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Profile - Ferro Corporation (NYSE:FOE)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1000 Lakeside Avenue, P.O. Box 147000
Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: (216) 641-8580
Fax: (216) 566-1464
Email: gormley@ferro.com
Employees (last reported count): 7,117
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 49%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 2,000  shares
·Institutional: 73% (144% of float)
(272 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.07M shares (+4.09%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Ferro Corporation is a worldwide producer of performance materials for manufacturers. The Company's portfolio of products includes coatings for ceramics and metal, electronic materials, pigments, fine chemicals and polymer additives, specialty plastic compounds and colors. The Company's materials are used in a wide variety of markets. These include building and renovation, major appliances, household furnishings, transportation and industrial products. Ferro's products are sold principally in the United States and Europe, however, operations extend to the Latin America and Asia-Pacific regions.
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Financial Summary
FOE is a producer of specialty materials for industry by organic and inorganic chemistry. FOE's products consist of coatings, colors, ceramics, plastics and chemicals. Net sales for the six months ended 6/30/01 remained flat at $725.9 million. Net income applicable to Common decreased 47% to $19.4 million. Results reflect a lower gross margin as a percentage of sales due to sales declines, reduced capacity utilization and higher energy and severance costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Hector Ortino, 58
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$1.4M$109K
Bret Wise, 40
Sr. VP, CFO
471K--  
R. Jay Finch, 59
Sr. VP- Specialty Plastics
--  --  
J. Larry Jameson, 63
Sr. VP- Industrial Coatings
370K--  
Kent Lee, Jr., 59
Sr. VP- Specialty Chemicals
547K--  
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 -- NYSE:FOEAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-Sep-2000
$17.625
Recent Price$22.90 
52-Week High
on 12-Mar-2001
$24.70 
Beta0.51 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)130.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)70.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+10.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+47.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$784.0M
Shares Outstanding34.2M
Float17.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.58 
Dividend Yield2.53%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 2-Dec-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$8.85 
Earnings (ttm)$1.47 
Earnings (mrq)$0.18 
Sales (ttm)$39.53 
Cash (mrq)$0.40 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.59 
Price/Earnings (ttm)15.55 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.58 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.45B
EBITDA (ttm)$115.7M
Income available to common (ttm)$52.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.22%
Return on Equity (ttm)17.98%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.30 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.31 
Total Cash (mrq)$13.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.71M
Percent of Float9.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.39M
Short Ratio19.20 
Daily Volume89.0K
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