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Profile - Priority Healthcare Corp. (NasdaqNM:PHCC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
250 Technology Park, Suite 124
Lake mary, FL 32746
Phone: (407) 804-6700
Fax: (407) 804-5675
Email: info@priorityhealthcare.com
Employees (last reported count): 295
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 ·Sector: Healthcare
 ·Industry: Medical Equipment & Supplies
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 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 68%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 0  shares
 · 8 insider sells; 399.0K shares
  (1.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 76% (237% of float)
(379 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 205.0K shares (+0.59%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Priority Healthcare Corporation is a national distributor of specialty pharmaceuticals and related medical supplies to the alternate site healthcare market, and is a provider of patient-specific, self-injectable biopharmaceuticals and disease treatment programs to individuals with chronic diseases. With the acquisition of Freedom Drug, the Company is also a major infertility specialty pharmacy. Through Priority Healthcare Distribution, the Company sells over 3,500 SKUs of specialty pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to outpatient renal care centers and office-based physicians in oncology and other physician specialty markets. Priority Healthcare Distribution offers services to meet the specific needs of these markets by shipping refrigerated pharmaceuticals overnight in special packaging to maintain appropriate temperatures, offering automated order entry services and offering customized distribution for group accounts.
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Financial Summary
PHCC distributes specialty pharmaceuticals and related medical supplies to the alternate site healthcare market and provides patient specific, self injectable biopharmaceuticals and disease treatment programs. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 30% to $368.9 million. Net income fell 15% to $11.8 million. Results reflect the acquisitions of Freedom Drug and Physicians Formulary and higher prices, offset by higher bad debt charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Willliam Bindley, 60
Chairman
--  --  
Steven Cosler, 45
Pres, COO, Director
$320K$3.1M
Robert Myers, 55
Vice Chairman, CEO
625K10.6M
Donald Perfetto, 54
Exec. VP, CFO, Treasurer
283K2.4M
Guy Bryant, 42
Exec. VP and CMO
274K2.6M
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:PHCCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 16-July-2001
$17.31 
Recent Price$25.25 
52-Week High
on 7-Mar-2001
$44.50 
Beta0.23 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.12M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)526.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-15.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+13.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.15B
Shares Outstanding45.4M
Float14.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 24-Nov-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.47 
Earnings (ttm)$0.59 
Earnings (mrq)$0.07 
Sales (ttm)$15.18 
Cash (mrq)$2.84 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.61 
Price/Earnings (ttm)42.80 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.66 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$670.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$37.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$26.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)8.64%
Return on Equity (ttm)12.03%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.93 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$124.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short949.0K
Percent of Float6.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
284.0K
Short Ratio0.74 
Daily Volume1.29M
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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