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Profile - Veritas DGC Inc. (NYSE:VTS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  1Price hit new 52-week low ($13.00)
Sep  5Earnings Announcement
Upcoming Events
Sep  6Add this event to your Yahoo! CalendarLive call at 11:00 am ET: Veritas DGC Earnings (Q4 2001)
Location
10300 Town Park Drive
Houston, TX 77072
Phone: (832) 351-8300
Fax: (832) 351-8701
Email: stephanie_schlimper@veritasdgc.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,000
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 ·Sector: Energy
 ·Industry: Oil Well Services & Equipment
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 12%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 3,000  shares
 · 13 insider sells; 305.0K shares
  (7.6% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 95% (108% of float)
(379 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 3.34M shares (+10.26%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Veritas DGC Inc. is a provider of integrated geophysical technologies to the petroleum industry worldwide. The Company's customers include major, national and independent oil and gas companies that utilize geophysical technologies to identify new areas where subsurface conditions are favorable for the production of hydrocarbons; determine the size and structure of previously identified oil and gas fields; and optimize development and production of hydrocarbon reserves.
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Financial Summary
Veritas DGC Inc. provides geophysical data acquisition, data processing, multi-client data sales and exploration and development information services to the petroleum industry in selected markets worldwide. For the nine months ended 4/30/01, revenues rose 47% to $372.3 million. Net income before extraordinary items totaled $20.6 million, up from $3.1 million. Revenues reflect the expansion of onshore licensing. Net income reflects a recovery in proprietary pricing.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

David Robson, 61
Chairman, CEO
$461K--  
Timothy Wells, 47
Pres and COO
296K$158K
Stephen Ludlow, 50
Vice Chairman
353K381K
Matthew Fitzgerald
CFO, Exec. VP, Treasurer
--  --  
Anthony Tripodo, 48
Exec. VP and Pres of the NASA Group
270K--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-July-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:VTSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Aug-2001
$13.00 
Recent Price$14.45 
52-Week High
on 7-Mar-2001
$39.80 
Beta1.32 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)439.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)213.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-45.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-27.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$443.7M
Shares Outstanding30.7M
Float27.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 1 for 3 on 18-Jan-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$17.46 
Earnings (ttm)$0.79 
Earnings (mrq)$0.26 
Sales (ttm)$15.65 
Cash (mrq)$3.15 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.83 
Price/Earnings (ttm)18.31 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.92 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$472.0M
EBITDA (ttm)$123.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$24.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)8.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJuly 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.56%
Return on Equity (ttm)5.38%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.38 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.25 
Total Cash (mrq)$96.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.12M
Percent of Float4.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.14M
Short Ratio1.44 
Daily Volume777.0K
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-Apr-2001)

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