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Profile - L.S. Starrett Company (NYSE:SCX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
121 Crescent Street
Athol, MA 01331
Phone: (978) 249-3551
Fax: (978) 249-6667
Email: webmaster@starrett.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,776
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 13%
·Institutional: 32% (37% of float)
(55 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 26.0K shares (+1.24%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The L.S. Starrett Company is engaged in the business of manufacturing industrial, professional, and consumer products. The total number of different items made and sold by the Company exceeds 5,000. Among the items produced are precision tools, tape measures, levels, electronic gages, dial indicators, gage blocks, digital readout measuring tools, granite surface plates, optical measuring projectors, coordinate measuring machines, vises, M1 lubricant, hacksaw blades, hole saws, band saw blades, jig saw blades, reciprocating saw blades, and precision ground flat stock. These tools and instruments are sold throughout the United States and Canada and over 100 foreign countries, primarily through distributors.
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Financial Summary
The L.S. Starrett Co. is engaged in the manufacture of industrial, professional and consumer products, including precision tools, tape measures, levels, electronic gages, dial indicators, digital measuring tools and others. For the 39 weeks ended 3/24/01, sales decreased 5% to $170.1 million. Net income decreased 30% to $6.4 million. Results reflect a drop in industrial demand and an increase in the cost of maintaining existing domestic fringe benefit programs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Douglas Starrett, 80
Chairman, CEO
$307K$1.3K
Douglas Starrett, 48
Pres, Director
203K1.3K
George Webber, 79
VP - Webber Gage Division
112K0.4K
Anthony Aspin, 47
VP of Sales
--  --  
Roger Wellington, Jr., 59
Treasurer, CFO, Director
171K7.7K
Dollar amounts are as of 24-June-2000 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:SCXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Oct-2000
$16.50 
Recent Price$20.60 
52-Week High
on 7-Feb-2001
$23.90 
Beta0.13 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)3,136 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+12.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+50.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$132.8M
Shares Outstanding6.45M
Float5.60M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.80 
Dividend Yield3.88%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 6-Oct-1988
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$28.99 
Earnings (ttm)$1.35 
Earnings (mrq)$0.15 
Sales (ttm)$35.01 
Cash (mrq*)$2.79 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.71 
Price/Earnings (ttm)15.21 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.59 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$226.8M
EBITDA (ttm*)$24.7M
Income available to common (ttm)$8.77M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJune 24
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
24-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.50%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.65%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)5.09 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.06 
Total Cash (mrq)$18.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short5,000 
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Short Ratio1.67 
Daily Volume3,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Mar-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 24-Mar-2001)

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