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Profile - Wave Systems Corp. (NasdaqNM:WAVX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($2.35)
Aug  7Earnings Announcement
Location
480 Pleasant Street
Lee, MA 01238
Phone: (413) 243-1600
Fax: (413) 243-0045
Email: wavx@jcir.com
Employees (last reported count): 217
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Computer Peripherals
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 8%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 6 insider sells; 135.0K shares
  (3.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 12% (13% of float)
(90 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 745.0K shares (+11.21%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Wave Systems Corp. offers powerful, next-generation solutions for electronic commerce, making the process easier, versatile, and more secure for consumers as well as business-to-business applications. The Company is involved in the research, development, and market testing of the Wave System, which performs buying transactions in a range of consumer electronic devices, including computers, personal digital assistants, and interactive televisions, for use of electronic content and services.
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Financial Summary
Wave Systems, a development stage co., is engaged in the research and development of a proprietary system for use with a computer, that measures, controls, and records the use of electronic content. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues totaled $265 thousand, up from $77 thousand. Net loss rose 48% to $25.8 million. Results reflect increased hardware sales and services revenues, offset by a $1.6 million intangible write-off charge and a $860 thousand goodwill amortization expense.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Peter Sprague, 62
Chairman
$335K$3.1M
Steven Sprague, 36
Pres, CEO, Director
500K2.7M
Gerard Feeney, 42
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin. and Admin., Sec.
335K4.9M
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:WAVXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$2.35 
Recent Price$2.40 
52-Week High
on 8-Sep-2000
$25.25 
Beta1.04 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)163.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)109.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-88.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-84.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$120.3M
Shares Outstanding50.1M
Float46.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$1.55 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.16 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.24 
Sales (ttm)$0.01 
Cash (mrq)$1.14 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.54 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)223.97 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$520.0K
EBITDA (ttm)-$54.6M
Income available to common (ttm)-$56.0M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-55.20%
Return on Equity (ttm)-58.74%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)11.27 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$57.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.35M
Percent of Float7.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3.17M
Short Ratio20.69 
Daily Volume162.0K
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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