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Profile - Longs Drug Stores Corp. (NYSE:LDG)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 22Earnings Announcement
Upcoming Events
Oct 10Dividend payment of $0.14
Location
141 North Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Phone: (925) 937-1170
Fax: (925) 210-6886
Email: investor_relations@longs.com
Employees (last reported count): 22,100
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Drugs)
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 45%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 6 insider sells; 6,000  shares
·Institutional: 56% (101% of float)
(402 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 264.0K shares (+1.24%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Longs Drug Stores Corp. is a drug store chain with 430 stores in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Washington and Oregon, at the end of fiscal 2001. Pharmacy is the cornerstone of the Company's business, accounting for approximately 41% of sales in fiscal 2001. Complementing the pharmacy business are the core categories of over-the-counter medications, healthcare products, photo and photo processing, cosmetics and greeting cards.
More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description

Financial Summary
Longs Drug Stores Corp. is a drug store chain with stores in CA, HI, NV, WA, OR and CO. LDG operated 430 stores as of 3/01. For the 13 weeks ended 4/26/01, sales increased 8% to $1.03 billion. Net income decreased 3% to $11.6 million. Revenues reflect higher same-store sales due to an increase in the average retail price per prescription and an increase in script volume. Net income was offset by a lower gross margin due to inventory liquidation costs.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 07/26/2001, revenues were 1,041,926; after tax earnings were 11,246. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

More from Market Guide: Significant Developments

Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

R. Long, 61
Chairman
$758K
S. Roath, 59
Pres, CEO, Director
799K
Terry Burnside, 51
COO
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Steven McCann
Sr. VP, CFO
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G. Saito, 55
Sr. VP, Hawaii District Mang.
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Dollar amounts are as of 27-Jan-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 -- NYSE:LDGAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 25-Sep-2000
$17.563
Recent Price$25.88 
52-Week High
on 5-Apr-2001
$32.00 
Beta0.24 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)237.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)179.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+37.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+83.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$977.9M
Shares Outstanding37.8M
Float20.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.56 
Dividend Yield2.16%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 13-Jan-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$18.34 
Earnings (ttm)$1.03 
Earnings (mrq)$0.30 
Sales (ttm)$111.21 
Cash (mrq*)$1.56 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.41 
Price/Earnings (ttm)25.10 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.23 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$4.15B
EBITDA (ttm*)$162.7M
Income available to common (ttm)$38.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)0.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)1.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 25
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
26-Apr-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.87%
Return on Equity (ttm)5.67%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.43 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.32 
Total Cash (mrq)$0 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.18M
Percent of Float5.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
835.0K
Short Ratio7.58 
Daily Volume155.0K
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