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Profile - Metrocall, Inc. (OTC BB:MCLLQ.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 29Price hit new 52-week low ($0.03)
Location
6677 Richmond Highway
Alexandria, VA 22306
Phone: (703) 660-6677
Fax: (703) 768-8031
Email: webmaster@metrocall.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,571
Financial Links
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 ·Top Mutual Fund Holders
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Communications Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 40%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 13.2M shares
  (26.9% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 1% (2% of float)
(48 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 5.29M shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Metrocall, Inc. is a provider of local, regional and national one-way or "traditional" paging and advanced wireless data and messaging services. Through its nationwide wireless network, Metrocall provides messaging services to over 1,000 U.S. cities, including the top 100 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Since 1993, Metrocall's subscriber base has increased from less than 250,000 to greater than 6.25 million. Approximately 112,500 subscribers received advanced data and messaging services. As of December 31, 2000, Metrocall was the second largest messaging company in the United States based on the number of subscribers.
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Financial Summary
Metrocall, Inc. provides local, regional and nationwide paging and other wireless messaging services. The Company operates in over 1,000 U.S. cities and provides services to more than 6.2 million subscribers. For the three months ended 3/31/01, revenues fell 6% to $131 million. Net loss applicable to Com. rose 24% to $59.7 million. Revenues reflect a decrease in the number of subscribers. Higher loss also reflect the absence of $15.6 million in income tax benefits.
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Officers
FY1999 Pay

William Collins, III, 49
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$976K
Vincent Kelly, 40
CFO, Treasurer and Exec. VP
703K
Steven Jacoby, 42
COO and Exec. VP
703K
William Schwartz
VP, Retail Operations
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 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 -- OTC BB:MCLLQ.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Aug-2001
$0.03 
Recent Price$0.045
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$5.00 
Beta0.96 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)156.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)139.0K
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-99.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-98.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$4.05M
Shares Outstanding90.0M
Float54.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$2.51 
Earnings (ttm)-$2.94 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.66 
Sales (ttm)$6.33 
Cash (mrq)$0.24 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.01 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$553.0M
EBITDA (ttm)$116.5M
Income available to common (ttm)-$256.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-44.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)-29.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-28.14%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.09 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$21.5M
Short Interest
As of 6-Apr-2001
Shares Short623.0K
Percent of Float1.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
596.0K
Short Ratio1.42 
Daily Volume438.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Mar-2001)

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