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Upcoming Events Oct 15 Live call at 10:00 am ET: Norsk Hydro ASA Earnings (Q3) Location Bygdoy alle 2 N-0240, Oslo, Norway Phone: (212) 688-6606 Fax: (212) 750-1252 Email: ir@hydro.com Employees (last reported count): 39,552 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade History  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov Competitors:  ·Sector: Energy  ·Industry: Oil & Gas - Integrated Company Websites  ·Home Page  ·Yahoo! Category  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 52% · Institutional: 6% (13% of float) (84 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 1.31M shares (+7.55%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary Norsk Hydro ASA (Hydro or the Group) was organized to utilize Norway's large hydroelectric energy resources for the industrial production of nitrogen fertilizers. Hydro's core areas are Oil and Energy, Light Metals and Agriculture. Hydro is also engaged in other activities, including fish-farming operations, industrial insurance (through the Group's wholly owned captive insurance company) and pharmaceuticals (through Pronova AS, a wholly owned Norwegian subsidiary). Other activities include Technology and Projects, the Group's main engineering unit. Corporate includes, among other things, Hydro Data, a provider of information technology services to Hydro's operating units; Hydro Finance, the Group's central financing and treasury unit, and the corporate research centers. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary NHY operates in four segments: Agriculture (fertilizers and related products); Oil and Gas (explores, develops, and markets oil and gas); Light Metals (produces aluminum and magnesium); and Petrochemicals. NHY also has interests in Hydro Seafood's, Pronova and casualty insurance. For six months ended 6/01, revenues rose 6% to NOK82.08 billion. Net income rose 4% to NOK5.42 billion. Results reflect higher oil and gas prices, partially offset by $865 million in write offs. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers Position Egil Myklebust Chairman, Pres Liev Nergaard Exec. VP and CFO Thorleif Enger Exec. VP Eivind Reiten Exec. VP Tore Torvund Exec. VP More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Price and Volume 52-Week Low on 30-Oct-2000 $38.375 Recent Price $43.50  52-Week High on 6-Feb-2001 $44.90  Beta 0.68  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 23.4K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 10.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change -0.6% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +33.4% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $11.2B Shares Outstanding 257.0M Float 123.4M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend none  Last Split: 2 for 1 on 4-Oct-1988	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $31.92  Earnings (ttm) $6.14  Earnings (mrq) $0.95  Sales (ttm) $70.02  Cash (mrq) $11.19  Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 1.36  Price/Earnings (ttm) 7.08  Price/Sales (ttm) 0.62  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $18.2B EBITDA (ttm) $4.54B Income available to common (ttm) $1.60B Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 8.6% Operating Margin (ttm) 17.5% Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends Dec 31 Most recent quarter 30-June-2001	Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 7.16% Return on Equity (ttm) 20.32% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 1.90  Debt/Equity (mrq) 0.71  Total Cash (mrq) $2.87B Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 86.0K Percent of Float 0.1% Shares Short (Prior Month) 127.0K Short Ratio 5.38  Daily Volume 16.0K ADR Information Shares/ADR 1
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 8.85 Norwegian Krone/Dollar

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