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Profile - Portal Software Inc. (NasdaqNM:PRSF)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Price hit new 52-week low ($1.59)
Aug 16Earnings Announcement
Location
10200 South De Anza Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014
Phone: (408) 572-2000
Fax: (408) 572-2001
Email: investor_relations@portal.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,486
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Software & Programming
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 32%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 8 insider sells; 775.0K shares
  (1.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 28% (41% of float)
(256 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.91M shares (+3.84%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Portal Software Inc. develops business infrastructure software to manage next-generation communications and e-services. The Company's Infranet software platform addresses the needs of service providers to rapidly deploy new services, define new and various business models and price plans, and bill their users. The Company's Infranet product enables the real-time provisioning and reporting of services, including such functions as account creation, user authentication and authorization, activity tracking, pricing and rating, billing and customer service, including self-service, all on a scale of up to millions of users. Service offerings supported by Infranet include wireless services; broadband and Internet services, such as DSL, cable and satellite; and next generation services, such as unified messaging, gaming and electronic content delivery.
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Financial Summary
Portal Software Inc. develops, markets and supports real-time customer management and billing software for providers of Internet-based services. For the three months ended 4/30/01, revenues fell 12% to $44.6 million. Net loss totalled $46.8 million vs. an income of $3.1 million. Revenues reflect lower license fee income. Net loss reflects lower gross margins, higher personnel expenses and a $13.8 million charge for purchased developed technology related to the Solution42 acquisition.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 07/31/2001, revenues were 44,729; after tax earnings were -274,595. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

John Little, 43
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$1.1M--  
Howard Bain
CFO
--  --  
Jack Acosta, 53
VP-Fin.
533K$29M
Mitchell Gaynor, 41
VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
--  --  
Kevin Mosher, 44
VP of Worldwide Sales
510K--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Jan-2001 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:PRSFAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Aug-2001
$1.59 
Recent Price$1.86 
52-Week High
on 7-Sep-2000
$57.75 
Beta3.31 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.33M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.02M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-96.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-95.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$321.6M
Shares Outstanding172.9M
Float117.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 20-Jan-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$2.55 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.94 
Earnings (mrq)-$1.60 
Sales (ttm)$1.42 
Cash (mrq*)$1.04 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.73 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.31 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$242.4M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$25.1M
Income available to common (ttm)-$332.4M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating Margin (ttm)-23.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
30-Apr-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-71.84%
Return on Equity (ttm)-94.43%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)2.21 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.01 
Total Cash (mrq)$155.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.10M
Percent of Float2.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3.81M
Short Ratio3.40 
Daily Volume912.0K
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 30-Apr-2001)

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