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Profile - Blyth, Inc. (NYSE:BTH)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 29Earnings Announcement
Location
1 East Weaver Street
Greenwich, CT 06831
Phone: (203) 661-1926
Fax: (203) 661-1969
Email: blyth@blythinc.com
Employees (last reported count): 4,600
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Competitors:
 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Personal & Household Products
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 61%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 2,000  shares
 · 2 insider sells; 8,000  shares
·Institutional: 59% (150% of float)
(229 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 946.0K shares (+3.31%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Blyth, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets and distributes an extensive line of candles and home fragrance products and non-fragranced products. The Company has operations within and outside the United States and sells its products worldwide. Within the worldwide consumer market for candles and home fragrance products, the Company focuses on two primary areas: the consumer market in the United States and markets outside the United States. The also Company designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad range of non-fragranced products, including decorative gift bags and tags and seasonal decorations under the brand names Jeanmarie and Impact. The Company is also a producer of portable heating fuel and other institutional products sold under various brand names, including Sterno and HandyFuel.
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Financial Summary
Blyth designs, manufactures, markets and distributes home fragrance products and candles as well as candle accessories and portable heating fuel products. For the six months ended 7/31/01, net sales fell 5% to $510.8 million. Net income before accounting change fell 28% to $28.6 million. Results reflect lower direct, mass and foodservice channel sales, depressed European currencies, business divestitures, reduced gross margins and higher administrative costs.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 07/31/2001, revenues were 249,685; after tax earnings were 12,880. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Robert Goergen, 61
Chairman, CEO, Pres
$1.4M
Howard Rose, 53
Vice Chairman
--  
Robert Barghaus
CFO
--  
Richard Browning, 51
Pres of Candle Corp. Worldwide Unit
375K
Bruce Kreiger
VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Jan-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 -- NYSE:BTHAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 7-Dec-2000
$21.063
Recent Price$21.80 
52-Week High
on 24-Jan-2001
$27.375
Beta0.67 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)75.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)116.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-4.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+28.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.03B
Shares Outstanding47.1M
Float18.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.20 
Dividend Yield0.92%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 27-June-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$9.09 
Earnings (ttm)$1.48 
Earnings (mrq)$0.27 
Sales (ttm)$24.87 
Cash (mrq*)$0.78 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)2.40 
Price/Earnings (ttm)14.76 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.88 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.18B
EBITDA (ttm*)$139.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$70.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)11.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
30-Apr-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)9.29%
Return on Equity (ttm)16.87%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)2.64 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.51 
Total Cash (mrq)$23.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.48M
Percent of Float8.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.50M
Short Ratio23.46 
Daily Volume63.0K
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