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Profile - U.S. Vision, Inc. (NasdaqNM:USVI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Earnings Announcement
Location
1 Harmon Drive
Glen Oaks Industrial Park
Glendora, NJ 08012
Phone: (856) 228-1000
Email: webmaster@usvision.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,350
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 87%
·Institutional: 6% (48% of float)
(14 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 551.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
U.S. Vision, Inc. is a retailer of optical products and services through retail optical departments licensed to operate within national and regional department stores and through a limited number of freestanding retail locations. As of January 31, 2001, the Company operated 629 locations in 47 states and Canada, consisting of 596 licensed departments and 33 freestanding stores. The Company currently operates 420 retail optical departments in J.C. Penney's and is their primary optical licensee. In addition, the Company operates 66 Sears retail optical departments and 110 retail optical departments in regional department stores. The Company's freestanding stores are located in malls and shopping centers.
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Financial Summary
U.S. Vision is a retailer of optical products and services through licensed retail optical departments located in national and regional department stores. For the three months ended 4/30/01, net sales decreased 12% to $36.8 million. Net income decreased 37% to $1.5 million. Revenues reflect the closure of unprofitable stores and lower comparable-store sales. Earnings also reflect higher operating expenses as a percentage of sales and interest expense.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 07/31/2001, revenues were 33,471; after tax earnings were -193. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

William Schwartz, Jr., 59
Pres, CEO and Chairman
$297K
George McHenry, Jr., 48
CFO, Exec. VP, Sec.
176K
George Gorman, 49
Pres-Retail
186K
Gayle Schmidt, 48
COO, Exec. VP
185K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Jan-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:USVIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 21-Nov-2000
$1.50 
Recent Price$3.752
52-Week High
on 1-Feb-2001
$4.438
Beta0.35 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)2,000 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+15.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+54.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$29.3M
Shares Outstanding7.80M
Float1.00M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$6.53 
Earnings (ttm)$0.35 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.02 
Sales (ttm)$16.70 
Cash (mrq*)$0.03 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.57 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.72 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.23 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$139.2M
EBITDA (ttm*)$9.30M
Income available to common (ttm)$2.74M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
30-Apr-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.37%
Return on Equity (ttm)5.54%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)2.36 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.30 
Total Cash (mrq)$404.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short13.0K
Percent of Float1.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
13.0K
Short Ratio6.50 
Daily Volume2,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-July-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 30-Apr-2001)

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