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Profile - Brake Headquarters U.S.A. (OTC BB:BHQU.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($0.005)
Location
925 Amboy Avenue
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
Phone: (773) 697-0100
Employees (last reported count): 268
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 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Auto & Truck Parts
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·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 45%
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Business Summary
Brake Headquarters U.S.A., Inc. is a holding company that conducts substantially all of its current business operations through two of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Sanyo Automotive Parts, Ltd. (Sanyo Automotive) and WAWD, Inc. Sanyo Automotive does business under the name Brake Headquarters. WAWD is an importer and distributor of high-line European and Asian automotive aftermarket parts. Other operating subsidiaries include Quality First Brakes, Inc., the owner of Fifteen, Inc., Thirty Three, Inc. and Thirty Nine, Inc., which are wholesale warehouses for "undercar" parts; and ABS Brakes, Inc. (ABS), an assembler of domestic brake pads. On May 28, 1999, a voluntary petition was filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York by Sanyo Automotive and ABS. The two petitions are being jointly administered pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court dated June 3, 1999.
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Financial Summary
Brake Headquarters U.S.A., Inc., is a distributor of automotive aftermarket brake system products and other parts, for domestic and foreign cars, and light trucks from model year 1976 to the present. For the nine months ended 9/30/98, net sales rose from $22 million to $51.3 million. Net loss totalled $967 thousand vs. an income of $104 thousand. Revenues benefitted from sales of WAWD, acquired 11/97. Net loss reflects higher freight, commissions and interest expenses.
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Officers
FY1997 Compensation
PayExer

Joseph Ende, 50
Chairman and CEO
$156K--  
Scott Osias
Pres
--  --  
Marc Ruskin, 46
CFO
127K$52K
Sandra Ende, 45
Sec.
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1997 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 -- OTC BB:BHQU.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$0.005
Recent Price$0.005
52-Week High
on 17-Oct-2000
$0.03 
Beta0.18 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,182 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-83.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-77.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$12.0K
Shares Outstanding2.38M
Float1.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 1 for 3 on 19-Feb-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.29 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.35 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.09 
Sales (ttm)$38.66 
Cash (mrq)$0.15 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.00 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$59.4M
EBITDA (ttm)-$994.0K
Income available to common (ttm)-$2.02M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-3.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)-1.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-Sep-1998
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-5.93%
Return on Equity (ttm)-32.19%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.53 
Debt/Equity (mrq)2.96 
Total Cash (mrq)$294.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Dec-1998
Shares Short73.0K
Percent of Float5.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
138.0K
Short Ratio4.87 
Daily Volume15.0K
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-Sep-1998)

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