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Profile - FirstQuote Inc. (OTC BB:FSQT.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 23Price hit new 52-week low ($0.005)
Location
2200 Pacific Coast Higway #301
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Phone: (310) 376-7721
Fax: (310) 374-5740
Email: investor@fsqt.com
Employees (last reported count): 50
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Computer Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 60%
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Business Summary
FirstQuote Inc., formerly Virtual Telecom, Inc., is engaged in the business of developing and marketing a range of Internet-based financial information and transactional services to the European investment community. The Company provides business-to-business and business-to-consumer services to the financial marketplace. The Company's services are provided to its corporate clients for internal use, as well as for redistribution to their customer bases. The Company provides real-time or delayed market data, news and other financial information, as well as electronic brokerage capabilities over the Internet to a range of customized interfaces, including desktop client-server applications, Web browser-based interfaces, as well as via wireless services such as the Short Messaging Service (SMS) and the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). The Company operates as both a content service provider (CSP) and an application service provider (ASP).
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Financial Summary
FirstQuote Inc. was organized to develop and market various real-time market data and financial information services, as well as online brokerage capabilities, via a range of Internet based technologies. For the nine months ended 9/30/00, revenue totaled $4.3 million, up from $1.2 million. Net loss rose 68% to $7.8 million. Results reflect higher revenues from financial market data and related services, offset by increased personnel expenses.
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Officers
FY1999 Pay

Neil Gibbons, 51
Chairman of Director, Pres and CEO
$176K
Mark Benn, 36
CFO
117K
Daniel Huber, 32
VP, COO, Sec.
176K
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..
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Statistics at a Glance -- OTC BB:FSQT.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 23-Aug-2001
$0.005
Recent Price$0.01 
52-Week High
on 19-Sep-2000
$7.375
Beta1.52 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,545 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)0 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-99.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-99.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$134.0K
Shares Outstanding13.4M
Float5.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.33 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.18 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.25 
Sales (ttm)$0.51 
Cash (mrq)$0.22 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.03 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.02 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$4.83M
EBITDA (ttm)-$6.56M
Income available to common (ttm)-$9.99M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-Sep-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-106.16%
Return on Equity (ttm)-177.94%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.97 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.02 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.94M
Short Interest
Shares ShortN/A 
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-Sep-2000)

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