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Profile - Pre-Paid Legal Services (NYSE:PPD)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
321 East Main Street
Ada, OK 74821
Phone: (580) 436-1234
Fax: (580) 436-7409
Email: investor@pplsi.com
Employees (last reported count): 559
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 ·Industry: Personal Services
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 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 23%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 14 insider buys; 906.0K shares (22.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 56% (73% of float)
(209 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.04M shares (+8.02%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. was one of the first companies in the United States organized solely to design, underwrite and market legal expense plans. The Company's legal expense plans (referred to as Memberships) currently provide for a variety of legal services in a manner similar to medical reimbursement plans. Plan benefits are generally provided through a network of independent provider law firms, typically one firm per state or province. Members have direct, toll-free access to their Provider law firm rather than having to call for a referral. At December 31, 2000, the Company had 1,064,805 Memberships in force with members in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Approximately 90% of such Memberships were in 28 states and the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Financial Summary
Pre-Paid Legal Services underwrites and markets legal service plans which provide for or reimburse a portion of legal fees incurred by members in connection with specified matters. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenues rose 27% to $147.8 million. Net income applicable to Common rose 49% to $11.7 million. Revenues reflect an increased number of active memberships. Earnings also benefited from improved operating margins.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Harland Stonecipher, 62
Chairman and CEO
$1.4M--  
Wilburn Smith, 60
Pres
1.6M--  
Steve Williamson
CFO
--  --  
Randy Harp, 45
COO, Director
193K$783K
Kathleen Pinson, 48
Controller, VP, CAO
114K--  
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:PPDAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 3-Apr-2001
$10.04 
Recent Price$22.28 
52-Week High
on 6-Nov-2000
$48.75 
Beta1.43 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)268.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)216.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-32.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-8.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$475.7M
Shares Outstanding21.4M
Float16.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 5 for 4 on 20-Jan-1987
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$1.95 
Earnings (ttm)$1.60 
Earnings (mrq)$0.22 
Sales (ttm)$12.53 
Cash (mrq)$0.54 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)11.44 
Price/Earnings (ttm)13.92 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.78 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$277.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$56.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$35.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)12.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)19.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)19.61%
Return on Equity (ttm)34.26%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.04 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.00 
Total Cash (mrq)$11.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short8.07M
Percent of Float49.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
7.67M
Short Ratio29.45 
Daily Volume274.0K
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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