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Profile - Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NasdaqNM:SAFM)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 21Earnings Announcement
Aug 21Dividend payment of $0.05
July 31Fiscal quarter ended
Location
225 North 13th Avenue, P.O. Box 988
Laurel, MS 39440
Phone: (601) 649-4030
Fax: (601) 426-1461
Email: info@sandersonfarms.com
Employees (last reported count): 7,863
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Food Processing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 74%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 4 insider sells; 60.0K shares
  (0.6% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 10% (39% of float)
(44 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 88.0K shares (+5.99%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Sanderson Farms Inc. is a fully integrated poultry processing company engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh and frozen chicken products. In addition, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Foods Division), the Company is engaged in the processing, marketing and distribution of processed and prepared food items. The Company sells ice pack, chill pack and frozen chicken, in whole, cut-up and boneless form, primarily under the Sanderson Farms brand name to retailers, distributors, and fast food operators principally in the southeastern, southwestern and western United States. The Company's chicken operations presently encompass five hatcheries, four feed mills, six processing plants and one by-products plant.
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Financial Summary
Sanderson Farms, Inc. produces, processes, markets and distributes fresh and frozen chicken and other prepared food items. For the nine months ended 7/31/01, sales rose 15% to $499.4 million. Net income before accounting change totalled $15 million vs. a loss of $11.3 million. Revenues reflect an increase in poultry products sales. Earnings also reflect planned reductions in the Company's advertising expenditures and an increase in gross margin.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Joe Sanderson, Jr., 53
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$556K
Lampkin Butts, 49
VP, Director of Sales
198K
Mike Cockrell, 43
Treasurer, CFO
221K
James Grimes, 52
Sec., CAO
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Oct-2000 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 -- NasdaqNM:SAFMAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000
$5.969
Recent Price$13.88 
52-Week High
on 5-June-2001
$14.32 
Beta0.71 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)13.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)20.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+122.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+197.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$188.4M
Shares Outstanding13.6M
Float3.50M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.20 
Dividend Yield1.44%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 23-Feb-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$9.75 
Earnings (ttm)$1.53 
Earnings (mrq)$0.70 
Sales (ttm)$49.12 
Cash (mrq)$0.77 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.42 
Price/Earnings (ttm)9.05 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.28 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$670.1M
EBITDA (ttm)$66.6M
Income available to common (ttm)$20.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsOct 31
Most recent quarter31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.48%
Return on Equity (ttm)17.14%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.63 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.68 
Total Cash (mrq)$10.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1,000 
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
11.0K
Short Ratio0.09 
Daily Volume11.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-July-2001)

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