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Profile - Socket Communications (NasdaqNM:SCKT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Price hit new 52-week low ($1.05)
July 25Conference call: Socket Communications Quarterly
Location
37400 Central Court
Newark, CA 94560
Phone: (510) 744-2700
Fax: (510) 744-2727
Email: info@socketcom.com
Employees (last reported count): 56
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Communications Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 13%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 21.0K shares
  (0.7% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 3% (3% of float)
(20 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 175.0K shares (+19.71%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Socket Communications, Inc. develops, markets and sells low-power plug-in connection products for handheld computers that also work with most Windows notebooks. These products connect through the mobile computer's expansion slots, which can be in a PC Card, CompactFlash Card or Secure Digital (SD) Card format, the latter under development for expected release in the second half of 2001. Its plug-in card products have been designed to work with Windows CE handheld computers, including the Pocket PC, introduced in April 2000. The Company is also designing products to work with new handhelds having SD expansion slots, including the Palm handhelds and other electronic devices. The Company's Digital Phone Cards connect mobile computers to over 100 data-enabled digital mobile phones from most mobile phone manufacturers. The cards allow mobile computer users to wirelessly access the Internet, and to access e-mail or other data from their handheld computer through a data-enabled mobile phone.
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Financial Summary
Socket Communications, Inc. develops and markets connection solutions for handheld computers that use the Windows CE operating system from MicroSoft and for mobile computers that use Microsoft's Windows 9x. and NT operating systems. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 30% to $5.7 million. Net loss applicable to Common rose from $1.5 million to $3.7 million. Results reflect increased sales of CompactFlash connection products, offset by increased marketing expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Charlie Bass, Ph.D., 59
Chairman
$6.0K$888K
Kevin Mills, 40
Pres, CEO, Director
214.3K1.9M
David Dunlap, 58
CFO, VP of Fin. and Admin., Sec.
178.4K2.6M
Michael Gifford, 43
Exec. VP
179.7K1.2M
Paul Hughes, 52
VP-Operations
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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 -- NasdaqNM:SCKTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Aug-2001
$1.05 
Recent Price$1.17 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$17.563
Beta1.45 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)55.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)74.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-93.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-90.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$27.5M
Shares Outstanding23.5M
Float20.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.69 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.27 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.08 
Sales (ttm)$0.57 
Cash (mrq)$0.28 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.70 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.06 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$12.9M
EBITDA (ttm)-$3.89M
Income available to common (ttm)-$6.16M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-47.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)-50.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-32.87%
Return on Equity (ttm)-41.70%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.13 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.10 
Total Cash (mrq)$6.52M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short301.0K
Percent of Float1.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
461.0K
Short Ratio5.10 
Daily Volume59.0K
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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