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Profile - Sears, Roebuck & Co. (NYSE:S)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
Phone: (847) 286-2500
Fax: (847) 286-7829
Email: invrel@sears.com
Employees (last reported count): 323,000
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Department & Discount)
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Index Membership
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 20%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
·Institutional: 82% (102% of float)
(970 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2.53M shares (+0.97%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Sears, Roebuck and Co. is a multi-line retailer that provides a wide array of merchandise and services. As of December 30, 2000, the Company organized its business into four domestic segments and one international segment. The Company's segments in the United States and Puerto Rico are Retail (comprised of Full-line Stores and Specialty Stores), Services (comprised of Home Services and Direct Response), Credit (comprised of the domestic credit operations) and Corporate (comprised of activities that are of a holding company nature and its investment in Sears Online). The International segment consists of similar retail, services, credit and corporate operations conducted through a majority-owned subsidiary in Canada.
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Financial Summary
Sears is a multi-line retailer that provides a wide array of merchandise and services through retail, service, credit, corporate and int'l segments. For the 26 weeks ended 6/01, revenues rose 1% to $19.08 billion. Net loss totalled $21 million vs. an income of $623 million. Revenues reflect an increase in credit and financial product revenues attributable to higher managed portfolio yields. Loss reflects the inclusion of a $522 million provision for securitized receivables.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Alan Lacy, 47
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$1.7M--  
Paul Liska
CFO, Exec. VP
--  --  
Mark Cohen, 51
Chairman and CEO of Sears Canada Division
1.3M--  
Mary Conway, 52
Pres of Stores
--  --  
Lyle Heidemann, 55
Pres, Hardlines
1.3M$17K
Dollar amounts are as of 30-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:SAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 13-Nov-2000
$27.75 
Recent Price$42.75 
52-Week High
on 19-July-2001
$47.80 
Beta0.54 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.37M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.57M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+33.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+78.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$13.9B
Shares Outstanding324.7M
Float259.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.92 
Dividend Yield2.15%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$18.60 
Earnings (ttm)$2.06 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.60 
Sales (ttm)$122.82 
Cash (mrq)$1.47 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.30 
Price/Earnings (ttm)20.78 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.35 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$41.0B
EBITDA (ttm)$3.32B
Income available to common (ttm)$699.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.99%
Return on Equity (ttm)10.88%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.38 
Debt/Equity (mrq)4.22 
Total Cash (mrq)$476.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.00M
Percent of Float1.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
5.26M
Short Ratio2.06 
Daily Volume1.46M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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