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Profile - Talk America Holdings Inc (NasdaqNM:TALK)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 20Price hit new 52-week low ($0.50)
Aug  8Conference call: TALK AMERICA HLDGS INC Earnings (Q2 2001)
Aug  8Earnings Announcement
Location
12020 Sunrise Valler Drive, Suite 250
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: (703) 391-7500
Fax: (703) 391-7525
Email: investorrelations@talk.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,910
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Communications Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 38%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 9,000  shares
·Institutional: 40% (65% of float)
(131 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.23M shares (+6.58%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Talk America Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides local and long distance telecommunication services to residential and small business customers throughout the United States. The Company has developed advanced order processing, provisioning, billing, payment, customer service and information systems that enable it to integrate data and information on a real-time basis into its various operations.
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Financial Summary
Talk America Holdings, Inc. is a provider of long distance telecommunication services to small and medium-sized businesses and residential customers in the United States, primarily through its e-commerce platform. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 7% to $271.5 million. Net loss before acct. change totalled $36 million. vs. income of $12.5 million. Results reflect a decrease in the number of long distance customers, and higher doubtful account provisions.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Gabriel Battista, 56
Chairman, CEO
$50K
Edward Meyercord, III, 35
Pres, COO, Chief Financial Officer, Director
328K
Aloysius Lawn, IV, 42
Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
288K
Kevin Griffo, 40
Exec. VP of Sales and Marketing
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George Vinall, 45
Exec. VP, Bus. Devel.
273K
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:TALKAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Aug-2001
$0.50 
Recent Price$0.55 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$8.063
Beta1.02 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)462.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)425.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-92.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-90.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$43.1M
Shares Outstanding78.4M
Float48.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 3-Feb-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.97 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.44 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.33 
Sales (ttm)$6.82 
Cash (mrq)$0.32 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.57 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.08 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$524.3M
EBITDA (ttm)-$69.6M
Income available to common (ttm)-$110.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-21.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)-19.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-29.96%
Return on Equity (ttm)-127.23%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.40 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.41 
Total Cash (mrq)$24.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.63M
Percent of Float7.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3.85M
Short Ratio5.63 
Daily Volume645.0K
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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