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Profile - Chiquita Brands Int'l (NYSE:CQB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
250 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 784-8000
Fax: (513) 784-8030
Employees (last reported count): 30,000
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Food Processing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 63%
·Institutional: 43% (116% of float)
(84 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 3.07M shares (+10.78%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Chiquita Brands International Inc. is an international marketer, producer and distributor of quality fresh fruits and vegetables and processed foods sold under the "Chiquita" and other brand names. The Company conducts its business through subsidiaries, which operate in two segments. The segments are organized primarily on a product line basis, with each segment offering a variety of different but related products. The Fresh Produce segment includes the sourcing, transportation, distribution and marketing of Chiquita bananas and a wide variety of other fresh fruits and vegetables. The Processed Foods segment consists of the production, distribution and marketing of the Company's private-label and branded canned vegetables, branded fruit juices and beverages, processed bananas and edible-oil based consumer products.
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Financial Summary
Chiquita Brands International is an international marketer, producer and distributor of bananas and other fresh and processed food products. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales decreased 7% to $1.17 billion. Net loss before extraordinary item totaled $6.9 million vs. an income of $45.9 million. Revenues reflect a weakness in major European currencies. Net loss also reflects a decreased gross margin as a result of increased fuel costs and an increased interest expense.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 595,400; after tax earnings were -11,000. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Carl Lindner, 81
Chairman
$65K
Steven Warshaw, 47
Pres, CEO, Director
1.5M
Keith Lindner, 41
Vice Chairman
54K
James Riley, 49
CFO, Sr. VP
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Peter Horekens, 52
Pres and COO of the Company's Chiquita Fresh Group - Europe
467K
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 -- NYSE:CQBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-Dec-2000
$0.875
Recent Price$1.07 
52-Week High
on 14-Sep-2000
$3.688
Beta0.99 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)143.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)152.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-67.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-56.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$78.4M
Shares Outstanding73.3M
Float27.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.20 
Dividend Yield18.69%
Last Split: 3 for 1 on 1-June-1988
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$5.53 
Earnings (ttm)-$2.42 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.19 
Sales (ttm)$33.34 
Cash (mrq*)$1.25 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.19 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.03 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.17B
EBITDA (ttm*)$87.0M
Income available to common (ttm)-$159.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-6.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)-0.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-6.08%
Return on Equity (ttm)-38.70%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.65 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)2.29 
Total Cash (mrq)$0 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short5.86M
Percent of Float21.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
6.04M
Short Ratio49.21 
Daily Volume119.0K
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