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Profile - Aspect Medical Systems (NasdaqNM:ASPM)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
141 Needham Street
Newton, MA 02464
Phone: (617) 559-7000
Fax: (617) 559-7400
Email: bis_info@aspectms.com
Employees (last reported count): 215
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 ·Sector: Healthcare
 ·Industry: Medical Equipment & Supplies
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 62%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 4 insider sells; 31.0K shares
  (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 58% (154% of float)
(105 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 833.0K shares (+7.49%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets an anesthesia-monitoring system that the Company calls the BIS system. The BIS system enables anesthesia providers to assess and manage a patient's level of consciousness during surgery. Aspect's proprietary BIS system includes its BIS monitor or BIS Module Kit and its single-use, disposable BIS Sensors. The BIS system is based on the Company's patented core technology, the Bispectral Index, which Aspect refers to as the BIS index. The Company's customers include anesthesia providers, hospitals, outpatient surgical centers and individual practitioners in office-based practice.
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Financial Summary
Aspect Medical Systems develops, manufactures and markets an anesthesia-monitoring system which enables anesthesia providers to assess and manage a patient's level of consciousness during surgery. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues decreased 14% to $17.8 million. Net loss totalled $8.1 million vs. an income of $419 thousand. Revenues reflect a decrease in the number of monitors sold. Loss reflects an increase in sales and marketing personnel.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

J. Breckenridge Eagle, 51
Chairman of Directors
$285K--  
Nassib Chamoun, 38
Pres, CEO
310K$3.1M
J. Neal Armstrong, 62
CFO, VP, Sec.
280K--  
Jeffrey Barrett, 38
VP-Operations
--  --  
Helgert Van Raamt, 52
VP and Managing Director -- International
305K--  
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 -- NasdaqNM:ASPMAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 9-Jan-2001
$6.813
Recent Price$12.74 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$21.375
Daily Volume (3-month avg)44.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)13.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-39.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-18.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$225.0M
Shares Outstanding17.7M
Float6.70M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.23 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.80 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.24 
Sales (ttm)$1.91 
Cash (mrq)$2.81 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)3.94 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)6.68 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$33.1M
EBITDA (ttm)-$15.3M
Income available to common (ttm)-$13.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-41.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)-53.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-17.54%
Return on Equity (ttm)-21.80%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)4.79 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.09 
Total Cash (mrq)$49.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.05M
Percent of Float15.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
952.0K
Short Ratio22.76 
Daily Volume46.0K
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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