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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Ames Department Stores (AMES) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Market Tracker who wrote (1432)	10/26/1998 12:31:00 PM
From: Market Tracker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1911

From Ames' website amesstores.com Financial Fundamentals as of 10/23/98 for Ames Department Stores, Inc. (ticker symbol: AMES) Current Pricing Close Price (10/23/98) $18.06 Market Capitalization (000) $417,000 52 Week High $29.63 52 Week Low $10.50 YTD High $29.63 YTD Low $10.50 Price Change - 10 Day 33.8% Price Change - 4 Week 52.9% Price Change - 26 Week -19.7% Price Change - 52 Week 16.5% Price Change - YTD 3.2% Income Statement (FY) Annual Operating Revenue (000) $2,233,100 Oper. Profit Before Depreciation (000) $74,000 Pre-tax Income (000) $53,600 Total Net Income (000) $34,500 Fiscal EPS - Total $1.59 Fiscal EPS - Diluted $1.46 Return on Equity 21% Return on Invested Capital 16.5% Pre-tax Profit Margin 2.4% Post-tax Profit Margin 1.5% Shares Outstanding Shares Outstanding (000) 23,113 Shares Outstanding Date 9/8/98 Balance Sheet Shares Outstanding (000) 22,506 Daily Volume % 10 Day Avg. 54% Avg. Daily Volume Last 10 Days 344,200 Price Earnings Last Fiscal PE 9.8 Last Fiscal PE High 13.4 Last Fiscal PE Low 4.4 5 Year PE High NA 5 Year PE Low NA Shareholdings Short Interest Latest Date 9/8/98 Short Interest Shares 355,042 Short Interest Ratio 1.4 Net Insider Latest Date 8/31/98 Net Insider Transactions 0 Institutional Holdings Latest Date 9/30/98 Shares Held by Institutions (000) 16,225 # of Institutions Holding Shares 144 % of Shares Outstanding Held by Institutions 71.1% Ratios Quick Ratio 0.2 Annual Current Ratio 1.5 Debt to Equity Ratio 0.21 Price to Revenue Ratio 0.18 Price to Equity Ratio 2.35 Revenue to Assets 3.7 Dividend Information Last Ex. Date NA Indicated Dividend Rate $0 Dividend Yield 0% 5 Year Avg. Dividend Yield 0% Growth Rates 5 Year Annual Earnings Growth Rate NA 5 Year Annual Dividend Growth Rate NA 5 Year Annual Revenue Growth Rate 25.42%