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Recent Events Aug 20 Dividend payment of $0.083 Aug 17 Price hit new 52-week high ($46.26) July 26 Conference call: Alberto-Culver Earnings (Q3 2001) Location 2525 Armitage Avenue Melrose Park, IL 60160 Phone: (708) 450-3000 Fax: (708) 450-3394 Email: crelations@alberto.com Employees (last reported count): 15,300 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade History  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov Competitors:  ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical  ·Industry: Personal & Household Products Company Websites  ·Home Page  ·Yahoo! Category  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Index Membership  ·S&P 500 Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 37% · Institutional: 28% (45% of float) (435 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 607.0K shares (+3.63%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary The Alberto-Culver Company is a multi-national manufacturer and marketer of health and beauty care products. The Company is led by its global brands, Alberto VO5, St. Ives and TRESemme. The Company's consumer products business includes two segments, Alberto-Culver North America and Alberto-Culver International, and includes developing, manufacturing, distributing and marketing branded consumer products worldwide. Alberto-Culver North America includes the Company's consumer products operations in the United States and Canada, while Alberto-Culver International sells consumer products in more than 120 other countries. The third segment consists of Sally Beauty Company, a marketer of professional beauty supplies through its 2,350 Sally Beauty Supply stores and over 550 professional sales consultants, and its Beauty Systems Group full-service operations. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary ACV develops, manufactures, distributes and markets health and beauty care products, and food and household products. ACV also operates Sally Beauty Co., a specialty distributor of professional beauty supplies. For the nine months ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 12% to $1.85 billion. Net income rose 5% to $78.6 million. Revenues reflect higher sales of the North America consumer products. Earnings were partially offset by the absence of a $9.3 million gain on the sale of a trademark. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY2000 Pay Leonard Lavin, 81 Chairman $2.2M Howard Bernick, 48 Pres, CEO 2.4M Bernice Lavin, 75 Vice Chairman, Sec. and Treasurer 1.2M Carol Bernick, 48 Vice Chairman and Assistant Sec. 1.2M William Cernugel, 58 CFO, Sr. VP --   Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Price and Volume 52-Week Low on 28-Sep-2000 $27.375 Recent Price $43.07  52-Week High on 17-Aug-2001 $46.26  Beta 0.51  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 133.3K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 123.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change +51.5% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +103.2% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $2.44B Shares Outstanding 56.7M Float 36.0M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend (indicated) $0.33  Dividend Yield 0.77% Last Split: 2 for 1 on 21-Feb-1997	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $12.39  Earnings (ttm) $1.86  Earnings (mrq) $0.50  Sales (ttm) $42.64  Cash (mrq) $2.80  Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 3.48  Price/Earnings (ttm) 23.14  Price/Sales (ttm) 1.01  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $2.44B EBITDA (ttm) $236.0M Income available to common (ttm) $106.7M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 4.4% Operating Margin (ttm) 6.6% Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends Sep 30 Most recent quarter 30-June-2001	Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 7.49% Return on Equity (ttm) 16.17% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 2.25  Debt/Equity (mrq) 0.47  Total Cash (mrq) $158.6M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 3.48M Percent of Float 9.7% Shares Short (Prior Month) 3.57M Short Ratio 31.62  Daily Volume 110.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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