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Profile - Leading Brands, Inc. (NasdaqSC:LBIX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
160 - 7400 River Road
British Columbia, V6X 1X6
Richmond, Canada
Phone: (604) 214-9722
Fax: (604) 214-9733
Email: mkerz@leadingbrandsinc.com
Employees (last reported count): 280
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Beverages (Non-Alcoholic)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 6% (6% of float)
(7 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 559.0K shares (+246.28%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Leading Brands, Inc. and its subsidiaries are engaged in the packaging, distribution, sales, merchandising and brand management of juices, water, soft drinks, new age beverages, snack food and confectionery items across Canada. The Company has six subsidiaries, Leading Brands of Canada, Inc. (LBC), which is the principal operating company; LBI Leading Brands Inc. and Brio Brands Inc., which own the Company's proprietary brands, trademarks and other intellectual property, and Leading Brands of America, Inc., Brio Snack Distributors Inc. and Quick.com, Inc. The Company's operations are comprised of three integrated activities: beverage packaging; snack food manufacturing, and beverage, snack food, confectionery and grocery products sales and distribution.
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Financial Summary
Leading Brands is engaged in the packaging, sale, marketing and distribution of juices, waters, soft drinks and new age beverages in Western Canada. For the three months ended 5/31/01, revenues fell 13% to $13 million. Net income applicable to Common before US GAAP rose 57% to $760 thousand. Results reflect the transition of the Company's relationship with SoBe from a distribution to a co-pack relationship, offset by a decrease in selling and administrative costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]

Position
Ralph McRaeChairman, Pres, CEO
Derek HenreyCFO, VP-Fin.
Tim DaggSr. VP, COO
Dave ReadSr. VP, COO
Jody ChristophersonAssistant VP & Gen. Mang. of Sales Western Canada
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqSC:LBIXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 5-Apr-2001
$0.438
Recent Price$0.98 
52-Week High
on 14-Sep-2000
$1.75 
Beta1.51 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)23.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)61.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-30.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-6.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$13.4M
Shares Outstanding13.7M
Float13.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$0.98 
Earnings (ttm)$0.10 
Earnings (mrq)$0.05 
Sales (ttm)$4.06 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.00 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.32 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.24 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$49.1M
EBITDA (ttm)$3.75M
Income available to common (ttm)$1.21M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 28
Most recent quarter31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.04%
Return on Equity (ttm)10.82%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.09 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.41 
Total CashN/A 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume10.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-May-2001)

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