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Profile - Arkansas Best Corporation (NasdaqNM:ABFS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 31Price hit new 52-week high ($28.25)
Location
3801 Old Greenwood Road
Fort Smith, AR 72903
Phone: (501) 785-6000
Fax: (501) 785-6009
Email: info@arkbest.com
Employees (last reported count): 15,963
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 ·Sector: Transportation
 ·Industry: Trucking
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 27%
·Institutional: 72% (99% of float)
(208 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 919.0K shares (+5.81%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Arkansas Best Corporation is a diversified holding company engaged, through its subsidiaries, primarily in motor carrier transportation operations, intermodal transportation operations, truck tire retreading and new tire sales. Principal subsidiaries are ABF Freight System, Inc., G.I. Trucking Company, Clipper Exxpress Company and related companies, FleetNet America LLC, and, until October 31, 2000, Treadco, Inc. The Company operates in four operating segments: ABF, G.I. Trucking, Clipper and Treadco, which was contributed to Wingfoot on October 31, 2000. The Company's less-than-truckload motor carrier operations are conducted through ABF, ABF Freight System, Ltd., ABF Freight System Canada, Ltd., ABF Cartage, Inc., Land-Marine Cargo, Inc. and G.I. Trucking Company.
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Financial Summary
ABFS is a transportation holding company engaged primarily in motor carrier transportation operations, intermodal transportation operations, and truck tire retreading and new truck tire sales. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 12% to $807.2 million. Net income applicable to Common fell 41% to $16.9 million. Results suffered from the contribution of all of Treadco's assets and liabilities to Wingfoot on 10/00, and lower tonnage and shipment levels.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

William Marquard, 80
Chairman
--  --  
Robert Young, III, 60
Pres, CEO, Director
$2.6M--  
David Loeffler, 54
VP, CFO, Treasurer
623K$110K
Lary Scott, 64
Exec. VP
905K--  
Jerry Yarbrough, 62
Sr. VP - Corp. Devel.
1.1M--  
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:ABFSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 10-Oct-2000
$12.125
Recent Price$26.57 
52-Week High
on 31-July-2001
$28.25 
Beta0.81 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)285.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)163.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+76.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+136.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$548.4M
Shares Outstanding20.6M
Float15.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$15.26 
Earnings (ttm)$2.65 
Earnings (mrq)$0.40 
Sales (ttm)$71.04 
Cash (mrq)$0.18 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.74 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.04 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.37 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.73B
EBITDA (ttm)$118.7M
Income available to common (ttm)$60.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)8.15%
Return on Equity (ttm)21.09%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.81 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.51 
Total Cash (mrq)$3.71M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.41M
Percent of Float9.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
730.0K
Short Ratio2.96 
Daily Volume476.0K
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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