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Profile - Perle Systems, Ltd. (NasdaqSC:PERL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 30Earnings Announcement
Location
60 Renfrew Drive, Suite 100
Ontario, L3R OE1, Canada
Phone: (905) 475-8885
Fax: (905) 944-2041
Email: invest@perle.com
Employees (last reported count): 160
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Computer Hardware
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 59%
·Institutional: 1% (3% of float)
(7 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 47.0K shares (+67.16%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Perle Systems Limited is a developer, manufacturer and vendor of Internet Protocol (IP) networking products. These products are used by customers to connect remote users reliably and securely to central servers for a wide variety of critical e-business and general business applications. Perle products include network controllers, remote access servers, serial connectivity products (direct connect products and terminal servers) and terminal emulation cards. These specialized products provide access to leading e-business platforms, including Windows NT, Linux/Unix, and IBM AS/400. Perle has 29 offices in 15 countries, and sells its products through distribution channels worldwide.
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Financial Summary
PERL is engaged in manufacturing, marketing and servicing data communications connectivity products that facilitate communication between personal computers and host computers. For the nine months ended 2/01, revenues decreased 27% to $26.4 million. Net loss decreased 62% to $1.7 million. Revenues reflect an industry wide slowdown in sales. Lower loss benefitted from decreased advertising and marketing expenses, and the absence of $2.4 million in restructuring costs.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 05/31/2001, revenues were 10,358; after tax earnings were -731. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers

Position
Joseph PerleChairman, Pres and CEO
John FeeneySr. VP, COO
Derrick BarnettVP-Fin., CFO
Alan CarneyVP and Managing Director of European Sales and Pres, Perle Systems Asia
Sean O'DonovanVP - Worldwide Marketing
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqSC:PERLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-Dec-2000
$0.50 
Recent Price$0.83 
52-Week High
on 6-Sep-2000
$5.969
Beta2.10 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)12.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)16.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-76.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-68.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$7.71M
Shares Outstanding9.29M
Float3.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 8-Nov-1994
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$0.36 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.25 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.06 
Sales (ttm)$3.66 
Cash (mrq*)$0.09 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)2.29 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.23 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$36.8M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$12.9M
Income available to common (ttm)-$2.47M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-6.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)-51.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMay 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
28-Feb-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-6.63%
Return on Equity (ttm)-61.14%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.68 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)5.49 
Total Cash (mrq)$962.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short78.0K
Percent of Float2.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
78.0K
Short Ratio6.00 
Daily Volume13.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-May-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 28-Feb-2001)

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