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Profile - Thomas Nelson, Inc. (NYSE:TNM)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 20Dividend payment of $0.04
Aug 14Earnings Announcement
Location
501 Nelson Place
Nashville, TN 37214
Phone: (615) 889-9000
Fax: (615) 391-3166
Employees (last reported count): 1,080
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 55%
·Institutional: 41% (91% of float)
(96 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 85.0K shares (+1.48%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Thomas Nelson, Inc. is a publisher, producer and distributor of books emphasizing Christian, inspirational and family value themes, and believes it is the largest commercial publisher of the Bible in English language translations. The Company also designs and markets a broad line of gift and stationery products. The Company believes it is the largest publisher of Christian and inspirational books in the United States and is a major supplier of gift and stationery items. In April 2001, the Company announced that it is actively exploring various strategic alternatives, including the possible merger, sale or recapitalization of its wholly owned subsidiary, The C.R. Gibson Company. This subsidiary includes the Company's gift product segment.
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Financial Summary
Thomas Nelson, Inc. publishes, produces, and distributes Christian oriented books. TNM also designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of gift and stationery products. For the three months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 5% to $64.2 million. Net income from continuing operations fell 77% to $294 thousand. Results reflect the softness in the retail markets and a higher level of returns and the effect of increased inventory sold at below cost.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Pay

Sam Moore, 71
Chairman, Pres and CEO
$600K
S. Joseph Moore, 38
Exec. VP; Pres, Thomas Nelson Gift Division
290K
Joe Powers, 55
Exec. VP and Sec.
229K
Lee Gessner, 48
Exec. VP, Thomas Nelson Publishing and Sales Group
218K
Vance Lawson, 42
Sr. VP-Fin. and Operations Group
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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:TNMAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 8-Dec-2000
$5.25 
Recent Price$7.22 
52-Week High
on 18-Sep-2000
$9.188
Beta0.45 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)8,000 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)7,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-11.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+18.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$103.6M
Shares Outstanding14.3M
Float6.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.16 
Dividend Yield2.22%
Last Split: 5 for 4 on 27-Mar-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$8.87 
Earnings (ttm)$0.33 
Earnings (mrq)$0.02 
Sales (ttm)$20.25 
Cash (mrq)$0.12 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.81 
Price/Earnings (ttm)21.81 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.36 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$294.9M
EBITDA (ttm)$18.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$4.76M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.58%
Return on Equity (ttm)3.65%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)3.48 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.82 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.76M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short22.0K
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
17.0K
Short Ratio2.00 
Daily Volume11.0K
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