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Profile - Verdant Brands, Inc. (OTC BB:VERD.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
9555 James Avenue South, Suite 200
Bloomington, MN 55431
Phone: (612) 703-3300
Fax: (612) 887-1300
Employees (last reported count): 185
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 20%
·Institutional: 1% (1% of float)
(7 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 7,000  shares (+22.59%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Verdant Brands, Inc., formerly known as Ringer Corporation, develops, manufactures, and markets environmentally sensitive and traditional lawn and garden products for the consumer and commercial markets. The Company also operates full-service dealerships that distribute pest control products to specialty agricultural growers and to turf and ornamental plant growers in the commercial market. Its product lines consist of proprietary and non-proprietary pest control products and, to a much lesser extent, fertilizers and grass seed products. The Company conducts its business in three major market segments: the Consumer Products Segment, the Commercial Products Segment and the Commercial Dealer Segment.
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Financial Summary
Verdant Brands, Inc. develops and markets lawn, garden, and turf products for consumers and specialty commercial and professional markets. For the nine months ended 9/00, revenues fell 18% to $51.8 million. Net loss totaled $29.6 million vs. an income of $45 thousand. Revenues reflect decreased retail and commercial segment sales. Net loss reflects the inclusions of the impairment of intangibles, restructuring charges, and losses on sale of asset.
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Officers

Position
Dean BachelorChairman, CEO
Bruce MalloryPres, COO
Mike BlairCFO
Paul DiCicco, 48Sr. VP- Operations
Pat BrennanVP-Fin.
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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:VERD.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-May-2001
$0.005
Recent Price$0.01 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$0.656
Beta1.95 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)2,227 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4,000 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-98.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-98.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$51.0K
Shares Outstanding5.11M
Float4.10M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 1 for 5 on 24-Aug-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$3.43 
Earnings (ttm)-$7.92 
Earnings (mrq)-$1.77 
Sales (ttm)$12.31 
Cash (mrq)$0.05 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.00 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$63.1M
EBITDA (ttm)-$36.6M
Income available to common (ttm)-$40.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-64.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)-58.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-Sep-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-82.24%
Return on Equity (ttm)-951.68%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.46 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$249.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Sep-2000
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
5,000 
Daily Volume68.0K
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-Sep-2000)

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