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Profile - Lance, Inc. (NasdaqNM:LNCE)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 23Price hit new 52-week high ($14.99)
Aug 15Dividend payment of $0.16
Location
8600 South Boulevard, P.O. Box 32368
Charlotte, NC 28232
Phone: (704) 554-1421
Fax: (704) 554-5562
Email: fresh@lance.com
Employees (last reported count): 4,623
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Food Processing
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 18%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 281.0K shares
  (5.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 37% (45% of float)
(167 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 851.0K shares (+7.43%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Lance, Inc. manufactures, markets and distributes a variety of snack foods. Product categories include sandwich crackers, cookies, restaurant crackers and breadbasket items, candy, chips, meat snacks, nuts and cake items, of which approximately 76% are manufactured and approximately 24% are purchased for resale. The Company's customer base includes grocery and mass merchants, convenience and drugstores, foodservice brokers and institutions, vending operations, military and government facilities, other food manufacturers and "up and down the street" outlets, such as recreational facilities, offices, restaurants and independent retailers. The Company distributes products throughout most of the United States and parts of Canada and Europe.
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Financial Summary
Lance manufactures, markets and distributes a variety of branded and private label snacks and bakery products. For the 26 weeks ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 6% to $296.4 million. Net income fell 3% to $11.7 million. Sales reflect continued growth in contract manufactured and private label sales as well as revenue growth in the Company's branded products. Earnings were offset by increased incentive provisions and professional costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Paul Stroup, III, 48
Chairman, Pres and CEO
$377K
H. Dean Fields, 58
Pres of Vista Bakery, Inc.
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B. Clyde Preslar, 45
VP, CFO
254K
L. Rudy Gragnani, 46
VP
--  
Earl Leake, 48
VP
--  
Dollar amounts are as of 25-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 -- NasdaqNM:LNCEAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 14-Sep-2000
$8.563
Recent Price$14.10 
52-Week High
on 23-Aug-2001
$14.99 
Beta0.07 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)53.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)54.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+50.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+101.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$408.7M
Shares Outstanding29.0M
Float23.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.64 
Dividend Yield4.54%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 31-Aug-1987
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.11 
Earnings (ttm)$0.75 
Earnings (mrq)$0.23 
Sales (ttm)$20.44 
Cash (mrq)$0.10 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.31 
Price/Earnings (ttm)18.88 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.69 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$591.9M
EBITDA (ttm)$39.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$21.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.78%
Return on Equity (ttm)12.37%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.14 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.39 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.91M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short70.0K
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
103.0K
Short Ratio1.49 
Daily Volume47.0K
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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