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Profile - Gantos, Inc. (OTC BB:GTOSQ.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($0.001)
Location
1266 E. Main Street, Fifth Floor
Stamford, CT 06902
Phone: (203) 358-0294
Fax: (203) 358-5884
Employees (last reported count): 682
Financial Links
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
Competitors:
 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Apparel)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 34%
·Institutional: 1% (2% of float)
(one institution)
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Business Summary
Gantos, Inc. is a specialty retailer of women's wear and accessories. At March 14, 2000, the Company operated 114 stores in 24 states. The Company's stores offer a full range of current, fashionable merchandise at moderate to upper moderate prices. Each store carries an edited selection of both private label and name brand sportswear, career dresses and suits, social occasion dresses, accessories, outerwear, swimwear and, in selected stores, shoes. The Company attempts to stock all stores with the same basic merchandise content; however, certain merchandise is varied among stores depending on individual store or customer attributes. Each of the Company's stores is designed to be a well-organized and complete shopping source for its target customers, providing merchandise to outfit them in casual, work and evening wear, including accessories. On December 29, 1999, Gantos filed a voluntary reorganization petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
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Financial Summary
Gantos is a specialty retailer of women's apparel and accessories at moderate to upper moderate prices, operating 115 stores in 23 states. For the 39 weeks ended 10/30/99, net sales increased 1% to $107.3 million. Net loss decreased 8% to $8.9 million. Revenues reflect increased same store sales due to an increase in average sales dollars per unit. Lower loss also benefitted from an improved gross profit margin and the absence of a $784 thousand merger termination expense.
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Officers
FY1998 Pay

Arlene Stern, 48
Pres, CEO, Director
$503K
Thomas Villano, 47
Sr. VP, CFO and Sec.
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Dennis Horstman, 53
Sr. VP, Merchandising and Marketing
302K
Neal Gottfried, 56
Sr. VP, Store Operations and Visual Merchandising
237K
Diane Abbate-Fox, 34
VP, Gen. Merchandise Mang.
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Dollar amounts are as of 30-Jan-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 -- OTC BB:GTOSQ.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$0.001
Recent Price$0.001
52-Week High
on 21-Dec-2000
$0.025
Daily Volume (3-month avg)591 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)0 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change0.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+34.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$3,000 
Shares Outstanding2.71M
Float1.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 1 for 3 on 22-July-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$0.27 
Earnings (ttm)-$4.45 
Earnings (mrq)-$1.65 
Sales (ttm)$57.24 
Cash (mrq*)$0.43 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.00 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$150.6M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$2.65M
Income available to common (ttm)-$11.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-7.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)-4.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
30-Oct-1999
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-Oct-1999
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-16.14%
Return on Equity (ttm)-160.96%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.87 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)54.80 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.18M
Short Interest
As of 8-Mar-2000
Shares Short116.0K
Percent of Float6.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
116.0K
Daily Volume0 
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-Oct-1999, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 30-Oct-1999)

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