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Profile - Food Technology Service (NasdaqSC:VIFL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
502 Prairie Mine Road
Mulberry, FL 33860
Phone: (863) 425-0039
Fax: (941) 754-7506
Employees (last reported count): 11
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Business Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 53%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 175.0K shares
  (3.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 2% (3% of float)
(7 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 74.0K shares (+78.74%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Food Technology Service, Inc. owns and operates an irradiation facility that uses gamma radiation produced by Cobalt 60 to treat or process various foods for insect disinfestation, shelf life extension and control of certain disease causing microorganisms. The Company markets its irradiation process to growers and producers, as a substitute for and/or a complement to other food processing methods, such as canning, freezing, heat pasteurization and fumigation.
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Financial Summary
Food Technology Service, Inc. owns and operates an irradiation facility, that uses gamma radiation produced by Cobalt 60 to treat or process various foods for insect disinfestation, shelf life extension and control of certain microorganisms. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 23% to $702 thousand. Net income totaled $93 thousand vs. a loss of $115 thousand. Results reflect increased acceptance of food safety tool irradiation, and improved operating margins.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Thomas Daw
Chairman
--  --  
E. Ellis, 58
Pres, Chief Exec. Officer
$70K$0.9K
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:VIFLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Dec-2000
$0.875
Recent Price$1.40 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$3.406
Beta-0.28 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)10.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)19.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-56.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-42.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$14.5M
Shares Outstanding10.3M
Float4.90M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.23 
Earnings (ttm)$0.01 
Earnings (mrq)$
Sales (ttm)$0.15 
Cash (mrq)$0.01 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)6.01 
Price/Earnings (ttm)280.00 
Price/Sales (ttm)9.37 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.54M
EBITDA (ttm)$428.0K
Income available to common (ttm)$53.0K
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.46%
Return on Equity (ttm)2.26%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.13 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.61 
Total Cash (mrq)$62.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short71.0K
Percent of Float1.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
71.0K
Short Ratio14.20 
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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