Company Information

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Address: 3550 W MARKET ST  
City: AKRON 
State: OH 
Zip Code: 44333 
Telephone: 330-666-3751 


Description of Business


Primary SIC Code: 2821
(As filed with the SEC)  

A. Schulman, Inc. (the "Company," "A. Schulman," "we," "our" and "us") was founded as an Ohio corporation in 1928 by Alex Schulman in Akron, Ohio as a processor of rubber compounds. During those early days, when Akron, Ohio was known as the rubber capital of the world, Mr. Schulman saw opportunity in taking existing rubber products and compounding new formulations to meet under-served market needs. As the newly emerging science of polymers began to make market strides in the early 1950s, A. Schulman was there to advance the possibilities of the technology, leveraging its compounding expertise into developing solutions to meet exact customer application requirements. The Company later expanded into Europe, Latin America and Asia, establishing manufacturing plants, technology centers and sales offices in numerous countries. The Company changed its state of incorporation to Delaware in 1969 and went public in 1972. Today, A.  ... More ...  

Per Share Overview

Date 12-mos Rolling EPS Dividend P/E Ratio
11/20111.490.17013.87
08/20111.320.15513.82
05/20111.360.15518.74
02/20111.710.15513.02
11/20101.210.15516.74
08/20101.580.15011.50
05/20101.460.15015.22
02/20100.830.15028.39

Key Financial Ratios and Statistics

FYE: 08/31

Profitability 2011 Leverage 2011
Net Inc/Comm Equity-0.96Total Liab/Total Assets0.56
Net Inc/Total Assets0.03Total Liab/Inv Cap0.81
Net Inc/Inv Cap0.05Total Liab/Comm Equity-16.17
Pretax Inc/Net Sales0.03Interest Coverage Ratio9.91
Net Inc/Net Sales0.02Curr Debt/Equity0.02
Cash Flow/Net Sales0.03LTD/Equity0.34
SG&A/NetSales0.09Total Debt/Equity0.36
Asset Utilization   Liquidity  
Net Receivables Turnover6.96Quick Ratio1.44
Inventory Turnover8.05Current Ratio2.15
Inventory Day Sales0.02Net Rec/Curr Assets0.43
Net Sales/Work Cap5.10Inv/Curr Assets0.33
Net Sales/PP&E9.36  

Income Statement (Millions)

  11/30/2011 8/31/2011 5/31/2011 2/28/2011
Total Revenues(Net Sales) 517.29 578.09 611.14 508.34
Cost of Goods Sold 447.79 507.04 532.25 441.73
Selling & Admin Exps 47.42 52.68 49.67 49.43
Operating Income 18.84 9.80 27.25 12.00
Interest Exp NA 1.72 1.80 2.93
Pretax Income 16.61 8.21 25.15 10.31
Other Income -0.33 0.13 -0.30 0.16
Net Income Bef Extraordinary ... NA NA NA NA
Net Income 13.58 5.86 18.75 7.14

Balance Sheet (Millions)

Assets 11/30/2011 8/31/2011 5/31/2011 2/28/2011
Cash & Short Term Investments 105.68 155.75 105.99 96.35
Receivables - Total 308.85 347.04 375.54 342.41
Inventories - Total 272.43 264.75 307.73 268.22
Total Current Assets 719.93 801.91 821.96 739.83
Net Property, Plant & Equipment 224.62 234.30 243.44 244.34
Total Assets 1,141.27 1,239.99 1,276.34 1,194.95
Liabilities        
Accounts Payable 307.19 360.65 374.66 332.81
Debt in Current Liabilities 9.53 11.55 9.34 5.88
Total Current Liabilities 316.71 372.20 383.99 338.69
Long-Term Debt 192.48 184.60 195.36 192.93
Total Liabilities 634.52 691.48 735.07 682.83
Stockholder's Equity        
Minority Interest 6.16 5.80 4.86 4.69
Preferred Stock NA NA NA NA
Common Stock 47.82 47.82 47.80 47.79
Retained Earnings 549.78 541.26 540.23 526.30
Treasury Stock -366.01 -344.76 -337.17 -336.28
Total Stockholders' Equity 506.75 548.50 541.26 512.12
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity 1,141.27 1,239.99 1,276.34 1,194.95

Cash Flow Summary (Millions)

Categories 11/30/2011 8/31/2011 5/31/2011 2/28/2011
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities -21.27 74.92 10.55 8.53
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities -8.35 -5.87 -1.40 -5.22
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities -15.12 -22.18 -2.36 -9.53

Annual Summary Data (Millions)

Year Sales Net Income EPS
08/20071,787.0622.620.82
08/20081,984.0118.050.66
08/20091,279.25-2.780.43
08/20101,590.4443.891.58
08/20112,192.9641.001.32
Growth Rates5.25--12.64

Stock Ownership

Type Date(Q,M) No. Owners Shares Held (000s) % Own
Institutional12/31/1114023,91581.33




Report Date : 2/6/2012

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