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Profile - American Medical Systems (NasdaqNM:AMMD)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 27Price hit new 52-week high ($22.30)
July 24Conference call: American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. Earnings (Q2 2001)
Location
10700 Bren Road West
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Phone: (952) 933-4666
Employees (last reported count): 507
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 ·Sector: Healthcare
 ·Industry: Medical Equipment & Supplies
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 74%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 400.0K shares (1.1% of insider shares)
 · 5 insider sells; 15.1M shares
  (39.6% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 32% (125% of float)
(94 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 4.95M shares (+32.57%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. is focused solely on supplying medical devices to physicians specializing in the treatment of urological disorders. The Company manufactures and markets a broad line of proprietary products directly to urologists, with its principal focus on the three major urological disorders: incontinence, erectile dysfunction and prostate disease. Incontinence products include artificial sphincters, sling systems and bulking systems. Erectile dysfunction products include a full line of inflatable and malleable penile prostheses and a diagnostic system used to determine the causes of erectile dysfunction. The Company participates in the prostate disease market with its prostatic stents, resection loops and a minimally invasive ethanol injection system that is under development for treatment of enlarged prostates, also referred to as benign prostatic hyperplasia.
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Financial Summary
American Medical Systems is a manufacturer and marketer of medical devices used in the areas of incontinence, erectile dysfunction and prostate disease. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 12% to $56 million. Net income totaled $2.9 million vs. a loss of $556 thousand. Revenues reflect higher sales of incontinence, erectile dysfunction and prostate disease products. Net income also reflects higher gross and operating margins and a decrease in interest expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Douglas Kohrs, 43
Pres, CEO, Director
$283K
M. james Call
CFO, Exec. VP
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Brian Millberg, 44
VP, Manufacturing and Operations
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Richard Faleschini, 54
VP of Sales and Marketing
206K
Janet Dick, 44
VP of HR
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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:AMMDAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 9-Apr-2001
$7.10 
Recent Price$19.95 
52-Week High
on 27-Aug-2001
$22.30 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)251.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)108.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+55.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+107.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$629.7M
Shares Outstanding31.6M
Float8.20M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$4.00 
Earnings (ttm)$0.10 
Earnings (mrq)$0.05 
Sales (ttm)$4.09 
Cash (mrq)$0.19 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.99 
Price/Earnings (ttm)190.00 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.88 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$106.2M
EBITDA (ttm)$18.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$3.55M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)8.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.91%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.27%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.32 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.37 
Total Cash (mrq)$5.38M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short167.0K
Percent of Float2.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
274.0K
Short Ratio0.91 
Daily Volume184.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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