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Recent Events Aug 15 Conference call: Payless ShoeSources Earnings (Q2 2001) Aug 15 Earnings Announcement Aug  4 Fiscal quarter ended Location 3231 Southeast Sixth Street Topeka, KS 66607 Phone: (785) 233-5171 Fax: (785) 295-6049 Employees (last reported count): 14,600 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  ·Yahoo! Category  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Index Membership  ·S&P 400 MidCap Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 25% · Over the last 6 months:  · 4 insider sells; 103.0K shares   (1.8% of insider shares) · Institutional: 84% (112% of float) (370 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 3.31M shares (+15.08%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary Payless ShoeSource Inc. is the largest family footwear retailer in the United States. The Company operates 4,653 Payless ShoeSource stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan, and Canada. Payless ShoeSource stores feature fashionable, quality footwear for men, women and children, including athletic, casual, dress, sandals, work boots and slippers. In addition, the Company operates 273 Parade stores in 16 states. Parade offers fashionable women's footwear and accessories at moderate prices. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary PSS is the largest family footwear retailer in the United States. The Company operates 4,653 Payless ShoeSource stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada. For the 26 weeks ended 8/4/01, sales rose 3% to $1.57 billion. Net income before extraordinary item fell 15% to $66.1 million. Revenues reflect increased same store sales. Earnings were offset by an increase in payroll costs. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY1999 Pay Steven Douglass, 50 Chairman, CEO $1.3M Ken Hicks, 47 Pres, Director 1.1M Duane Cantrell, 44 Exec. VP of Retail Operations 526K Ullrich Porzig, 54 Sr. VP, CFO, Treasurer 421K William Rainey, 53 Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec. --   Dollar amounts are as of 31-Jan-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Price and Volume 52-Week Low on 12-Oct-2000 $52.75  Recent Price $58.27  52-Week High on 26-Feb-2001 $78.22  Beta 0.86  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 248.6K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 123.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change +6.5% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +42.9% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $1.30B Shares Outstanding 22.3M Float 16.7M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend none  Last Split none	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq*) $21.73  Earnings (ttm) $4.96  Earnings (mrq) $1.60  Sales (ttm) $132.04  Cash (mrq*) $2.30  Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq*) 2.68  Price/Earnings (ttm) 11.76  Price/Sales (ttm) 0.44  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $3.00B EBITDA (ttm*) $264.0M Income available to common (ttm) $112.5M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 3.7% Operating Margin (ttm) 6.1% 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) 10.93% Return on Equity (ttm) 26.81% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq*) 2.03  Debt/Equity (mrq*) 0.67  Total Cash (mrq) $51.3M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 639.0K Percent of Float 3.8% Shares Short (Prior Month) 298.0K Short Ratio 2.75  Daily Volume 232.0K
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