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Profile - Hometown Auto Retailers (OTC BB:HCAR.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
831 Straits Tpke.
Watertown, CT 06795
Phone: (860) 945-4900
Fax: (860) 945-4909
Email: info@htauto.com
Employees (last reported count): 386
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 ·Industry: Retail (Specialty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 43%
·Institutional: 0% (1% of float)
(3 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 31.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Hometown Auto Retailers, Inc. sells new and used cars and light trucks, provides maintenance and repair services, sells replacement parts and provides related financing, insurance and service contracts through 11 franchised dealerships located in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont. The Company's dealerships offer 13 American and Asian automotive brands, including Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Isuzu, Jeep, Lincoln, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Mazda, Daewoo and Toyota. The Company is also active in two "niche" areas of the automotive market, the sale of Lincoln town cars and limousines to livery car and livery fleet operators and the maintenance and repair of cars and trucks at a Ford and Lincoln Mercury factory authorized free-standing service center.
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Financial Summary
HCAR sells new and used cars and replacement parts, provides maintenance and repair services, related financing, and insurance and service contracts through 11 franchised dealerships in NY, NJ, CT, MA, and VT. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 9% to $135.5 million. Net income totaled $700 thousand, vs. a loss of $59 thousand. Revenues reflect the economic slowdown and the closing of the Morristown Lincoln Mercury store. Earnings benefitted from higher operating margins.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Corey Shaker, 43
Pres, CEO, Director
$207K
John Stavola, 44
Acting CFO
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William Muller, Jr., 49
Regional VP, Southern Region
200K
Steven Shaker, 31
Regional VP, Northern Region
113K
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:HCAR.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 26-Dec-2000
$0.313
Recent Price$0.86 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$1.906
Beta0.87 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)8,000 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)3,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-50.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-34.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$5.16M
Shares Outstanding6.00M
Float3.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.12 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.48 
Earnings (mrq)$0.09 
Sales (ttm)$40.65 
Cash (mrq)$0.15 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.17 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.02 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$266.6M
EBITDA (ttm)-$1.61M
Income available to common (ttm)-$2.82M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-1.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)-0.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-3.24%
Return on Equity (ttm)-8.94%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.12 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.50 
Total Cash (mrq)$930.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Feb-2001
Shares Short5,000 
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Short Ratio0.56 
Daily Volume9,000 
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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