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Recent Events Aug  4 Fiscal quarter ended Aug 21 Earnings Announcement Aug 21 Conference call: Talbots Earnings (Q2 2001) Upcoming Events Sep 17 Dividend payment of $0.08 Location 1 Talbots Drive Hingham, MA 02043 Phone: (781) 749-7600 Fax: (781) 741-4369 Employees (last reported count): 4,300 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade History  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov Competitors:  ·Sector: Services  ·Industry: Retail (Apparel) Company Websites  ·Home Page  ·Investor Relations  ·Employment  ·Yahoo! Category  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 78% · Over the last 6 months:  · 9 insider sells; 1.01M shares   (2.0% of insider shares) · Institutional: 42% (191% of float) (357 institutions) · Net Inst. Selling: 2.33M shares (+9.68%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary The Talbots, Inc. is a national specialty retailer and cataloger of women's and children's classic apparel, accessories and shoes. During 2000, Talbots issued 29 separate catalogs with a combined circulation of approximately 58 million. In November 1999, the Company began offering its merchandise on the Internet, at www.talbots.com. Talbots offers a distinctive collection of classic sportswear, casual wear, dresses, coats, sweaters, accessories and shoes, consisting almost exclusively of the Company's own private-label merchandise, in misses, petites and woman's sizes. Talbots Kids & Babies offers an assortment of classic clothing and accessories for infants, toddlers, boys and girls. The Company's stores, catalogs and Internet site offer a variety of key basic and fashion items and a complementary assortment of accessories and shoes that enable customers to assemble complete wardrobes. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary The Talbots, Inc. is a specialty retailer and cataloger of women's and children's classic apparel, accessories and shoes. For the six months ended 8/4/01, revenues rose 8% to $785.4 million. Net income rose 23% to $57.9 million. Revenues reflect increased catalog sales and increased retail sales due to higher comparable store sales. Earnings also benefited from improved merchandise margins and leverage improvements in store occupancy expense. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY2001 Compensation Pay Exer Arnold Zetcher, 60 Chairman, Pres, CEO $2.0M $13.4M Edward Larsen, 56 CFO, Sr. VP-Fin., Treasurer 521K 1.8M H. James Metscher, 44 Exec. VP, CMO, Director 923K 2.1M Richard O'Connell, Jr., 50 Sr. VP of Legal and Real Estate and Sec. 466K 2.7M Andrea McKenna, 44 Sr. VP of Marketing and Catalog Devel. --   --   Dollar amounts are as of 3-Feb-2001 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. More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Price and Volume 52-Week Low on 3-Oct-2000 $31.625 Recent Price $37.12  52-Week High on 8-Feb-2001 $54.99  Beta 0.64  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 607.0K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 517.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change +2.6% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +37.6% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $2.32B Shares Outstanding 62.5M Float 13.8M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend (indicated) $0.32  Dividend Yield 0.86% Last Split: 2 for 1 on 8-Nov-2000	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq*) $8.96  Earnings (ttm) $1.94  Earnings (mrq) $0.28  Sales (ttm) $25.61  Cash (mrq*) $0.27  Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq*) 4.14  Price/Earnings (ttm) 19.09  Price/Sales (ttm) 1.45  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $1.66B EBITDA (ttm*) $256.6M Income available to common (ttm) $125.9M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 7.6% Operating Margin (ttm) 12.6% Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends Feb 3 Most recent quarter (fully updated) 4-Aug-2001 Most recent quarter (flash earnings) 31-July-2001	Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 15.40% Return on Equity (ttm) 23.61% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq*) 2.92  Debt/Equity (mrq*) 0.18  Total Cash (mrq) $16.8M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 2.63M Percent of Float 19.1% Shares Short (Prior Month) 2.94M Short Ratio 5.64  Daily Volume 466.0K
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