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Profile - Sterling Financial /PA/ (NasdaqNM:SLFI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  2Price hit new 52-week high ($26.00)
Upcoming Events
Oct  1Dividend payment of $0.20
Location
101 North Pointe Boulevard
Lancaster, PA 17601
Phone: (717) 581-6030
Employees (last reported count): 742
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Regional Banks
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 28%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 3,000  shares
·Institutional: 6% (8% of float)
(40 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 358.0K shares (+33.96%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Sterling Financial Corporation is a bank holding company that operates 49 banking locations in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland through its subsidiary banks. The Company's major source of operating funds are dividends that it receives from its subsidiary banks. The Company owns T & C Leasing Inc., a nationwide vehicle and equipment leasing company. Bank of Lancaster County, N.A. is a full-service commercial bank. On July 27, 2000, Sterling consummated the merger with Hanover Bancorp, Inc., parent company of Bank of Hanover and Trust Company and HOVB Investment Company. The companies became wholly owned subsidiaries of Sterling. Bank of Hanover and Trust Company offers a wide variety of banking services to all segments of its service area. HOVB Investment Company's principal activity is the holding and investing in equity securities. Sterling also owns all of the outstanding stock of a non-bank subsidiary, Sterling Mortgage Services Inc., which is presently inactive.
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Financial Summary
Sterling Financial Corp. is a bank holding company for Bank of Lancaster County, N.A., with 31 branches in PA. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total interest income rose 7% to $58.5 million. Net interest income after loan loss provision fell less than 1% to $27.2 million. Net income rose 3% to $10 million. Net interest income reflects increased earning asset balances, offset by a higher provision for loan losses. Earnings benefited from increased securities gains.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

John Stefan, 61
Chairman, Pres and CEO
$316K
J. Roger Moyer, Jr., 52
Sr. Exec. VP, COO, Assistant Sec., Director
178K
J. Bradley Scovill, 41
Exec. VP, Director
216K
Jere Obetz, 52
Exec. VP/Treasurer and CFO
122K
Thomas Dautrich, 52
Sr. Exec. VP
177K
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..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:SLFIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Dec-2000
$15.00 
Recent Price$22.15 
52-Week High
on 2-Aug-2001
$26.00 
Beta0.32 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)15.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)7,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+34.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+80.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$277.4M
Shares Outstanding12.5M
Float9.00M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.80 
Dividend Yield3.61%
Last Split: 5 for 4 on 16-Nov-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$11.87 
Earnings (ttm)$1.34 
Earnings (mrq)$0.42 
Sales (ttm)$9.32 
Cash (mrq)$5.10 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.87 
Price/Earnings (ttm)16.49 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.38 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$117.2M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$16.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)14.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.05%
Return on Equity (ttm)12.81%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Long-Term Debt/Equity (mrq)0.74 
Total Cash (mrq)$64.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short51.0K
Percent of Float0.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
92.0K
Short Ratio6.38 
Daily Volume8,000 
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)

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