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Profile - Price Communications Corp (NYSE:PR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
45 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 3201
New York, NY 10020
Phone: (212) 757-5600
Fax: (212) 397-3755
Employees (last reported count): 741
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Communications Services
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 12%
·Institutional: 61% (70% of float)
(278 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 4.85M shares (+12.59%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Price Communications Corporation is a nationwide communications company that owns and then disposes of television, radio, newspaper, cellular telephone and other communications and related properties. The Company's business strategy is to acquire communications properties at prices it considers attractive, finance such properties on terms satisfactory to it, manage such properties in accordance with its operating strategy and dispose of them if and when the Company determines such dispositions to be in its best interests. The Company is engaged, through Price Communications Wireless (PCW), in the construction, development, management and operation of cellular telephone systems in the southeastern United States. The Company markets all of its products and services under the name CellularOne. In November 2000, the Company entered into a transaction agreement whereby Verizon Wireless, Inc. will acquire PCW.
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Financial Summary
Price Communications is currently engaged through Price Communications Wireless (PCW) in the construction, development, management and operation of cellular telephone systems in the southeastern United States. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 2% to $132 million. Net income decreased 48% to $6.9 million. Results reflect decreases in outcollect airtime roaming revenues, and increased advertising expenditures.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Compensation
PayExer

Robert Price, 67
Pres, CEO, Treasurer, Director
$1.1M$2.5M
Dennis Stone, 41
Pres of PCW
334K--  
Kim Pressman, 43
Exec. VP, CFO, Assistant Treasurer, Director
535K2.5M
Ellen Fader, 47
Sr. VP, Sec.
--  --  
Michael Bruno, 31
Exec. VP of PCW
323K--  
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:PRAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-Dec-2000
$15.50 
Recent Price$17.98 
52-Week High
on 14-Nov-2000
$23.00 
Beta0.71 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)289.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)220.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-15.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+13.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$988.8M
Shares Outstanding55.0M
Float48.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 21 for 20 on 10-Aug-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.09 
Earnings (ttm)$0.39 
Earnings (mrq)$0.10 
Sales (ttm)$4.74 
Cash (mrq)$4.09 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)5.82 
Price/Earnings (ttm)45.87 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.80 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$264.8M
EBITDA (ttm)$133.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$21.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)8.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)32.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.74%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.04%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)4.26 
Debt/Equity (mrq)4.12 
Total Cash (mrq)$225.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.27M
Percent of Float2.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
671.0K
Short Ratio4.60 
Daily Volume276.0K
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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