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Profile - Seminis, Inc. (NasdaqNM:SMNS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
2700 Camino del Sol
Oxnard, CA 93030
Phone: (805) 647-1572
Email: investors@seminis.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,800
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 86%
·Institutional: 3% (19% of float)
(44 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 933.0K shares (+134.98%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Seminis, Inc. is a developer, producer and marketer of vegetable and fruit seeds. Seminis uses seeds as the delivery vehicle for its agricultural technology. Seminis develops seeds designed to reduce the need for chemicals, increase crop yield, reduce spoilage, offer longer shelf life and create tastier foods with better nutrition. Seminis focuses its research and development activities on products that are likely to have practical market uses, create significant market value, command premium pricing and capture leading local market share.
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Financial Summary
Seminis develops, produces and markets vegetable and fruit seeds designed to reduce the need for chemicals and spoliage, increase crop yield, offer longer shelf life and create tastier foods with better nutritional content. For the nine months ended 6/29/01, revenues fell 11% to $339.2 million. Net loss applicable to Common totaled $90.1 million, up from $24.6 million. Results reflect the change in company strategy to reducing costs and higher inventory write-off charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Alfonso Garza, 50
Chairman, CEO
$691K
Eugenio Solorzano, 52
Pres, COO, Director
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Charles Green, Ph.D., 57
Sr. VP of R&D
349K
Henk Van Wielink, 49
Sr. VP and Gen. Mang., Operations
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Oscar Velasco, 46
Sr. VP -- Strategic Services
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Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-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:SMNSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Dec-2000
$0.438
Recent Price$1.60 
52-Week High
on 14-Feb-2001
$2.531
Beta2.12 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)66.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)63.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-1.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+32.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$95.7M
Shares Outstanding59.8M
Float8.50M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$6.28 
Earnings (ttm)-$2.59 
Earnings (mrq)-$1.16 
Sales (ttm)$7.21 
Cash (mrq*)$0.49 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.26 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.22 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$431.5M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$89.5M
Income available to common (ttm)-$154.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-32.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)-27.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsSep 30
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
29-June-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-14.28%
Return on Equity (ttm)-34.69%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)2.43 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.90 
Total Cash (mrq)$29.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short33.0K
Percent of Float0.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
43.0K
Short Ratio0.33 
Daily Volume99.0K
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 29-June-2001)

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