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Profile - United Stationers Inc. (NasdaqNM:USTR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  6Price hit new 52-week high ($35.00)
Location
2200 East Golf Road
Des Plaines, IL 60016
Phone: (847) 699-5000
Fax: (847) 699-4716
Email: kdvorak@ussco.com
Employees (last reported count): 8,350
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Competitors:
 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Office Supplies
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 35%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 6 insider sells; 217.0K shares
  (1.8% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 87% (134% of float)
(328 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.02M shares (+6.44%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
United Stationers Inc. (United) is a distributor of business products and a provider of marketing and logistics services to resellers. United is the parent company of its direct wholly owned subsidiary, United Stationers Supply Co. The Company's product offerings, comprised of more than 40,000 stock-keeping units, may be divided into five primary categories, including traditional office products; computer consumables; office furniture; facilities supplies, and business machines and audio-visual products. The Company sells its products through national distribution networks to more than 20,000 resellers, which in turn sell directly to end users.
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Financial Summary
United Stationers Inc. is a distributor of general line business products, including a broad range of office products, computer supplies, facilities management supplies, and office furniture. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 5% to $2.04 billion. Net income before extraordinary item fell 7% to $43.5 million. Revenues reflect acquisitions and increased freight revenue. Earnings were offset by higher losses at The Order People business.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Frederick Hegi, Jr., 57
Chairman
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Randall Larrimore, 53
Pres, CEO, Director
$1.3M
Timothy Feeheley, 38
CFO, Exec. VP
--  
Tom Helton, 53
Exec. VP of HR and Organization Devel.
382K
Brian Cooper, 44
Sr. VP, Treasurer
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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:USTRAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 16-Mar-2001
$20.938
Recent Price$31.51 
52-Week High
on 6-Aug-2001
$35.00 
Beta1.26 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)235.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)335.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-3.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+29.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.06B
Shares Outstanding33.8M
Float22.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 29-Sep-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$15.58 
Earnings (ttm)$2.79 
Earnings (mrq)$0.65 
Sales (ttm)$118.38 
Cash (mrq)$0.59 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.02 
Price/Earnings (ttm)11.30 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.27 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$4.04B
EBITDA (ttm)$230.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$95.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.95%
Return on Equity (ttm)19.75%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.90 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.70 
Total Cash (mrq)$19.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short308.0K
Percent of Float1.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
316.0K
Short Ratio1.08 
Daily Volume284.0K
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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