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Profile - buy.com Inc. (OTC BB:BUYX.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 29Price hit new 52-week low ($0.10)
Aug 14Earnings Announcement
Location
85 Enterprise
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Phone: (949) 389-2000
Fax: (949) 389-2890
Email: investorrelations@buy.com
Employees (last reported count): 258
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Technology)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 84%
·Institutional: 1% (5% of float)
(39 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 137.0K shares (+13.31%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
buy.com Inc. is a multi-category Internet superstore that offers a broad selection of brand name computer hardware and peripherals, software, books, videos, DVDs, computer games, music, clearance products, consumer electronics, sporting goods, office products and supplies, and wireless products and services at everyday low prices. The e-commerce portal, www.buy.com, links the Company's 11 specialty stores. Through these online stores, the Company offers products in a convenient, easy-to-use shopping interface that features extensive product information and multi-media presentations 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Company has selected its stores based upon product lines that are intended to have large market potential, are well suited for e-commerce and are in industries that allow the Company to establish a relationship with a dominant distributor.
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Financial Summary
buy.com Inc. is a multi-category Internet retailer, offering a range of brand name computer hardware and peripherals, software, books, videos, DVDs, computer games, music, clearance equipment, golf-related products and consumer electronics. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net revenues fell 45% to $219.5 million. Net loss rose 23% to $50.9 million. Results lower sales volume due to price increases partially offset by higher margins.
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Officers
FY1999 Pay

Donald Kendall, 78
Chairman
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Robert Price
Pres, CFO
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Keven Baxter, 40
Sr. VP, Corp. Devel. and Sec., Gen. Counsel
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John Herr, 33
Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing
$196K
Robb Brock, 36
VP- Technology
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 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 -- OTC BB:BUYX.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Aug-2001
$0.10 
Recent Price$0.135
52-Week High
on 6-Sep-2000
$4.688
Daily Volume (3-month avg)220.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)281.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-95.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-93.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$18.5M
Shares Outstanding136.8M
Float21.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.25 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.87 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.04 
Sales (ttm)$4.50 
Cash (mrq)$0.11 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.55 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.03 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$606.3M
EBITDA (ttm)-$112.7M
Income available to common (ttm)-$117.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-18.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)-19.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-83.00%
Return on Equity (ttm)-136.72%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.77 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.01 
Total Cash (mrq)$14.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short708.0K
Percent of Float3.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.07M
Short Ratio3.23 
Daily Volume219.0K
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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