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Profile - LearningStar Corporation (NasdaqSC:LRNS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  9Earnings Announcement
Location
2 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 200
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: (831) 333-2000
Fax: (831) 333-2581
Email: ir@learningstarcorp.com
Employees (last reported count): 420
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 ·Industry: Business Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 66%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 3,000  shares
·Institutional: 1% (4% of float)
(5 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 99.0K shares (+50.00%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
LearningStar Corporation is a developer, manufacturer and retailer of educational products to child care programs, preschools, schools and consumers. The Company was formed by the April 2001 reorganization and merger by and among Earlychildhood LLC, SmarterKids.com, Inc., LearningStar and S-E Educational Merger Corp. SmarterKids.com, Inc. is an online educational store dedicated to helping parents help their children learn, develop and grow. Earlychildhood LLC is a fully integrated, multi-channel supplier of educational products, services and information to schools, educational professionals and parents serving the early childhood and elementary school communities.
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Financial Summary
LearningStar Corporation is a developer, manufacturer, and retailer of educational products to child care programs, preschools, schools, and consumers. For the three months ended 3/31/01, revenues increased 11% to $13.9 million. Net loss increased 6% to $1.7 million. Revenues reflect increased DSS sales due to increased customer base and products offered. Higher loss reflects the addition of a new warehouse in Salinas, CA and the expansion of the Harrisburg, PA facility.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 19,244; after tax earnings were -3,714. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]

Position
Al Noyes, 43Chairman
Ronald Elliott, 45CEO, Director
Richard DelaneyCFO, Director
Judith McGunn, 51COO
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqSC:LRNSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 19-July-2001
$1.50 
Recent Price$2.10 
52-Week High
on 1-May-2001
$5.61 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)4,864 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
13-Week Change-41.3%
13-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-34.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$17.5M
Shares Outstanding8.33M
Float2.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$1.96 
EarningsN/A 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.57 
SalesN/A 
Cash (mrq*)$0.01 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.07 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/SalesN/A 
Income Statements
SalesN/A 
EBITDA (ttm*)-$863.0K
Income available to common (ttm)-$3.71M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating Margin (ttm)-2.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on AssetsN/A 
Return on Equity (ttm)-22.73%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.09 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.93 
Total Cash (mrq)$0 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1,000 
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Short Ratio0.11 
Daily Volume9,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 31-Mar-2001)

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