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Profile - Pioneer Companies, Inc. (OTC BB:PIONA.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Price hit new 52-week low ($0.01)
Location
4300 Bank of America Center
700 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: (713) 570-3200
Fax: (713) 225-4426
Employees (last reported count): 895
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 76%
·Institutional: 3% (11% of float)
(4 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 174.0K shares (+133.82%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Pioneer Companies, Inc. manufactures and markets chlorine and caustic soda and several related products. Pioneer conducts its primary business through its operating subsidiaries, Pioneer Americas Inc. and PCI Chemicals Canada Inc. Pioneer owns and operates five chlor-alkali plants in North America, with aggregate production capacity of approximately 950,000 electrochemical units, each consisting of one ton of chlorine and 1.1 tons of caustic soda, as well as certain related product manufacturing facilities. In addition to its chlor-alkali capacity, Pioneer manufactures hydrochloric acid, bleach, sodium chlorate and other products. In August 2001, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. A parallel filing under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act was filed in Superior Court in Montreal by Pioneer's Canadian subsidiary.
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Financial Summary
Pioneer Companies, Inc. manufactures chlorine, caustic soda and several related downstream water treatment products, principally hydrochloric acid, bleach, iron chlorides and aluminum sulfate. For the three months ended 3/01, revenues rose 4% to $87.7 million. Net loss totalled $20.1 million, up from $9.6 million. Revenues reflect higher electrochemical unit prices. Higher loss reflects an increase in power costs.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 88,304; after tax earnings were -15,169. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers
FY2000 Pay

William Berkley, 55
Chairman
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Michael Ferris, 56
Pres, CEO, Chief Operating Officer, Director
$405K
Donald Donahue, 76
Vice Chairman
--  
Philip Ablove, 61
CFO, Exec. VP, Director
232K
Pierre Prud'homme, 42
VP, Controller
87K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 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:PIONA.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Aug-2001
$0.01 
Recent Price$0.02 
52-Week High
on 18-Sep-2000
$5.125
Beta-0.30 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)28.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)5,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-99.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-99.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$231.0K
Shares Outstanding11.5M
Float2.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 46 for 43 on 2-Dec-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)-$13.21 
Earnings (ttm)-$10.87 
Earnings (mrq)-$1.31 
Sales (ttm)$29.80 
Cash (mrq*)$0.44 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.00 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$344.1M
EBITDA (ttm*)$35.0M
Income available to common (ttm)-$125.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-36.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)-4.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-20.12%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.12 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$0 
Short Interest
As of 8-Jan-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3,000 
Daily Volume17.0K
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 31-Mar-2001)

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