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Profile - FiberCore Inc. (NasdaqSC:FBCE)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  9Conference call: FiberCore, Inc. Earnings (Q2)
Aug  9Earnings Announcement
Location
253 Worcester Road, P.O. Box 180
Charlton, MA 01507
Phone: (508) 248-3900
Fax: (508) 248-5588
Email: fibercore@aol.com
Employees (last reported count): 270
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 ·Industry: Communications Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 49%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 11 insider sells; 251.0K shares
  (0.8% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 3% (6% of float)
(21 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 932.0K shares (+34.43%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
FiberCore Inc. is engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing and marketing single-mode and multi-mode optical fiber and optical fiber preforms for the telecommunications and data communications industry. Preforms are the basic component from which optical fiber is drawn and subsequently cabled. The Company's principal operating units are FiberCore Jena GmbH (FCJ), the Company's wholly owned subsidiary in Germany, and Xtal FiberCore Brasil S.A. (Xtal), the Company's 90% owned subsidiary in Campinas, Brazil, which was acquired in June 2000. Middle East Fiber Cables is a cable manufacturer, located in Saudi Arabia, in which the Company holds a 7% interest.
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Financial Summary
FBCE is engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing, and marketing single-mode and multi-mode optical fiber and optical fiber preforms for the telecommunications and data communications industry. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales totaled $34.3 million, up from $9.9 million. Net income totaled $6 million vs. a loss of $5.8 million. Revenues reflect an increase in volume shipped to existing customers. Net income reflects manufacturing process improvements.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Mohd Aslami, Ph.D., 54
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$270K$705K
Robert Lobban, 47
CFO, VP
--  --  
Charles De Luca, 63
Managing Director of FiberCore Jena GmbH, Director
140K405K
John Ronnquist, 53
Controller
--  --  
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 -- NasdaqSC:FBCEAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 21-Dec-2000
$2.188
Recent Price$3.70 
52-Week High
on 22-Jan-2001
$8.625
Beta0.95 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)232.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)219.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-51.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-35.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$221.3M
Shares Outstanding59.8M
Float30.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.67 
Earnings (ttm)$0.15 
Earnings (mrq)$0.05 
Sales (ttm)$1.00 
Cash (mrq)$0.06 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)5.50 
Price/Earnings (ttm)25.00 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.71 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$61.3M
EBITDA (ttm)$17.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$9.16M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)16.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)22.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)14.82%
Return on Equity (ttm)28.18%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.26 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.57 
Total Cash (mrq)$3.66M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short570.0K
Percent of Float1.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
883.0K
Short Ratio3.00 
Daily Volume190.0K
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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