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Profile - Ralston Purina Company (NYSE:RAL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week high ($32.76)
Upcoming Events
Sep 10Dividend payment of $0.07
Location
Checkerboard Square
St. Louis, MO 63164
Phone: (314) 982-1000
Fax: (314) 982-1855
Email: oteam@ralston.com
Employees (last reported count): 6,749
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 ·Industry: Food Processing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 9%
·Institutional: 50% (55% of float)
(777 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2.62M shares (+1.71%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Ralston Purina Company produces dry dog and dry and soft-moist cat foods. The Company is also a major producer of other pet products, including cat box filler. The Company has a number of trademarks, such as Purina, the Checkerboard logo, Dog Chow, Cat Chow, Meow Mix, Pro Plan and Tidy Cats, among others. The Company is comprised of three Business Segments: North American Pet Foods, International Pet Foods and Golden Products. The North American Pet Foods and International Pet Foods Segments produce and market dry dog foods, dry and soft-moist cat foods and pet treats under the Purina name, including Dog Chow, Cat Chow and numerous other dog and cat food brands. The Golden Products Segment manufactures and markets cat box filler, and also markets related items such as dog litter and cat box liners and deodorizers, under the Golden Cat name, including Tidy Cats and other brands. Operations of the Golden Products Segment are conducted primarily in the United States and Canada.
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Financial Summary
Ralston Purina Company manufactures and markets pet products, including dry dog foods, dry and soft-moist cat foods, pet treats and pet litter products, throughout the world. For the nine months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 3% to $2.14 billion. Net income from continuing operations decreased 40% to $213.3 million. Revenues reflect increased sales from International Pet Foods. Earnings were offset by the absence of a $139.5 million unrealized gain on SAILS debt.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

William Stiritz, 66
Chairman
--  --  
W. Patrick McGinnis, 53
CEO, Pres
$2.0M$5.0M
James Elsesser, 56
CFO, VP, Treasurer
863K5.0M
Franklin Krum, 66
Chairman- Pet Products International
662K--  
Robert Watt, 48
Pres, Golden Products Division
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:RALAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Sep-2000
$21.50 
Recent Price$32.68 
52-Week High
on 31-Aug-2001
$32.76 
Beta0.71 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.21M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.00M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+45.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+95.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$10.2B
Shares Outstanding310.6M
Float282.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.28 
Dividend Yield0.86%
Last Split: 3 for 1 on 16-July-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$2.19 
Earnings (ttm)$1.02 
Earnings (mrq)$0.26 
Sales (ttm)$9.67 
Cash (mrq)$0.77 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)14.95 
Price/Earnings (ttm)32.10 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.38 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.82B
EBITDA (ttm)$663.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$296.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)10.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)15.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsSep 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)9.21%
Return on Equity (ttm)57.17%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.39 
Debt/Equity (mrq)2.08 
Total Cash (mrq)$240.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short6.02M
Percent of Float2.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3.01M
Short Ratio4.07 
Daily Volume1.48M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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