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Profile - Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 31Price hit new 52-week high ($71.93)
Upcoming Events
Sep 15Dividend payment of $0.34
Location
2000 M-63
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Phone: (616) 923-5000
Fax: (616) 923-5154
Email: thomas_c_filstrup@email.whirlpool.com
Employees (last reported count): 61,000
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 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Appliance & Tool
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 28%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 6,000  shares
·Institutional: 82% (114% of float)
(680 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 920.0K shares (+1.65%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Whirlpool Corporation is a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. The Company manufactures in 13 countries under 11 major brand names, and markets products to distributors and retailers in more than 170 countries. The Company manufactures and markets a full line of major appliances and related products, primarily for home use. Whirlpool's principal products are home laundry appliances, home refrigerators and freezers, home cooking appliances, home dishwashers, and room air-conditioning equipment, mixers and other small household appliances. The Company also produces hermetic compressors and plastic components, primarily for the home appliance and electronics industries.
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Financial Summary
Whirlpool Corp. manufactures and markets major home appliances and related products for commercial and home use in Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 1% to $5.10 billion. Net income before accounting change fell 54% to $107 million. Results reflect a decline in Europe and Latin America sales due to the impact of currency fluctuations and $62 million in restructuring related charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

David Whitwam, 59
Chairman, CEO
$2.6M$224K
Jeff Fettig, 43
Pres, COO,
1.6M88K
Mark Brown, 49
Exec. VP and CFO
556K54K
Michael Thieneman, 52
Exec. VP, CTO
712K18K
Bengt Engstrom, 47
Exec. VP and Pres, Whirlpool Europe
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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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:WHRAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 17-Oct-2000
$34.563
Recent Price$66.02 
52-Week High
on 31-July-2001
$71.93 
Beta0.74 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)704.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)798.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+75.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+135.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$4.42B
Shares Outstanding66.9M
Float48.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.36 
Dividend Yield2.06%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-Jan-1987
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$23.44 
Earnings (ttm)$3.57 
Earnings (mrq)$1.09 
Sales (ttm)$151.53 
Cash (mrq)$2.29 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.82 
Price/Earnings (ttm)18.48 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.44 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$10.3B
EBITDA (ttm)$634.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$241.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.61%
Return on Equity (ttm)14.42%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.01 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.18 
Total Cash (mrq)$153.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.90M
Percent of Float6.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3.79M
Short Ratio3.09 
Daily Volume937.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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