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Profile - Linens'n Things (NYSE:LIN)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
6 Brighton Road
Clifton, NJ 07015
Phone: (973) 778-1300
Fax: (973) 778-0822
Email: investor@lnthings.com
Employees (last reported count): 5,600
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 53%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 0  shares
 · 3 insider sells; 24.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 95% (203% of float)
(477 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2.72M shares (+7.60%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Linens 'n Things, Inc. is a national large-format retailer of home textiles, housewares and home accessories, operating 283 stores in 40 states and three Canadian provinces as of year-end 2000. The Company's store prototype ranges between 35,000 and 40,000 gross square feet in size, and such stores are located in strip centers and, to a lesser extent, in malls and as stand-alone stores. The Company maintains a selection of over 28,000 stock-keeping units (SKUs) in its superstores, offering brand name "linens" (bedding, towels and pillows) and "things" (housewares and home accessories). Brand names sold by the Company include Wamsutta, Croscill, Waverly, Laura Ashley, Royal Velvet, Braun, Krups, All-Clad, Cuisinart, Calphalon and Henckels. The Company also sells an increasing amount of merchandise under its own private label, LNT Home (approximately 10% of sales), which is designed to supplement its offering of brand name products.
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Financial Summary
Linens'n Things is a national large format retailer of home textiles, housewares, and home accessories operating 283 stores in 40 states (as of 9/00). For the 26 weeks ended 6/30/01, net sales increased 15% to $767 million. Net income decreased 43% to $6.8 million. Revenues reflect the opening of 23 new stores. Earnings were offset by costs associated with new store openings, higher SGA expenses, and a $4 million litigation expense regarding overtime pay.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Norman Axelrod, 48
Chairman, CEO
$3.9M$6.2M
Steven Silverstein, 41
Pres
1.2M1.7M
William Giles, 41
CFO, Sr. VP
734K--  
Audrey Schlaepfer
Exec. VP and CMO
--  --  
Jeffrery Steinhorn
Sr. VP, CIO
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Dec-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:LINAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 12-Oct-2000
$20.00 
Recent Price$26.00 
52-Week High
on 2-Feb-2001
$37.88 
Beta1.53 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)538.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)334.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-2.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+31.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.05B
Shares Outstanding40.5M
Float19.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 8-May-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$11.71 
Earnings (ttm)$1.46 
Earnings (mrq)$0.05 
Sales (ttm)$40.70 
Cash (mrq)$0.19 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.22 
Price/Earnings (ttm)17.83 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.64 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.67B
EBITDA (ttm)$135.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$59.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.22%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.40%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.56 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.15 
Total Cash (mrq)$7.66M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.75M
Percent of Float14.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.33M
Short Ratio4.76 
Daily Volume579.0K
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