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Layne Christensen Company and its subsidiaries provide drilling and construction services and related products to the water infrastructure and mineral exploration markets. The company's Water Infrastructure division provides water, and wastewater related services and products, including hydrological studies, site selection, well design, drilling and well development, pump installation, and well rehabilitation. This division also designs and constructs treatment facilities; and provides filter media and membranes to treat volatile organics and other contaminants, such as nitrates, iron, manganese, arsenic, radium, and radon in groundwater, as well as offers environmental drilling services to assess and monitor groundwater contaminants. Its Mineral Exploration division provides a range of drilling services for the mineral exploration industry. This division offers aboveground and underground drilling services, which include various phases of core drilling, diamond, reverse circulation, dual tube, hammer, and rotary air-blast methods. The company's Energy division focuses on the exploration, acquisition, development, and production of unconventional gas properties primarily in the mid-continent region of the United States. As of January 31, 2009, it had 581 net producing wells. The company provides its services to municipalities, investor-owned water utilities, industrial companies, mining companies, consulting engineering firms, heavy civil construction contractors, oil and gas companies, and agribusiness. It has operations in North America, Africa, Australia, Europe, Brazil, and South America. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Mission Woods, Kansas.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	23.63
Volume	141093
Volume Avg	125732
52 Week High	38.00
52 Week Low	20.54
PE	11.67
PE (group average)	38
EPS Year	2.09
EPS change Q/Q	48.89%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	97.06%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	48.89%
EPS change Y/Y	-81.28%
REV change Q/Q	-1.62%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	15.91%
EPS next Q est	0.45
EPS next Y est	1.99
Divident Annual	0.00
Dividend Yield	0%