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Profile - Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (NasdaqNM:STEI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
110 Veterans Memorial Blvd.
Metairie, LA 70005
Phone: (504) 837-5880
Fax: (504) 834-3174
Employees (last reported count): 9,300
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Personal Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 21%
·Institutional: 45% (56% of float)
(218 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 10.2M shares (+17.51%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Stewart Enterprises, Inc. is a provider of funeral and cemetery products and services in the death care industry. Through its subsidiaries, the Company owns and operates 606 funeral homes and 161 cemeteries in 30 states within the United States, and in Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Argentina. The Company provides a complete range of death care products and services both at and prior to the time of need. The Company's funeral homes and cemeteries are located primarily in metropolitan areas and frequently are organized in "clusters," which are integrated groups of funeral homes and cemeteries that share certain assets, personnel and services. The Company also creates combined operations by building funeral homes on cemetery properties and operating the facilities together. The Company had operations in Mexico that were sold in August 2001.
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Financial Summary
STEI is a provider of products and services in the death care industry in North America, South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Through subsidiaries, the Company owns and operates 606 funeral homes and 161 cemeteries. For the six months ended 4/30/01, revenues fell 9% to $347.6 million. Net income before acct. change fell 12% to $33.4 million. Results reflect decreased number of domestic funeral services performed and decreased margins due to higher fixed costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Frank Stewart, Jr., 65
Chairman
$466K
William Rowe, 54
Pres, CEO, Director
680K
Kenneth Budde, 53
CFO, Exec. VP, Pres-Corp. Division, Director
409K
Michael Crane, Jr., 57
Interim Pres-Central Division
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Brian Marlowe, 54
Exec. VP, COO
481K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Oct-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:STEIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 8-Dec-2000
$1.75 
Recent Price$7.52 
52-Week High
on 4-June-2001
$8.10 
Beta0.93 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)585.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)245.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+114.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+188.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$808.5M
Shares Outstanding107.5M
Float85.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.08 
Dividend Yield1.06%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 27-Apr-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$8.12 
Earnings (ttm)$0.58 
Earnings (mrq)$0.15 
Sales (ttm)$6.55 
Cash (mrq)$0.99 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.93 
Price/Earnings (ttm)12.97 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.15 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$700.6M
EBITDA (ttm)$210.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$62.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)8.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)20.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsOct 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.14%
Return on Equity (ttm)6.25%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.43 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.99 
Total Cash (mrq)$106.8M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short459.0K
Percent of Float0.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
495.0K
Short Ratio1.00 
Daily Volume461.0K
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-Apr-2001)

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