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Profile - Avocent Corporation (NasdaqNM:AVCT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
4991 Corporate Drive
Huntsville, AL 35805
Phone: (256) 430-4000
Fax: (425) 861-5757
Email: ir@cybex.com
Employees (last reported count): 398
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Computer Peripherals
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 48%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 1,000  shares
 · 11 insider sells; 214.0K shares
  (1.0% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 77% (148% of float)
(368 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.88M shares (+5.19%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Avocent Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells console switching systems, digital connectivity solutions, serial connectivity devices, extension and remote access products, and display products for the computer industry. The Company's analog, digital, and serial switching solutions and its extension and remote access products help network administrators manage multiple servers from a single local or remote console consisting of a keyboard, video monitor, and mouse. The Company's switching solutions provide multiple users, each with a separate keyboard, video monitor, and mouse, with the capability to control thousands of computers, thus eliminating the need for individual keyboards, video monitors, and mice for the controlled computers.
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Financial Summary
Avocent Corporation is a leading supplier of connectivity solutions for enterprise data centers, service providers and financial institutions worldwide. For the six months ended 6/29/01, revenues totalled $138.3 million, up from $64.7 million. Net loss totalled $65 million vs. an income of $13.5 million. Revenues reflect the merger of Apex and Cybex. Loss reflects the inclusion of intangible amortization and merger related expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Stephen Thornton, 61
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$543K--  
Kieran MacSweeney, 43
Managing Director of International Operations
--  --  
Doyle Weeks, 55
Exec. VP, Group Operations and Bus. Devel., Director
389K$2.0M
Douglas Pritchett, 45
Sr. VP-Fin., CFO, Treasurer, Assistant Sec.
332K--  
R. Byron Driver, 60
Sr. VP, Operations and COO
--  --  
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:AVCTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$16.50 
Recent Price$20.51 
52-Week High
on 31-Oct-2000
$71.875
Daily Volume (3-month avg)345.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)525.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-59.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-45.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$913.7M
Shares Outstanding44.6M
Float23.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 4-Mar-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$16.26 
Earnings (ttm)-$4.81 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.83 
Sales (ttm)$6.76 
Cash (mrq*)$3.02 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.26 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.04 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$295.9M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$79.5M
Income available to common (ttm)-$209.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-70.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)-70.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
29-June-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-30.99%
Return on Equity (ttm)-33.52%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)7.69 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$134.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.29M
Percent of Float5.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.01M
Short Ratio6.04 
Daily Volume214.0K
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 29-June-2001)

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