31.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-96.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-95.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$245.0K
Shares Outstanding24.5M
Float15.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$2.69 
Earnings (ttm)-$3.90 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.83 
Sales (ttm)$13.48 
Cash (mrq)$0.02 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.00 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$330.1M
EBITDA (ttm)-$19.9M
Income available to common (ttm)-$95.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-28.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)-10.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJuly 31
Most recent quarter31-Jan-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-34.66%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.02 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$436.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Dec-1999
Shares Short305.0K
Percent of Float2.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
303.0K
Short Ratio3.28 
Daily Volume93.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Jan-2001)

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