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Profile - Little Switzerland, Inc. (OTC BB:LSVI.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 13Price hit new 52-week high ($2.55)
Location
161-B Crown Bay Cruise Ship-
Port, P.O. Box 930
St. Thomas 00802, Virgin Islands
Phone: (340) 776-2010
Fax: (340) 777-4156
Email: ls-service@worldnet.att.net
Employees (last reported count): 373
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 61%
·Institutional: 18% (46% of float)
(13 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 691.0K shares (+29.89%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Little Switzerland, Inc. is a duty-free specialty retailer of luxury items operating 17 distinctively designed retail stores on five Caribbean islands and Alaska. The Company markets a wide selection of high-quality products available in the world's finest stores, including watches, jewelry, crystal, china, fragrances, gifts and accessories. The Company is the exclusive retailer of certain brand-name products on some islands. The Company sells internationally renowned product lines such as: Alfieri St. John, Antonini, Bagley & Hotchkiss, Roberto Coin and Stephan Hafner (Jewelry); Baume Mercier, Breitling, Cartier, Concord, ESQ, Movado, Omega, Rado, Raymond Weil and Tag-Heuer (Watches); Baccarat, Daum, Kosta Boda, Lalique, Orrefors, Swarovski and Waterford (Crystal); and Christofle, D'Argenta, Goebel, Herend, Lladro and Rosenthal (China/Gifts). The Company's customers primarily are tourists from the United States.
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Financial Summary
Little Switzerland is a specialty retailer of luxury items, operating 16 retail stores on five Caribbean islands and Alaska. For the nine months ended 2/24/01, net sales decreased 2% to $40.5 million. Net loss fell 47% to $5 million. Revenues reflect decreased comparable store sales due to aggressive markdowns taken to discontinue the fragrance category. Lower loss reflects improved margins and expense controls and a $1.4 million gain on the Hurricane Lenny insurance settlement.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Seymour Holtzman, 65
Chairman
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Robert Baumgardner, 54
Pres, CEO
$272K
Patrick Hopper, 38
CFO, Exec. VP, Treasurer
174K
Michael Pepper, 54
Sr. Vice Presiden of Retail Operations
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Patrick Heron, 35
VP and Gen. Merchandise Mang.
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Dollar amounts are as of 27-May-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 -- OTC BB:LSVI.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Oct-2000
$0.50 
Recent Price$2.35 
52-Week High
on 13-Aug-2001
$2.55 
Beta0.95 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)48.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)42.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+178.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+273.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$21.3M
Shares Outstanding9.06M
Float3.50M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$1.87 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.26 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.27 
Sales (ttm)$6.21 
Cash (mrq*)$0.14 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.25 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.38 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$54.0M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$6.62M
Income available to common (ttm)-$11.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-20.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)-16.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMay 27
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
24-Feb-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
28-Feb-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-25.07%
Return on Equity (ttm)-54.53%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.34 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.60 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.25M
Short Interest
As of 8-Dec-1999
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
13.0K
Daily Volume53.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 28-Feb-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 24-Feb-2001)

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