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Profile - Nicholas Financial Inc. (NasdaqSC:NICK)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 16Price hit new 52-week high ($11.45)
Location
2454 McMullen Booth Road, Building C
Clearwater, FL 33759
Phone: (727) 726-0763
Fax: (727) 726-2140
Email: skrause@nicfn.com
Employees (last reported count): 95
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 ·Industry: Consumer Financial Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 49%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 3,000  shares (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(0 institutions)
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Business Summary
Nicholas Financial Inc. is a holding company that conducts its business activities through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Nicholas Financial, Inc. (Nicholas Financial) and Nicholas Data Services, Inc., (NDS). Nicholas Financial is a specialized consumer finance company engaged primarily in acquiring and servicing installment sales contracts (Contracts) for purchases of new and used automobiles and light trucks. To a lesser extent, the Company also makes direct consumer loans and sells consumer-finance related products (Insurance Products). NDS is engaged in designing, developing, marketing and supporting industry specific computer application software for small businesses located primarily in the Southeast United States. Nicholas Financial's financing activities accounted for approximately 98% of consolidated revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001 and NDS' activities accounted for approximately 2% of such revenues during the same period.
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Financial Summary
Nicholas Financial Inc. is a specialized consumer finance company engaged primarily in acquiring and servicing installment sales contracts for purchases of new and used automobiles and light trucks. For the three months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 15% to $4.6 million. Net income rose 25% to $881 thousand. Results reflect an increase in the size of the outstanding loan portfolio and an increase in the receivable base of several existing branches.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Pay

Peter Vosotas, 59
Chairman, CEO and Pres
$366K
Ralph Finkenbrink, 39
VP of Fin.
142K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Mar-2001 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 -- NasdaqSC:NICKAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 17-Oct-2000
$3.031
Recent Price$8.49 
52-Week High
on 16-Aug-2001
$11.45 
Beta0.04 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)8,045 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)11.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+81.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+143.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$20.1M
Shares Outstanding2.37M
Float1.20M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.15 
Earnings (ttm)$1.42 
Earnings (mrq)$0.35 
Sales (ttm)$7.18 
Cash (mrq)$0.09 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.38 
Price/Earnings (ttm)5.97 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.18 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$18.4M
EBITDA (ttm)$9.89M
Income available to common (ttm)$3.59M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)19.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)31.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.55%
Return on Equity (ttm)26.88%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.41 
Total Cash (mrq)$217.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short4,000 
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Short Ratio0.31 
Daily Volume13.0K
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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