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Profile - Carter-Wallace, Inc. (NYSE:CAR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Dividend payment of $0.08
Aug 15Earnings Announcement
Location
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
Phone: (212) 339-5000
Fax: (212) 339-5100
Employees (last reported count): 3,340
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 ·Sector: Healthcare
 ·Industry: Biotechnology & Drugs
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 76%
·Institutional: 37% (152% of float)
(201 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 399.0K shares (+2.42%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Carter-Wallace, Inc. manufactures and sells a diversified line of healthcare products, including pharmaceuticals, toiletries and pet products. In May 2001, the Company announced that it had entered into agreements to sell the Company. In this two-step transaction, the Company will sell the consumer business, consisting of the Carter, Lambert Kay and International Divisions immediately prior to the merger of the remainder of the Company.
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Financial Summary
Carter-Wallace manufactures and sells a line of consumer health care products such as deodorants, toothpaste, cough and cold products, pet supplies etc. For the three months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 5% to $238.6 million. Net income rose 28% to $28.6 million. Revenues reflect higher unit volume and increased selling prices. Net income also reflects decreased cost of goods sold as a percentage of revenues due to a change in product mix.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Pay

Ralph Levine, 65
Chairman, CEO
$2.5M
Paul Veteri, 59
Pres, COO, Director
1.9M
Peter Griffin, 58
CFO, VP-Fin., Controller
--  
James Wagar, 66
VP and Treasurer
--  
Stephen Lang, 66
VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
860K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Mar-2001 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 -- NYSE:CARAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-May-2001
$19.08 
Recent Price$20.20 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$34.50 
Beta0.53 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)57.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)59.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-24.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+1.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$923.2M
Shares Outstanding45.7M
Float11.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.32 
Dividend Yield1.58%
Last Split: 3 for 1 on 7-May-1992
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$9.75 
Earnings (ttm)$1.18 
Earnings (mrq)$0.61 
Sales (ttm)$16.97 
Cash (mrq)$2.51 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.07 
Price/Earnings (ttm)17.19 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.19 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$806.2M
EBITDA (ttm)$128.1M
Income available to common (ttm)$55.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)11.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.96%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.21%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.55 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.13 
Total Cash (mrq)$114.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short95.0K
Percent of Float0.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
69.0K
Short Ratio2.32 
Daily Volume41.0K
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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