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Profile - Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE:BEC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 17Price hit new 52-week high ($47.60)
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Sep  6Dividend payment of $0.085
Location
4300 N. Harbor Boulevard
Fullerton, CA 92834
Phone: (714) 871-4848
Fax: (714) 773-8283
Email: cgskoglund@beckman.com
Employees (last reported count): 9,500
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 ·Industry: Scientific & Technical Instr.
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 30%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 15.0K shares
·Institutional: 92% (132% of float)
(471 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 5.78M shares (+9.35%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Beckman Coulter, Inc. simplifies and automates laboratory processes used in all phases of the battle against disease. The Company designs, manufactures and markets systems that consist of instruments, chemistries, software and supplies that meet a variety of laboratory needs. The Company's products are used in a range of applications, from instruments used for pioneering medical research, clinical trials and drug discovery, to diagnostic tools found in hospitals and physicians' offices. Beckman Coulter's product lines include virtually all blood tests routinely performed in hospital laboratories and a range of systems for medical and pharmaceutical research. The Company has more than 125,000 systems operating in laboratories around the world, with approximately two-thirds of annual revenues coming from after-market customer purchases of operating supplies, chemistry kits and service. Beckman Coulter markets its products in approximately 130 countries.
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Financial Summary
BEC simplifies and automates laboratory processes used in all phases of the battle against disease. BEC designs, manufactures and markets systems which consist of instruments, chemistries, software and supplies that meet a variety of laboratory needs. For the six months ended 6/01, revenues rose 3% to $929.1 million. Net income before acct'g change rose 13% to $60.2 million. Results reflect sales growth at routine chemistry and robotic analysis, and debt reduction.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

John Wareham, 59
Chairman, Pres, COO
$1.4M--  
Amin Khalifa, 47
CFO, VP
438K--  
Edgar Vivanco, 57
Sr. VP, Diagnostics Devel. and Corp. Manufacturing
431K--  
Albert Ziegler, 62
Sr. VP, Diagnostics Commercial Operations
506K$586K
James Glover, 51
VP, Treasurer
--  --  
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:BECAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 13-Nov-2000
$32.625
Recent Price$45.72 
52-Week High
on 17-Aug-2001
$47.60 
Beta0.27 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)322.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)220.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+15.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+54.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.77B
Shares Outstanding60.6M
Float42.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.34 
Dividend Yield0.74%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 8-Dec-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$6.91 
Earnings (ttm)$2.09 
Earnings (mrq)$0.58 
Sales (ttm)$30.23 
Cash (mrq)$0.26 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)6.61 
Price/Earnings (ttm)21.84 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.51 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.91B
EBITDA (ttm)$371.7M
Income available to common (ttm)$132.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)12.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.51%
Return on Equity (ttm)38.56%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.00 
Debt/Equity (mrq)2.13 
Total Cash (mrq)$15.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short763.0K
Percent of Float1.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
910.0K
Short Ratio2.84 
Daily Volume269.0K
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 30-June-2001)

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