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Profile - Payless Cashways, Inc. (OTC BB:PCSH.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($0.01)
Location
800 NW Chipman Road, Suite 5900
Lee's Summit, MO 64064
Phone: (816) 347-6000
Fax: (816) 347-6142
Email: webinvestor@payless.cashways.com
Employees (last reported count): 8,100
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Home Improvement)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 34%
·Institutional: 3% (5% of float)
(8 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 337.0K shares (+33.84%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Payless Cashways, Inc. is a retailer of building materials and home improvement products. The Company operates 128 retail building materials stores and five wholesale facilities in 17 states located in the Midwestern, Southwestern, Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain areas. The stores operate under the names Payless Cashways Building Materials, Furrow Building Materials, Lumberjack Building Materials, Hugh M. Woods Building Materials, Knox Lumber, Contractor Supply and PCI Builders Resource. Each of the Company's stores is designed as a one-stop source that provides the professional builder, remodel and repair contractor, institutional buyer and project-oriented do-it-yourself customer with a selection of products and services needed to build, improve and maintain home, business, farm or ranch properties. In June 2001, the Company filed a petition for voluntary reorganization of its operations under Chapter 11 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri.
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Financial Summary
Payless Cashways is a retailer of building materials and home improvement products in the United States. The Company operates 128 retail stores in 17 states. For the 26 weeks ended 5/26/01, revenues fell 39% to $471.3 million. Net loss totaled $58.1 million, up from $3.7 million. Revenues reflect lower same-store sales due to poor weather conditions and a general economic slowdown. Higher loss also reflects a $28 million charge related to retail store closings.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Peter Danis, 68
Chairman
--  
Millard Barron, 51
Pres and CEO
$562K
Richard Witaszak, 40
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin.
--  
Frank Chambers, 56
Exec. VP-Professional Bus. Devel.
--  
Edward Zimmerlin, 54
Sr. VP - Merchandising and Marketing
238K
Dollar amounts are as of 25-Nov-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:PCSH.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$0.01 
Recent Price$0.025
52-Week High
on 12-Sep-2000
$1.594
Beta1.26 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)65.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)207.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-97.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-97.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$500.0K
Shares Outstanding20.0M
Float13.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 1 for 96 on 5-Dec-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$3.82 
Earnings (ttm)-$3.73 
Earnings (mrq)-$2.92 
Sales (ttm)$59.75 
Cash (mrq*)$0.04 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.01 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.20B
EBITDA (ttm*)-$35.0M
Income available to common (ttm)-$74.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-6.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)-5.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsNov 25
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
26-May-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-11.29%
Return on Equity (ttm)-57.70%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.56 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)3.83 
Total Cash (mrq)$817.0K
Short Interest
As of 8-July-1997
Shares Short4,000 
Percent of Float1.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
4,000 
Short Ratio0.50 
Daily Volume8,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-May-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 26-May-2001)

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