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Profile - Scherer Healthcare (NasdaqNM:SCHR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
120 Interstate N. Parkway S.E., Suite 305
Atlanta, GA 30339
Phone: (770) 933-1800
Fax: (770) 333-1880
Employees (last reported count): 172
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Waste Management Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 63%
·Institutional: 17% (46% of float)
(12 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 5,000  shares (+0.68%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Scherer Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in two business segments: waste management services and consumer healthcare products. The Company's waste management services segment assists hospitals, clinics, doctors, and other health care facilities with the containment, control, collection and processing of sharp-edged medical waste such as needles, syringes, razors, scissors and scalpels. The consumer healthcare products segment distributes brand name and generic over-the-counter health care products. The waste management services segment consists of BioWaste Systems, Inc. and Medical Waste Systems, Inc. The consumer healthcare products segment consists of Scherer Laboratories Inc.
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Financial Summary
SCHR manufactures, distributes, and sells healthcare and safety room products and services through: Bio Systems Partners, BioWaste Systems, Medical Waste Systems and Scherer Labs. For the three months ended 6/30/01, sales rose 9% to $5 million. Net income fell 31% to $500 thousand. Sales reflect new hospital contracts, new customers and increased volume of existing customers. Net income was offset by lower gross and operating margins and a decrease in interest income.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Pay

Robert Scherer, Jr., 68
Chairman, Pres and CEO
$301K
Donald Zima, 68
CFO, VP
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Mar-2001 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:SCHRAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 6-July-2001
$2.75 
Recent Price$3.252
52-Week High
on 17-Jan-2001
$4.438
Beta0.06 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)455 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)0 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-26.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-1.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$14.1M
Shares Outstanding4.32M
Float1.60M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 1-Nov-1988
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.47 
Earnings (ttm)$0.28 
Earnings (mrq)$0.11 
Sales (ttm)$4.27 
Cash (mrq)$1.29 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.50 
Price/Earnings (ttm)11.61 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.76 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$19.1M
EBITDA (ttm)$2.93M
Income available to common (ttm)$1.27M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)7.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.16%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.68%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)3.61 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.03 
Total Cash (mrq)$5.56M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume0 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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