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Profile - Alpine Group, Inc. (NYSE:AGI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  6Earnings Announcement
Location
1790 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 757-3333
Fax: (212) 757-3423
Employees (last reported count): 5,900
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Misc. Fabricated Products
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 48%
·Institutional: 15% (28% of float)
(37 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 954.0K shares (+89.41%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The Alpine Group, Inc. is an industrial holding company with investments in three publicly traded industrial manufacturing companies as follows: a 51.5% common equity interest in Superior TeleCom Inc.; a 48% common equity interest and a $23.3 million preferred equity investment in PolyVision Corporation; and a 2% common equity investment in Cookson Group, plc. Superior TeleCom manufactures wire and cable products for the communications, original equipment manufacturer and electrical markets. PolyVision is a global manufacturer of visual communications and related products for the education/office markets, menus and merchandising boards for food service and banking institutions, and high performance wall systems used in the education, transportation and select architectural markets. Cookson Group is engaged in the manufacture and sale of a variety of industrial materials.
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Financial Summary
The Alpine Group, Inc. is engaged in the manufacture and sale of wireand cable products, including communications, electrical and magnetic wire and cable. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales fell 8% to $965.2 million. Net loss applicable to Common totaled $9.6 million vs. an income of $2.7 million. Revenues reflect lower sales in Superior's OEM and Electrical Groups. Net loss also reflects lower gross margins and a $3.3 million loss on the sale of securities.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Steven Elbaum, 50
Chairman and CEO
$3.3M
David Aldridge, 45
CFO and Treasurer
1.1M
Stephen Johnson, 50
Exec. VP and COO
461K
Bragi Schut, 58
Exec. VP
1.3M
Stewart Wahrsager, 50
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel and Sec.
519K
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Apr-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 -- NYSE:AGIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 28-Dec-2000
$0.875
Recent Price$2.00 
52-Week High
on 7-Sep-2000
$6.50 
Beta1.28 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)18.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)52.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-66.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-54.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$27.8M
Shares Outstanding13.9M
Float7.20M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.65 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.62 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.26 
Sales (ttm)$134.81 
Cash (mrq)$2.57 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.55 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.01 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.97B
EBITDA (ttm)$135.4M
Income available to common (ttm)-$23.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-1.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-1.67%
Return on Equity (ttm)-36.60%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.16 
Debt/Equity (mrq)28.27 
Total Cash (mrq)$35.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short250.0K
Percent of Float3.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
250.0K
Short Ratio31.25 
Daily Volume8,000 
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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