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Profile - U.S. Liquids, Inc. (AMEX:USL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  7Price hit new 52-week high ($6.25)
Aug  6Earnings Announcement
Location
411 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 400
Houston, TX 77060
Phone: (281) 272-4500
Fax: (281) 272-4545
Employees (last reported count): 1,200
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Waste Management Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 32%
·Institutional: 29% (43% of float)
(47 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 94.0K shares (+1.96%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
U.S. Liquids, Inc. is a national provider of liquid waste management services, including collection, processing, recovery and disposal services. Its primary focus of operations is industrial and commercial wastewater treatment, although the Company also collects process and dispose of oilfield waste. The Company operates 43 processing facilities located in 13 states and Canada and serves over 50,000 customers. The Company collects, processes, recovers and disposes liquid waste from industrial and commercial businesses through a number of subsidiaries that are organized into three divisions, the Commercial Wastewater Division, the Industrial Wastewater Division and the Oilfield Waste Division.
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Financial Summary
U.S. Liquids, Inc. collects, processes, recovers and disposes of liquid waste from waste streams and oilfield waste generated in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 2% to $120.1 million. Net income totaled $5.5 million, up from $1.0 million. Revenues reflect the sale of the Allison facility and discontinued tanking operations in Houston. Earnings reflect $7.5 million from a lawsuit settlement with National Steel.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Michael Lawlor, 61
Chairman and CEO
$330K
Earl Blackwell, 58
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin., Sec., Director
225K
John Miklich
COO, Exec. VP
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Keith Beck
VP-Operations
--  
Steven Read, 34
VP, Treasurer, Director
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-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 -- AMEX:USLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-Dec-2000
$1.75 
Recent Price$5.88 
52-Week High
on 7-Aug-2001
$6.25 
Beta1.49 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)23.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)26.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+38.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+85.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$94.2M
Shares Outstanding16.0M
Float10.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$10.67 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.34 
Earnings (mrq)$0.30 
Sales (ttm)$15.19 
Cash (mrq)$0.03 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.55 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.39 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$245.3M
EBITDA (ttm)$11.2M
Income available to common (ttm)-$20.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-8.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)-3.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-5.85%
Return on Equity (ttm)-11.84%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.55 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.58 
Total Cash (mrq)$501.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short7,000 
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
7,000 
Short Ratio0.30 
Daily Volume23.0K
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-June-2001)

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