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Profile - hi/fn, inc. (NasdaqNM:HIFN)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($9.31)
Location
750 University Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95032
Phone: (408) 399-3500
Fax: (408) 399-3501
Email: info@hifn.com
Employees (last reported count): 134
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 23%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 7,000  shares
  (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 70% (91% of float)
(134 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.05M shares (+12.91%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
hi/fn, inc., together with its subsidiary, is a flow classification and network security specialist company supplying most major network equipment vendors (NEVs) with patented technology to improve network packet processing. hi/fn designs, develops and markets high-performance, multi-protocol packet processors, which are semiconductor devices designed to enable secure, high-bandwidth network connectivity, comprehensive differentiation of business-critical application network traffic from other general purpose network traffic and efficient compression, encryption/compression and public key cryptography, providing its customers with high-performance, interoperable implementations of a wide variety of industry-standard networking and storage protocols. hi/fn's products are used in networking and storage equipment such as routers, remote access concentrators, switches, broadband access equipment, network interface cards, firewalls and back-up storage devices.
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Financial Summary
hi/fn, inc. designs, develops and markets high-performance, multi-protocol packet processors -semiconductor devices that enable secure, high-bandwidth network connectivity and efficient storage of business information. For the nine months ended 6/30/01, net revenues rose 20% to $36.5 million. Net loss totaled $9 million vs. an income of $4.2 million. Results reflect higher sales of data compression and encryption processors, offset by increased amortization.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Douglas Whiting, Ph.D., 44
Chairman and Chief Scientist
$197K
Christopher Kenber, 56
Pres, CEO, Director
198K
William Walker, 59
CFO, VP-Fin., Sec.
278K
Christopher Brigham
VP-Operations
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Russell Dietz
VP, CTO
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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..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:HIFNAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$9.31 
Recent Price$9.41 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$77.00 
Beta1.44 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)86.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)41.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-86.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-81.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$95.7M
Shares Outstanding10.2M
Float7.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$12.15 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.22 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.68 
Sales (ttm)$5.09 
Cash (mrq)$6.44 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.78 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.85 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$50.8M
EBITDA (ttm)-$4.58M
Income available to common (ttm)-$12.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-23.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)-28.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsSep 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-9.64%
Return on Equity (ttm)-10.26%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)13.17 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$65.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short344.0K
Percent of Float4.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
467.0K
Short Ratio2.75 
Daily Volume125.0K
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)

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