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Profile - Electronics Boutique Hldg (NasdaqNM:ELBO)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week high ($42.09)
Aug 23Conference call: Electronics Boutique Holdings Earnings (Q2 2002)
Aug 23Earnings Announcement
Location
931 South Matlack Street
West Chester, PA 19382
Phone: (610) 430-8100
Fax: (610) 430-6574
Email: news@ebworld.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,300
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Technology)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 69%
·Institutional: 46% (148% of float)
(114 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.68M shares (+13.93%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. is a specialty retailer of electronic games. The Company sells video games and PC entertainment software, supported by the sale of video game hardware, PC productivity software, PC accessories and related products. The Company offers its products through its large and growing store base, which included 737 stores located in 46 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, operating primarily under the names Electronics Boutique, EB GameWorld and Stop 'N Save Software, and through its Website at www.ebgames.com (formerly www.ebworld.com). In addition to its retailing activities, the Company provides management services for Electronics Boutique, plc (EB-UK), a specialty retailer of electronic games in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Ireland.
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Financial Summary
ELBO is a retailer of electronic games. ELBO's primary products are video games and PC entertainment software, as well as video game hardware, PC productivity software and accessories. For the 13 weeks ended 5/5/01, revenues rose 19% to $179.9 million. Net loss totaled $1.4 million, vs. an income of $2.4 million. Results reflect the positive sales strength derived from PlayStation 2, offset by the negative effects of sales mix and increased S/G/A expenses.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 13 weeks ended 08/04/2001, revenues were 175,430; after tax earnings were -1,532. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Pay

James Kim, 65
Chairman
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Jeffrey Griffiths, 50
Pres, CEO, Director
$399K
James Smith, 45
CFO, Sr. VP
230K
John Panichello, 39
COO, Sr. VP
349K
Seth Levy, 43
Sr. VP, CIO
270K
Dollar amounts are as of 3-Feb-2001 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:ELBOAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Nov-2000
$14.375
Recent Price$41.65 
52-Week High
on 31-Aug-2001
$42.09 
Beta0.88 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)303.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)578.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+85.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+148.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$937.8M
Shares Outstanding22.5M
Float7.00M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$5.83 
Earnings (ttm)$0.51 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.07 
Sales (ttm)$37.96 
Cash (mrq*)$0.78 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)7.14 
Price/Earnings (ttm)82.15 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.10 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$848.8M
EBITDA (ttm*)$31.1M
Income available to common (ttm)$11.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)1.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 3
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
5-May-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.39%
Return on Equity (ttm)9.30%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.24 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$19.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short914.0K
Percent of Float13.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
814.0K
Short Ratio2.17 
Daily Volume421.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-July-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 5-May-2001)

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