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Profile - Avery Communications, Inc (OTC BB:ATEX.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 27Price hit new 52-week low ($0.28)
Location
190 South Lasalle Street, Suite 1710
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (312) 419-0077
Fax: (312) 419-0172
Employees (last reported count): 32
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Business Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 48%
·Institutional: 5% (9% of float)
(2 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 107.0K shares (+30.00%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Avery Communications, Inc. is a telecommunications service company which, through its operating subsidiary, HBS Billing Services Company, is engaged in providing billing and collection services for inter-exchange carriers and long-distance resellers. HBS Billing Services is a third-party billing clearinghouse for the telecommunications industry. Customers consist primarily of direct dial long distance telephone companies. HBS Billing Services maintains billing arrangements with approximately 1,300 telephone companies that provide access lines to, and collect for services from, end-users of telecommunication services. HBS Billing Services processes transaction records and collects the related end-user charges from these telephone companies for its customers.
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Financial Summary
ATEX is a telecommunications service company that, through its operating subsidiary, is engaged in providing billing and collection services for inter-exchange carriers and long-distance resellers. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 7% to $16.6 million. Net income from continuing operations applicable to Common fell 36% to $845 thousand. Results reflect a decrease in call records billed, and $88 thousand in option buyback costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Patrick Haynes III, 51
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$337K
Stephen Brown, 61
Vice Chairman
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Scot McCormick, 46
VP, CFO and Sec.
192K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 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 -- OTC BB:ATEX.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-Aug-2001
$0.28 
Recent Price$0.40 
52-Week High
on 26-Sep-2000
$2.375
Beta0.66 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)11.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)21.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-61.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-48.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$4.06M
Shares Outstanding10.1M
Float5.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$0.02 
Earnings (ttm)$0.10 
Earnings (mrq)$0.03 
Sales (ttm)$2.33 
Cash (mrq)$0.28 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/Earnings (ttm)4.12 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.17 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$35.3M
EBITDA (ttm)$3.55M
Income available to common (ttm)$1.56M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)8.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.25%
Return on Equity (ttm)43.00%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.38 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.82M
Short Interest
Shares ShortN/A 
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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