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Profile - Acclaim Entertainment (NasdaqSC:AKLM)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
One Acclaim Plaza
Glen Cove, NY 11542
Phone: (516) 656-5000
Fax: (516) 656-2525
Email: ir@acclaim.com
Employees (last reported count): 540
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 ·Industry: Software & Programming
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 35%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 155.0K shares
  (0.7% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 25% (38% of float)
(92 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 12.2M shares (+43.44%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. develops, publishes, distributes and markets video and computer games for use with game consoles, both dedicated and portable, and PCs on a worldwide basis. The Company owns and operates four software development studios located in the United States and the United Kingdom where it develops its own software, and a motion capture studio and a recording studio in the United States. The Company also contracts with independent software developers to create software for it. The Company publishes, or releases to the public under its brand names, software developed by it as well as by third-party developers. The Company distributes its software directly in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain and Australia. The Company also develops and publishes strategy guides relating to its software.
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Financial Summary
Acclaim Entertainment is a developer, publisher, mass marketer and distributor of interactive entertainment software. AKLM also develops and publishes software strategy guides and comic book magazines. For the nine months ended 6/01, revenues fell 12% to $151 million. Earnings before extraordinary gains totalled $11.6 million, vs. a loss of $66.2 million. Results reflect the transition from 64 bit to 128 bit consoles, offset by lower marketing expenses and reductions in personnel.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Gregory Fischbach, 58
Co-Chairman, Director, Pres and CEO
$827K
James Scoroposki, 52
Co-Chairman, Exec. VP, Treasurer, Sec.
512K
Gerard Agoglia, 49
CFO, Exec. VP
138K
Rodney Cousens, 49
Pres and COO - International of Acclaim Europe
773K
John Ma, 46
Exec. VP- Product Devel.
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Aug-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 -- NasdaqSC:AKLMAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Dec-2000
$0.313
Recent Price$4.01 
52-Week High
on 29-June-2001
$5.50 
Beta1.45 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.27M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)789.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+91.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+156.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$258.0M
Shares Outstanding64.3M
Float41.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 24-Aug-1993
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)-$1.10 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.95 
Earnings (mrq)$0.00 
Sales (ttm)$2.81 
Cash (mrq*)$0.04 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.43 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$167.7M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$32.3M
Income available to common (ttm)-$51.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-31.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)-25.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsAug 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
2-June-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-63.82%
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.26 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.75M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.97M
Percent of Float7.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.38M
Short Ratio3.06 
Daily Volume971.0K
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-May-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 2-June-2001)

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