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Profile - Natural Wonders, Inc. (NATWQ)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($0.003)
Location
4209 Technology Drive
Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: (510) 252-9600
Fax: (510) 252-6795
Employees (last reported count): 2,300
Financial Links
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 69%
·Institutional: 10% (31% of float)
(10 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 75.0K shares (+11.01%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Natural Wonders, Inc. is a specialty gift retailer of unique and affordable family gifts inspired by the wonders of science and nature. The Company's merchandise assortment includes telescopes, mineral carvings, globes, home and garden items, ceramics, wind chimes, hats and shirts, books, tapes, CDs, videos and a variety of interactive toys and games. Target customers are predominantly well educated, middle income families (adults ages 25 and up and children ages six to 12). The Company operated 286 stores as of September 2000. During fiscal 1999, the typical Natural Wonders' store stocked between 1,500 to 2,000 different stock keeping units. While items are offered in a wide range of prices, most are priced below $25.00. The Company's merchandise categories are Kids & Discovery, Gifts, Garden, Apparel, Optics, Music, Video and Book, Jewelry, Stationary and Relaxation.
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Financial Summary
NATWQ is a specialty gift retailer of unique and affordable family gifts inspired by the wonders of science and nature. Products include telescopes, minerals, gardening and outdoor products, educational toys and games and apparel. For the nine months ended 10/28/00, sales rose 13% to $79.6 million. Net loss before extraordinary item fell 3% to $11.9 million. Revenues reflect higher incomparable store sales due to merchandise assortment changes. Lower loss reflects higher gross profit.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Pearson Cummin, III, 57
Chairman
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Peter Hanelt, 54
CEO, Chief Financial Officer, Director and Pres
$341K
Keneth Norton, 52
Exec. VP, Gen. Merchandising Mang.
491K
William Soncini, 45
Sr. VP- Operations
204K
Michael Cape, 38
VP of Marketing and Visual
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Dollar amounts are as of 29-Jan-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 -- NATWQAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$0.003
Recent Price$0.003
52-Week High
on 21-Nov-2000
$2.188
Beta2.02 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)3,045 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)11.0K
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-99.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-99.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$24.0K
Shares Outstanding7.86M
Float2.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$4.17 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.04 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.57 
Sales (ttm)$19.89 
Cash (mrq*)$0.05 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.00 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$156.4M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$4.51M
Income available to common (ttm)-$8.16M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-5.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)-7.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 29
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
28-Oct-2000
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-Oct-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-9.71%
Return on Equity (ttm)-20.77%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.04 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)1.50 
Total Cash (mrq)$404.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Jan-2001
Shares Short110.0K
Percent of Float4.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
129.0K
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-2000, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 28-Oct-2000)

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