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Aug 29

Price hit new 52-week high ($33.30)

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Dividend payment of $0.46

Location

100 West Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830

Phone: (203) 661-1100
Fax: (203) 622-3626

Employees (last reported count): 4,853

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·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
·Industry: Tobacco

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Ownership

·	Insider and 5%+ Owners: 2%
·	Over the last 6 months: · 2 insider buys; 2,000 shares · 2 insider sells; 27.0K shares (0.8% of insider shares)
·	Institutional: 77% (79% of float) (680 institutions)
·	Net Inst. Buying: 3.87M shares (+2.97%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)

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Business Summary

UST Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates predominantly in the tobacco industry as a manufacturer and marketer of moist smokeless tobacco products, and also produces and markets premium wines. Tobacco segment sales are made principally to a large number of wholesalers and chain stores throughout the United States. The Company's wines are produced in the state of Washington and marketed throughout the United States. It also produces and markets two California premium wines. The Company's international operation markets moist smokeless tobacco in select markets, and the cigar operation manufactures and markets the premium cigar brands Don Tomas, Astral and Habano Primero.

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Financial Summary

UST Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeless tobacco products (snuff and chewing tobacco), wines and craft beers, and premium cigars. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 6% to $805.2 million. Net income rose 7% to $229.7 million. Revenues benefited from increased demand for smokeless tobacco and Columbia Crest and Chateau Ste. Michelle wines. Earnings also reflect improved margins due to increased premium brand sales and reduced promotions.

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Officers

[Insider Trade Data]

	FY2000 Compensation
	Pay	Exer

Vincent Gierer, Jr., 53 Chairman, CEO, Pres	$2.6M	$347K
Theodor Baseler, 46 Pres, International Wine and Spirits Ltd.	--	--
Murray Kessler, 41 Pres, United States Tobacco Co. Unit.	1.3M	--
Richard Verheij, 42 Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel	1.4M	--
Robert D'Alessandro, 47 Sr. VP and CFO	1.1M	--
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 -- NYSE:UST

As of 31-Aug-2001

Price and Volume
52-Week Low on 13-Sep-2000	$`19.50`
Recent Price	$`33.00`
52-Week High on 29-Aug-2001	$`33.30`
Beta	`0.15`
Daily Volume (3-month avg)	`559.0K`
Daily Volume (10-day avg)	`404.0K`
Stock Performance
big chart [1d \| 5d \| 3m \| 6m \| 1y \| 2y \| 5y \| max]
52-Week Change	`+55.7%`
52-Week Change relative to S&P500	`+108.9%`
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization	$`5.39B`
Shares Outstanding	`163.4M`
Float	`160.1M`
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)	$`1.84`
Dividend Yield	`5.58%`
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 28-Jan-1992

Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)	$`2.20`
Earnings (ttm)	$`2.79`
Earnings (mrq)	$`0.74`
Sales (ttm)	$`9.72`
Cash (mrq)	$`0.70`
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)	`14.98`
Price/Earnings (ttm)	`11.82`
Price/Sales (ttm)	`3.40`
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)	$`1.59B`
EBITDA (ttm)	$`778.2M`
Income available to common (ttm)	$`457.4M`
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)	`28.7%`
Operating Margin (ttm)	`48.9%`
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends	Dec 31
Most recent quarter	30-June-2001

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)	`31.59%`
Return on Equity (ttm)	`169.76%`
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)	`4.43`
Debt/Equity (mrq)	`2.41`
Total Cash (mrq)	$`114.5M`
Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short	`2.55M`
Percent of Float	`1.6%`
Shares Short (Prior Month)	`1.83M`
Short Ratio	`5.46`
Daily Volume	`467.0K`

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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