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Profile - Creative Technologies (OTC BB:CRTV.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
170 53rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Phone: (718) 492-8400
Fax: (718) 492-3878
Employees (last reported count): 30
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Department & Discount)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 89%
·Institutional: 1% (12% of float)
(3 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 14.0K shares (+6.64%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Creative Technologies Corp. is a holding company that owns the stock of IHW, Inc., a distributor for various European manufacturers of moderate to high-end housewares. The companies whose products were distributed in 2000 by IHW were Brabantia International BV, Soehnle Wagen GmbH + Co, MAWA Metallwarenfabrik Wagner GmbH (Mawa), Foppa Pedretti S.p.A. and Evoluzione S.R.L. IHW also owns the stock of Ace Surgical Supplies Co., Inc., which distributes janitorial, dietary and medical products in the tri-state area, generally to hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Ace is currently expanding its customer base to include various other facilities including educational, hospitality, institutional and entertainment.
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Financial Summary
CRTV, a holding co. for IHW (importer and distributor of housewares) and Ace Surgical Supplies (distributes medical, janitorial, and dietary products to medical care facilities). For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales rose 11% to $8.2 million. Net loss applicable to Common totaled $258 thousand vs. an income of $60 thousand. Revenues reflect an increase in small household product sales. Net loss reflects higher payroll and related expenses.
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Officers
FY2000 Pay

David Guttmann, 53
Chairman and CEO
$201K
Richard Helfman, 53
Pres
180K
David Selengut, 45
Sec.
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 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:CRTV.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 16-Mar-2001
$0.06 
Recent Price$0.07 
52-Week High
on 26-Oct-2000
$0.25 
Beta-0.09 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)909 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)0 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-61.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-47.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.17M
Shares Outstanding16.7M
Float1.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 1 for 3 on 5-Sep-1996
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)-$0.45 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.01 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.01 
Sales (ttm)$0.58 
Cash (mrq)$0.01 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.12 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$16.5M
EBITDA (ttm)$1.32M
Income available to common (ttm)-$121.0K
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)1.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.58%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.48 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$100.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-Jan-1997
Shares Short607.0K
Percent of Float28.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.40M
Short Ratio0.66 
Daily Volume922.0K
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)

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