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Profile - Lydall, Inc. (NYSE:LDL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
One Colonial Road, P.O. Box 151
Manchester, CT 06045
Phone: (860) 646-1233
Fax: (860) 646-4917
Email: investor@lydall.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,288
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 ·Industry: Textiles - Non Apparel
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 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 42%
·Institutional: 84% (145% of float)
(141 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 241.0K shares (+1.78%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Lydall, Inc. is a manufacturer of engineered products for demanding specialty applications. The Company develops and manufactures engineered specialty papers in roll and sheet form and fabricates automotive heat shields, thermal and acoustical barriers, and certain medical filtration and bioprocessing components. Lydall's specialty papers are supplied to other manufacturers for conversion or incorporation into finished products. The Company's fabricated products are sold to original equipment manufacturers and tier-one suppliers. Lydall uses wet-laid and dry-laid nonwoven manufacturing processes incorporating a broad spectrum of fibers, materials, binders, resins, and a variety of value-added systems to produce a range of high-performance materials and products.
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Financial Summary
Lydall, Inc. develops and manufactures engineered fiber materials and composites in both roll and sheet form; fiber-based, metal-and-fiber, and all-metal automotive heat shields and other products. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues decreased 15% to $117.2 million. Net income from continuing operations fell 70% to $2.8 million. Revenues reflect the disposition of two unprofitable German operations. Earnings also reflect the absence of a $6.1 million gain on the sale of operations.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Roger Widmann, 60
Chairman
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Christopher Skomorowski, 46
Pres, CEO
$407K
Walter Ruschmeyer, 49
Exec. VP of Fin. and Admin., CFO
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Thomas Smith
VP, Controller
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Mona Estey
VP-HR
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 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 -- NYSE:LDLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Dec-2000
$8.063
Recent Price$9.99 
52-Week High
on 18-May-2001
$14.86 
Beta0.20 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)30.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)22.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-17.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+10.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$159.0M
Shares Outstanding15.9M
Float9.20M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 22-June-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$7.23 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.64 
Earnings (mrq)$0.10 
Sales (ttm)$15.09 
Cash (mrq)$0.18 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.38 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.66 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$240.3M
EBITDA (ttm)$26.1M
Income available to common (ttm)-$10.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-4.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-5.25%
Return on Equity (ttm)-8.84%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.08 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.14 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.81M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short57.0K
Percent of Float0.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
66.0K
Short Ratio2.28 
Daily Volume25.0K
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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