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Profile - TEKELEC (NasdaqNM:TKLC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Price hit new 52-week low ($14.40)
Location
26580 West Agoura Road
Calabasas, CA 91302
Phone: (818) 880-5656
Fax: (818) 880-6993
Email: investor.relations@tekelec.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,033
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 ·Industry: Communications Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 49%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
 · 11 insider sells; 191.0K shares
  (0.6% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 77% (150% of float)
(294 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 365.0K shares (+0.79%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
TEKELEC designs, manufactures, markets and supports network systems products, diagnostics systems and selected service applications for telecommunications networks and contact centers. The Company's customers include telecommunications carriers, network service providers, equipment manufacturers and contact center operators. TEKELEC currently offers products in three broad categories, which include network systems products, network diagnostics products and contact center products. Network systems products enable telecommunications service providers to create, enhance and customize the intelligent services they offer; equipment manufacturers, and to a lesser extent, network service providers utilize diagnostics products to perform test applications that simulate and analyze network communications network systems; and contact center products provide planning, management and call routing and control tools for single contact centers and for multiple site contact center environments.
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Financial Summary
TKLC designs, manufactures, markets and support network systems products, diagnostics systems and selected service applications for telecommunications networks and call centers. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 16% to $155.2 million. Net loss totaled $3.2 million vs. an income of $234 thousand. Results reflect higher sales of portability, Eagle STP and TotalView products, offset by an increase in personnel related research and development expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Compensation
PayExer

Jean-Claude Asscher, 71
Chairman
--  --  
Michael Margolis, 54
Pres, CEO, Director
$381K$18K
Frederick Lax
COO, Exec. VP
--  --  
David Frankie, 54
VP - Operations and Quality
--  --  
Paul Pucino
VP, CFO
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 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:TKLCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Aug-2001
$14.40 
Recent Price$15.62 
52-Week High
on 8-Nov-2000
$40.50 
Beta1.65 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)425.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)408.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-60.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-46.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$934.5M
Shares Outstanding59.8M
Float30.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 25-Aug-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$4.13 
Earnings (ttm)$0.14 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.08 
Sales (ttm)$5.36 
Cash (mrq)$3.42 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)3.79 
Price/Earnings (ttm)110.00 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.92 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$335.3M
EBITDA (ttm)$45.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$9.48M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)7.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.07%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.07%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)3.61 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.49 
Total Cash (mrq)$204.8M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.15M
Percent of Float10.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3.21M
Short Ratio11.93 
Daily Volume264.0K
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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