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Recent Events Aug  2 Conference call: KCS Energy Second Quarter 2001 Results Location 5555 San Felipe Road, Suite 1200 Houston, TX 77056 Phone: (713) 877-8006 Fax: (713) 877-1372 Email: investorrelations@kcsenergy.com Employees (last reported count): 164 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov Competitors:  ·Sector: Energy  ·Industry: Oil & Gas Operations Company Website  ·Home Page  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 23% · Over the last 6 months:  · one insider sell; 10.0K shares   (0.1% of insider shares) · Institutional: 38% (50% of float) (64 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 3.55M shares (+22.63%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary KCS Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil with operations predominately in the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast regions. The Company also purchases reserves (priority rights to future delivery of oil and gas) through its Volumetric Production Payment program. All of the Company's exploration and production activities are located within the United States. In 2000, the Company concentrated its drilling programs predominately in the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast regions. In the Mid-Continent Region, the Company explores in Oklahoma (Anadarko and Arkoma basins), North Louisiana, Michigan and the Permian basin. During 2000, the Company drilled 62 gross (35.9 net) wells in this region with a 90% success ratio. In the Gulf Coast Region, the Company drilled 34 gross (11.1 net) wells in 2000 with a 68% success ratio. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary KCS Energy, Inc. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of natural gas and crude oil. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 73% to $141.6 million. Net income applicable to Common and before acct. change totaled $72.6 million, up from $14.2 million. Revenues reflect increased natural gas prices. Higher income also reflects improved gross margins and the absence of a $6.1 million write-off of debt issuance charge. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY2000 Pay Stewart Kean, 66 Chairman --   James Christmas, 53 Pres, CEO, Director $348K William Hahne, 49 Sr. VP, COO 313K Frederick Dwyer, 41 VP, Controller, Sec. 149K J. Chris Jacobsen, 45 VP of Engineering and Portfolio Devel. 237K 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.. More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Price and Volume 52-Week Low on 27-Oct-2000 $1.625 Recent Price $5.30  52-Week High on 22-May-2001 $10.50  Beta 1.01  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 291.8K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 119.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change +165.0% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +255.5% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $168.1M Shares Outstanding 31.7M Float 24.4M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend none  Last Split: 2 for 1 on 30-June-1997	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) -$1.93  Earnings (ttm) $2.99  Earnings (mrq) $0.51  Sales (ttm) $7.57  Cash (mrq) $1.00  Valuation Ratios Price/Book N/A  Price/Earnings (ttm) 1.77  Price/Sales (ttm) 0.70  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $251.5M EBITDA (ttm) $201.2M Income available to common (ttm) $99.9M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 39.9% Operating Margin (ttm) 59.0% Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends Dec 31 Most recent quarter 30-June-2001	Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 29.69% Return on Equity N/A  Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 1.37  Debt/Equity N/A  Total Cash (mrq) $31.1M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 3.99M Percent of Float 16.4% Shares Short (Prior Month) 5.02M Short Ratio 18.47  Daily Volume 216.0K
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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