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Profile - Wackenhut Correction Corp (NYSE:WHC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
4200 Wackenhut Drive #100
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Phone: (561) 622-5656
Fax: (561) 691-6738
Email: pat.cannon@wackenhut.corp
Employees (last reported count): 10,094
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Business Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 61%
·Institutional: 29% (74% of float)
(75 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 361.0K shares (+5.61%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation offers governmental agencies a comprehensive range of correctional and related institutional services to federal, state, local and overseas government agencies. Correctional services include the management of a broad spectrum of facilities, including male and female adult facilities, juvenile facilities, community corrections, work programs, prison industries, substance abuse treatment facilities and mental health, geriatric and other special-purpose institutions. Other management contracts include psychiatric healthcare, electronic home monitoring, prisoner transportation, correctional health services and facility maintenance. The Company has an in-house capability for the design and construction of new facilities, and offers a full privatization package to government agencies to include financing. Wackenhut is a 57%-owned subsidiary of The Wackenhut Corporation, which is engaged in the privatization of correctional facilities throughout the world.
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Financial Summary
Wackenhut Correction Corp. develops and manages privatized correctional and detention facilities in North America, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. For the 26 weeks ended 7/1/01, revenues rose 5% to $276.7 million. Net income decreased 17% to $8 million. Revenues reflect new facility openings and an increase in the average facility occupancy. Earnings were offset by increased expenses related to new facility openings.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

George Wackenhut, 81
Chairman
$474K
Wayne Calabrese, 50
Pres and COO
418K
George Zoley, Ph.D., 51
Vice Chairman, CEO,
575K
John O'Rourke, 50
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin., Treasurer
257K
John Bulfin, 47
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel
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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..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:WHCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Dec-2000
$5.875
Recent Price$13.25 
52-Week High
on 12-June-2001
$15.30 
Beta1.18 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)37.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)20.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+47.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+97.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$279.0M
Shares Outstanding21.1M
Float8.20M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 4-June-1996
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$5.87 
Earnings (ttm)$0.72 
Earnings (mrq)$0.25 
Sales (ttm)$25.87 
Cash (mrq*)$1.62 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)2.26 
Price/Earnings (ttm)18.33 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.51 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$547.9M
EBITDA (ttm*)$26.7M
Income available to common (ttm)$15.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
1-July-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.05%
Return on Equity (ttm)12.63%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.70 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$34.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short57.0K
Percent of Float0.7%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
87.0K
Short Ratio1.68 
Daily Volume34.0K
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 1-July-2001)

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