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Location

1300 Nicollet Mall, Suite 5003
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Phone: (612) 288-2382
Fax: (612) 288-6446

Employees (last reported count): 4,000

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·Sector: Services
·Industry: Restaurants

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Ownership

·	Insider and 5%+ Owners: 51%
·	Over the last 6 months: · 18 insider sells; 348.0K shares (4.0% of insider shares)
·	Institutional: 95% (193% of float) (171 institutions)
·	Net Inst. Buying: 1.81M shares (+10.49%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)

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Business Summary

BUCA, Inc. owns and operates full-service, dinner-only restaurants under the name BUCA di BEPPO. The Company's restaurants offer immigrant Southern Italian cuisine, served family style in large portions, in an atmosphere that parodies the decor and ambiance of post-War Italian/American restaurants. The Company's menu features dishes such as the BUCA di BEPPO 1893 salad, chicken cacciatore, spaghetti with half-pound meatballs, eggplant parmigiana, ravioli al pomodoro, veal marsala, garlic mashed potatoes, pizza arrabiatta and tiramisu. These dishes are often seasoned with garlic and served with vine-ripened tomatoes. The Company's oversized portions are served family style on large platters, and each item can be shared by the entire table. Beginning in fiscal 2001, the Company added a baked specialties menu to each of its restaurants. These specialties will be offered every day to customers, and will include Baked Ravioli, Cannelloni, Manicotti and Stuffed Shells.

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Financial Summary

BUCA owns and operates 62 full-service, dinner-only restaurants under the name Buca di Beppo, offering immigrant Southern Italian cuisine in a fun, energetic atmosphere that parodies the decor and ambiance of post-War Italian/American eateries. For the 26 weeks ended 7/1/01, sales rose 47% to $83.2 million. Net income rose 83% to $4.1 million. Results reflect the addition of new restaurants and management's efforts to reduce preopening costs.

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Officers

[Insider Trade Data]

	FY2000 Compensation
	Pay	Exer

Joseph Micatrotto, 49 Chairman, Pres, CEO	$323K	$760K
Greg Gadel, 41 CFO, Exec. VP, Treasurer, Sec.	153K	147K
Leonard Ghilani, 39 COO	147K	18K
Dollar amounts are as of 27-Dec-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:BUCA

As of 31-Aug-2001

Price and Volume
52-Week Low on 14-Sep-2000	$`10.125`
Recent Price	$`15.29`
52-Week High on 24-May-2001	$`26.53`
Beta	`-0.68`
Daily Volume (3-month avg)	`390.8K`
Daily Volume (10-day avg)	`548.0K`
Stock Performance
big chart [1d \| 5d \| 3m \| 6m \| 1y \| 2y \| 5y]
52-Week Change	`+27.4%`
52-Week Change relative to S&P500	`+70.9%`
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization	$`248.6M`
Shares Outstanding	`16.3M`
Float	`8.00M`
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend	none
Last Split	none

Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)	$`8.79`
Earnings (ttm)	$`0.59`
Earnings (mrq)	$`0.15`
Sales (ttm)	$`10.13`
Cash (mrq*)	$`1.14`
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)	`1.74`
Price/Earnings (ttm)	`25.74`
Price/Sales (ttm)	`1.51`
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)	$`156.4M`
EBITDA (ttm*)	$`21.5M`
Income available to common (ttm)	$`9.14M`
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)	`5.8%`
Operating Margin (ttm)	`8.8%`
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends	Dec 31
Most recent quarter (fully updated)	1-July-2001
Most recent quarter (flash earnings)	30-June-2001

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)	`6.90%`
Return on Equity (ttm)	`7.81%`
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)	`2.08`
Debt/Equity (mrq*)	`0.00`
Total Cash (mrq)	$`18.5M`
Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short	`1.64M`
Percent of Float	`20.5%`
Shares Short (Prior Month)	`1.88M`
Short Ratio	`4.02`
Daily Volume	`408.0K`

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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