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Profile - Dial Corporation (NYSE:DL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  3Price hit new 52-week high ($18.00)
Upcoming Events
Oct 16Dividend payment of $0.04
Location
15501 North Dial Boulevard
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Phone: (480) 754-3425
Fax: (480) 754-1098
Email: corprel@dialcorp.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,351
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Personal & Household Products
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 24%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 40.0K shares
  (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 70% (92% of float)
(371 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 771.0K shares (+1.15%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The Dial Corporation manufactures and sells consumer products. The Company markets its products primarily under the Dial soaps, Purex detergents, Renuzit air fresheners and Armour canned meats brand names. The Company also markets specialty personal care products under the brand names Freeman and Sarah Michaels. For organizational, marketing and financial reporting purposes, the Company has organized its business into four segments: Domestic Branded, Specialty Personal Care, International and Commercial Markets and Other.
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Financial Summary
Dial Corp. produces and markets personal care, household and laundry products and shelf-stable food. Products include: soap and liquid soap, laundry detergent, canned meats and air fresheners. For the 26 weeks ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 6% to $830.7 million. Net income rose 23% to $27.8 million. Revenues reflect additional sales due to the acquisitions of Coast, Plusbelle and Zout businesses and the absence of $17.2 million in restructuring charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]

Position
Herbert Baum, 64Chairman, Pres, CEO
Conrad Conrad, 55CFO, Exec. VP
Mark Shook, 46Exec. VP, International and Bus. Devel.
Bernhard Welle, 52Exec. VP, Shared Services
Evon Jones, 35Sr. VP, CIO
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:DLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 23-Oct-2000
$9.938
Recent Price$16.85 
52-Week High
on 3-Aug-2001
$18.00 
Beta0.69 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)577.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)514.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+65.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+121.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.60B
Shares Outstanding94.9M
Float72.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.16 
Dividend Yield0.95%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.35 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.06 
Earnings (mrq)$0.16 
Sales (ttm)$18.38 
Cash (mrq)$0.08 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)5.04 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.92 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.69B
EBITDA (ttm)$130.0M
Income available to common (ttm)-$5.80M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-0.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-0.42%
Return on Equity (ttm)-1.86%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.03 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.66 
Total Cash (mrq)$7.98M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.88M
Percent of Float2.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.26M
Short Ratio2.03 
Daily Volume927.0K
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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