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Profile - ChoicePoint,Inc. (NYSE:CPS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 25Conference call: ChoicePoint Earnings (Q2 2001)
Location
1000 Alderman Drive
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Phone: (770) 752-6000
Fax: (770) 752-6250
Email: investors@choicepoint.net
Employees (last reported count): 4,200
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Business Services
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 35%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider buys; 6,000  shares
·Institutional: 72% (111% of float)
(357 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.71M shares (+3.64%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
ChoicePoint Inc. is a provider of identification and credential verification services. The Company also provides risk management and fraud prevention information and related technology solutions to the insurance industry, as well as organizations in other industries. The Company operates its business through two primary service groups, Insurance Services, and Business & Government Services. The Insurance Services group provides domestic insurance companies with underwriting and claims information services to assist those companies in assessing the insurability and associated policy pricing of individuals and property. The Business & Government Services group offers pre-employment background investigations, pre-employment and regulatory compliance drug testing services, shareholder locator searches, credential verification services and due diligence and public record information searches to other corporate and government organizations, as well as to insurance markets.
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Financial Summary
CPS is a provider of decision-making intelligence to businesses, individuals, and government agencies. The Company's busineses are focused on two primary markets: Insurance Services and Business and Government Services. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues rose 8% to $318.5 million. Net income totalled $27.1 million, up from $6.8 million. Revenues reflect acquisitions, growth in personal and other insurance product lines and lower merger and non-recurring charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Derek Smith, 46
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$3.0M$758K
Michael Wood, 46
CFO
346K--  
Douglas Curling, 46
COO, Director
1.4M--  
David Lee, 41
Exec. VP
616K337K
Dan Rocco, 61
Exec. VP
614K1.7M
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:CPSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 11-Oct-2000
$28.167
Recent Price$39.95 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$44.667
Beta0.78 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)150.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)88.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+27.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+71.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.50B
Shares Outstanding62.6M
Float40.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 8-Mar-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$7.25 
Earnings (ttm)$1.00 
Earnings (mrq)$0.31 
Sales (ttm)$9.57 
Cash (mrq)$0.41 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)5.51 
Price/Earnings (ttm)40.11 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.17 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$616.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$173.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$64.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)10.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)19.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)8.96%
Return on Equity (ttm)16.41%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.65 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.32 
Total Cash (mrq)$25.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short851.0K
Percent of Float2.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
978.0K
Short Ratio4.65 
Daily Volume183.0K
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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