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Recent Events Aug 23 Conference call: Ultimate Electronics Earnings (Q2 2001) Aug 23 Earnings Announcement July 31 Fiscal quarter ended Location 321 West 84th Avenue, Suite A Thornton, CO 80260 Phone: (303) 412-2500 Fax: (303) 412-2501 Email: shareholder@ulte.com Employees (last reported count): 2,400 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade History  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Free Annual Report  ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov Competitors:  ·Sector: Services  ·Industry: Retail (Technology) Company Website  ·Home Page  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Index Membership  ·S&P 600 SmallCap Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 42% · Institutional: 75% (129% of float) (175 institutions) · Net Inst. Selling: 129.0K shares (+1.59%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary Ultimate Electronics, Inc. is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics and home entertainment products in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah. The Company currently operates 37 stores, including 18 stores in Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah under the trade name Ultimate Electronics, 11 stores in Colorado under the trade name SoundTrack and eight stores in Minnesota under the trade name Audio King. The Company offers its customers a comprehensive selection of high quality, brand name audio, video, television, communication and mobile electronics products as well as a limited selection of home office products. This selection consists of over 4,100 SKU's (stock-keeping units), representing approximately 125 brand names. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary ULTE is a consumer electronics retailer which sells a wide range of audio and video components and home office equipment. ULTE operates stores under the name SoundTrack, Audio King and Ultimate Electronics. For the six months ended 7/31/01, revenues rose 18% to $232.7 million. Net income before extraordinary item fell 14% to $3.5 million. Revenues reflect increased digital television sales. Lower income reflects higher infrastructure expenses for store expansion. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY2000 Compensation Pay Exer William Pearse, 59 Chairman $408K $343K J. Edward McEntire, 57 CEO 468K 152K David Workman, 44 Pres and COO 468K 3.1M Alan Kessock, 41 CFO, Sr. VP-Fin. and Admin., Sec., Treasurer, Director 307K 508K Neal Bobrick, 40 Sr. VP of Sales and Store Operations 307K --   Dollar amounts are as of 31-Jan-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 27-Dec-2000 $18.516 Recent Price $27.75  52-Week High on 2-Nov-2000 $43.00  Beta 1.26  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 121.2K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 124.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change -18.7% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +9.1% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $305.6M Shares Outstanding 11.0M Float 6.40M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend none  Last Split none	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $10.06  Earnings (ttm) $1.25  Earnings (mrq) $0.16  Sales (ttm) $45.41  Cash (mrq) $0.61  Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 2.76  Price/Earnings (ttm) 22.22  Price/Sales (ttm) 0.61  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $520.2M EBITDA (ttm) $23.2M Income available to common (ttm) $14.3M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 2.7% Operating Margin (ttm) 4.4% Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends Jan 31 Most recent quarter 31-July-2001	Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 7.97% Return on Equity (ttm) 13.90% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 1.30  Debt/Equity (mrq) 0.13  Total Cash (mrq) $6.78M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 1.30M Percent of Float 20.3% Shares Short (Prior Month) 910.0K Short Ratio 10.05  Daily Volume 129.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-July-2001)

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