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Profile - Lawson Products, Inc. (NasdaqNM:LAWS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1666 East Touhy Avenue
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Phone: (847) 827-9666
Fax: (847) 827-0063
Employees (last reported count): 1,240
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 ·Industry: Misc. Fabricated Products
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 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 56%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 2,000  shares
·Institutional: 33% (75% of float)
(141 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 189.0K shares (+6.19%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Lawson Products, Inc. is a seller and distributor of systems, services and products. The Company also manufactures and distributes production and specialized component parts to the OEM marketplace. The Company offers to customers over 400,000 expendable maintenance, repair and replacement products. These products may be divided into three broad categories: Fasteners, Fittings and Related Parts, such as screws, nuts, rivets and other fasteners; Industrial Supplies, such as hoses and hose fittings, lubricants, cleansers, adhesives and other chemicals, as well as files, drills, welding products and other shop supplies; and Automotive and Equipment Maintenance Parts, such as primary wiring, connectors and other electrical supplies, exhaust and other automotive parts.
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Financial Summary
LAWS distributes expendable maintenance, repair and replacement products. Products include nuts, screws, hoses and hose fittings, rivets, lubricants, wiring, cleansers, connectors and automotive parts. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales increased 4% to $182.6 million. Net income decreased 45% to $7.2 million. Revenues reflect the acquisitions of North American Industrial Products and Kent Automotive. Net income was offset by increased sales agent compensation.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Robert Washlow, 55
Chairman, CEO
$411K
Jospeh Pawlick, 57
CFO, Sec.
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Jeffrey Belford, 53
Exec. VP- Operations and COO
277K
Jerome Shaffer, 72
VP, Treasurer, Director
250K
James Smith, 59
VP of HR
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-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 -- NasdaqNM:LAWSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Mar-2001
$21.00 
Recent Price$28.50 
52-Week High
on 4-Jan-2001
$29.984
Beta0.36 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)5,909 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)5,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+13.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+51.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$276.6M
Shares Outstanding9.71M
Float4.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.64 
Dividend Yield2.25%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 19-Apr-1988
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$16.88 
Earnings (ttm)$2.28 
Earnings (mrq)$0.41 
Sales (ttm)$36.52 
Cash (mrq)$0.82 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.69 
Price/Earnings (ttm)12.51 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.78 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$355.7M
EBITDA (ttm)$40.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$22.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)9.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)9.85%
Return on Equity (ttm)14.11%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.65 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.14 
Total Cash (mrq)$8.01M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short14.0K
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
12.0K
Short Ratio2.80 
Daily Volume5,000 
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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