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Profile - International Absorbents (OTC BB:IABI.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1569 Dempsey Road, British Columbia
h Vancouver, V7K 1S8, Canada
Phone: (604) 681-6181
Fax: (604) 682-3361
Email: webmaster@intermost.com
Employees (last reported count): 41
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Paper & Paper Products
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 15%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 3,000  shares
  (0.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 1% (2% of float)
(one institution)
·Net Inst. Selling: 16.0K shares (+23.52%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
International Absorbents Inc. primarily through its wholly owned United States subsidiary, Absorption Corp (Absorption), is engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of reclaimed industrial waste cellulose sorbent products for the animal bedding, pet litter markets and general industrial, or maintenance repair operating, marine spill clean-up markets. Absorption leases two properties from the Port of Bellingham, Washington that includes a manufacturing site on which it has built and owns a 13,000-square-foot manufacturing plant and administration facility, and a 12,000-square-foot leased building that houses inventory and Absorption's cellulose pad and roll manufacturing equipment. It also leases a 4,000-square-foot structure from a private company in Lynden, Washington, in which it manufactures animal litter products. Total Absorb Inc. (TAI) is another wholly owned subsidiary. TAI processes the Canadian sales of animal care products.
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Financial Summary
International Absorbents, Inc., through its subsidiary, is engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of sorbent reclaimed industrial waste cellulose products for various markets. For the three months ended 4/30/01, revenues increased 17% to $2.5 million. Net income decreased 3% to $268 thousand. Revenues reflect an increase in sales of animal care products. Net income was offset by an increase in general and administrative expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Compensation
PayExer

Gordon Ellis, 53
Chairman, Pres and CEO
$57K$97K
David Thompson, 39
CFO
--  --  
Douglas Ellis, 48
Sec., Director and Pres, Absorption Corp
103K41K
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:IABI.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 10-Apr-2001
$1.20 
Recent Price$1.75 
52-Week High
on 8-Nov-2000
$2.96 
Beta0.82 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)4,364 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)5,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-15.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+12.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$9.84M
Shares Outstanding5.62M
Float4.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 1 for 4 on 10-Apr-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$1.11 
Earnings (ttm)$0.34 
Earnings (mrq)$0.05 
Sales (ttm)$1.61 
Cash (mrq)$0.48 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.58 
Price/Earnings (ttm)5.13 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.09 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$9.83M
EBITDA (ttm)$1.24M
Income available to common (ttm)$2.17M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)22.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)12.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)37.58%
Return on Equity (ttm)44.22%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)5.58 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.69M
Short Interest
As of 8-Apr-1997
Shares Short16.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
25.0K
Short Ratio0.46 
Daily Volume35.0K
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-Apr-2001)

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