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Profile - American Standard Cos. (NYSE:ASD)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 27Price hit new 52-week high ($70.40)
Location
One Centennial Avenue, P.O. Box 6820
Piscataway, NJ 08855
Phone: (732) 980-6000
Fax: (732) 980-6300
Employees (last reported count): 60,710
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 ·Industry: Misc. Capital Goods
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 39%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 13 insider sells; 200.0K shares
  (0.7% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 73% (119% of float)
(471 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 229.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
American Standard Companies Inc. is a global, diversified manufacturer of brand-name products in three major product groups, air conditioning systems and services, bathroom and kitchen fixtures and fittings, and vehicle control systems for heavy and medium-sized trucks, buses, trailers, luxury cars and sport utility vehicles. The Company's brand names include Trane and American Standard for air conditioning systems, American Standard, Ideal Standard, Standard, Porcher, Jado, Armitage Shanks and Dolomite for plumbing products, and Wabco for vehicle control systems.
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Financial Summary
American Standard manufactures high quality, brand name air conditioning systems, bathroom and kitchen fixtures and fittings and braking systems for vehicles. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 1% to $3.83 billion. Net income rose 10% to $185 million. Revenues reflect decreased sales of plumbing products and vehicle control systems. Earnings benefitted from materials management and lower selling, administrative and interest expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]

Position
Frederic Poses, 57Chairman, CEO
G. D'Aloia, 55Sr. VP, CFO
Marc Olivie, 47Pres, Global Plumbing Products Sector
J. McGrath, 59Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
Lawrence Costello, 52Sr. VP of HR
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ASDAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000
$38.50 
Recent Price$69.85 
52-Week High
on 27-Aug-2001
$70.40 
Beta0.61 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)376.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)385.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+49.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+99.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$5.02B
Shares Outstanding71.9M
Float43.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$2.86 
Earnings (ttm)$4.55 
Earnings (mrq)$1.63 
Sales (ttm)$104.25 
Cash (mrq)$1.35 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/Earnings (ttm)15.34 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.67 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$7.56B
EBITDA (ttm)$936.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$331.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.79%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.14 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$97.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.57M
Percent of Float3.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.29M
Short Ratio3.34 
Daily Volume470.0K
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