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Profile - Martek Biosciences Corp. (NasdaqNM:MATK)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
6480 Dobbin Road
Columbia, MD 21045
Phone: (410) 740-0081
Fax: (410) 740-2985
Email: martek2000@aol.com
Employees (last reported count): 134
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 ·Sector: Healthcare
 ·Industry: Biotechnology & Drugs
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 58%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 4 insider sells; 55.0K shares
  (0.5% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 64% (152% of float)
(116 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 496.0K shares (+3.87%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Martek Biosciences Corporation develops, manufactures and sells products primarily derived from microalgae. The Company is currently selling nutritional supplements for infant formula and other nutritional product applications, products for use in basic structural molecular research and structure-based drug design and diagnostic products. Martek is developing additional nutritional and diagnostic products as well as pharmaceutical discovery technologies. A portion of its research and development efforts is performed under various contracts and grants. The Company sells to a broad range of companies and academic and research institutions worldwide.
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Financial Summary
MATK develops, manufactures and sells products from microalgae, including nutritional supplements for infant formula and other nutritional products, and products for use in basic structural molecular research and structure based drug design. For the six months ended 4/30/01, revenues rose 81% to $7.5 million. Net loss fell 14% to $6.8 million. Revenues reflect increased nutritional product sales. Net loss was partially offset by higher corporate expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Henry Linsert, Jr., 60
Chairman and CEO
$302K--  
Richard Radmer, Ph.D., 58
Pres, CSO
160K--  
Peter Buzy, 41
CFO and Treasurer
--  $86K
George Barker, 61
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
--  --  
Jerome Keller, 58
Sr. VP, Sales & Marketing
196K--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Oct-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 -- NasdaqNM:MATKAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 28-Dec-2000
$12.00 
Recent Price$19.60 
52-Week High
on 29-June-2001
$28.50 
Beta0.66 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)101.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)37.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-14.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+14.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$378.6M
Shares Outstanding19.3M
Float8.10M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$2.51 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.82 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.17 
Sales (ttm)$0.72 
Cash (mrq)$1.57 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)7.81 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)27.08 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$13.0M
EBITDA (ttm)-$14.4M
Income available to common (ttm)-$14.7M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsOct 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-30.57%
Return on Equity (ttm)-37.54%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)5.51 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$30.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short305.0K
Percent of Float3.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
273.0K
Short Ratio5.35 
Daily Volume57.0K
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-Apr-2001)

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