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Profile - Symyx Technologies Inc. (NasdaqNM:SMMX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
3100 Central Expressway
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone: (408) 764-2000
Fax: (408) 748-0745
Email: jhilleman@symyx.com
Employees (last reported count): 193
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 26%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 6 insider sells; 118.0K shares
  (1.5% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 56% (76% of float)
(225 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.10M shares (+10.91%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Symyx Technologies Inc. is a pioneer of high-speed technologies for the discovery of new materials. The Company's proprietary technologies, including instruments, software and methods, represent complete processes designed to cost-effectively accelerate and change materials discovery. The Company is able to generate hundreds to thousands of materials at a time, and screen those materials rapidly and automatically for desired properties. The Company is applying its technology to discover materials for industrial customers in the life sciences, chemicals and electronic industries. The Company's discovery efforts include x-ray storage phosphors for mammography, polymers to speed DNA separation, thermoelectric materials for cooling computers and telecommunications equipment, polymers for personal care applications, lighting phosphors, battery materials, catalysts for the manufacture of pharmaceutical intermediates, commodity chemicals, plastics and rubbers.
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Financial Summary
Symyx Technologies, Inc. pioneers high-speed technologies for the discovery of new materials. These materials contribute to many everyday products. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 27% to $29.4 million. Net income totalled $1.9 million, up from $699 thousand. Revenues reflect the introduction of the Discovery Tools business and new research collaborations. Earnings also reflect a reduction in deferred compensation expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Steven Goldby, 60
Chairman and CEO
$316K
Isy Goldwasser, 30
Pres and COO
258K
Jeryl Hilleman, 43
CFO, Sr. VP
242K
W. Henry Weinberg, Ph.D., 56
Sr. VP and CTO
353K
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 -- NasdaqNM:SMMXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 3-Apr-2001
$11.75 
Recent Price$17.80 
52-Week High
on 27-Oct-2000
$50.438
Daily Volume (3-month avg)143.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)150.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-53.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-37.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$542.2M
Shares Outstanding30.5M
Float22.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$4.23 
Earnings (ttm)$0.01 
Earnings (mrq)$0.06 
Sales (ttm)$1.65 
Cash (mrq)$1.81 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.21 
Price/Earnings (ttm)3,560.00 
Price/Sales (ttm)10.82 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$49.6M
EBITDA (ttm)$2.28M
Income available to common (ttm)$266.0K
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)0.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)-11.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.18%
Return on Equity (ttm)0.21%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.98 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.04 
Total Cash (mrq)$55.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short360.0K
Percent of Float1.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
388.0K
Short Ratio3.40 
Daily Volume106.0K
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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