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Profile - Women First HealthCare (NasdaqNM:WFHC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
12220 El Camino Real, Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92130
Phone: (858) 509-1171
Fax: (858) 509-1353
Email: ccaporale@womenfirst.com
Employees (last reported count): 118
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 ·Sector: Healthcare
 ·Industry: Biotechnology & Drugs
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 61%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 5 insider buys; 108.0K shares (0.9% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 9% (24% of float)
(32 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 389.0K shares (+17.99%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Women First HealthCare, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company. Its mission is to help midlife women make informed choices regarding their healthcare needs and to provide pharmaceutical products (its primary emphasis) and lifestyle products to meet those needs. Women First is specifically targeted to women age 40-plus and their clinicians. Pharmaceutical options offered by the Company include estrogen replenishment - ORTHO-EST Tablets and Esclim (estradiol transdermal system) - and the headache management product Midrin. Women First markets its products in the United States through a number of channels including a national sales force and direct-to-consumer marketing through the Company's As We Change national mail order catalog and Internet retailer, www.aswechange.com.
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Financial Summary
Women First HealthCare is a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to helping midlife women make informed decisions regarding their healthcare needs. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net revenue decreased 5% to $12.7 million. Net loss decreased 87% to $2.4 million. Revenues reflect lower services revenue earned under the agreement with Ortho-McNeil. Lower loss reflects lower sales and marketing and restructuring expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Edward Calesa, 59
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$447K
Charles Caporale, 50
VP, CFO, Treasurer, Sec.
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Susan Dube, 53
Sr. VP of Corp. Devel.
240K
Saundra Childs, 31
VP, Pharmaceuticals
142K
Randi Crawford, 32
VP, Consumer Bus.
183K
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:WFHCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 9-Oct-2000
$0.438
Recent Price$9.50 
52-Week High
on 13-July-2001
$11.84 
Beta1.36 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)219.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)89.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+880.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+1215.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$179.0M
Shares Outstanding18.8M
Float7.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.92 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.36 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.08 
Sales (ttm)$1.50 
Cash (mrq)$0.49 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)10.32 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)6.33 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$26.4M
EBITDA (ttm)-$6.13M
Income available to common (ttm)-$6.31M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-23.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)-28.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-25.60%
Return on Equity (ttm)-38.93%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)3.36 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.64 
Total Cash (mrq)$9.21M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short596.0K
Percent of Float8.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
383.0K
Short Ratio2.18 
Daily Volume273.0K
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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