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Profile - Empire District Electric (NYSE:EDE)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
602 Joplin Street, P.O. Box 127
Joplin, MO 64801
Phone: (417) 625-5100
Fax: (417) 625-5173
Email: rridings@empiredistrict.com
Employees (last reported count): 603
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 ·Industry: Electric Utilities
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 1,000  shares
  (0.6% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 30% (30% of float)
(107 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 377.0K shares (+6.74%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Empire District Electric Company is an operating public utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Company also provides water service to three towns in Missouri. In 2000, 99.6% of its gross operating revenues were provided from the sale of electricity and 0.4% from the sale of water. The territory served by its electric operations embraces an area of about 10,000 square miles, with a population of over 330,000. The Company supplies electric service at retail to 119 incorporated communities, various unincorporated areas and at wholesale to four municipally owned distribution systems and two rural electric cooperatives.
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Financial Summary
Empire District Electric is an operating public utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in parts of MO, KS, OK and AR. EDE also provides water service to three towns in MO. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 7% to $119 million. Net income fell 50% to $2.9 million. Results reflect increased Kwh sales due to warmer temperatures, offset by increased natural gas prices.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

M. McKinney, 56
Pres, CEO, Director
$333K
W. Gipson, 43
Exec. VP
155K
D. Gibson, 54
VP-Fin. and Principal Financial Officer
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C. Stark, 56
VP - Gen. Services
140K
D.L. Coit, 50
Controller, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Sec.
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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..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:EDEAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Mar-2001
$17.50 
Recent Price$20.42 
52-Week High
on 16-Nov-2000
$30.75 
Beta-0.10 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)34.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)31.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-20.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+6.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$361.0M
Shares Outstanding17.7M
Float17.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.28 
Dividend Yield6.27%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 30-Jan-1992
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$13.13 
Earnings (ttm)$1.17 
Earnings (mrq)$0.04 
Sales (ttm)$15.20 
Cash (mrq)$0.17 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.55 
Price/Earnings (ttm)17.42 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.34 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$267.5M
EBITDA (ttm)$81.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$20.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)7.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)20.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.52%
Return on Equity (ttm)8.71%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.46 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.76 
Total Cash (mrq)$3.06M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short665.0K
Percent of Float3.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
660.0K
Short Ratio27.71 
Daily Volume24.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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