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Profile - NSTAR (NYSE:NST)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 27Price hit new 52-week high ($44.91)
Aug  1Dividend payment of $0.515
Location
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199
Phone: (617) 424-2000
Fax: (617) 424-4032
Email: ir@nstaronline.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,300
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 ·Sector: Utilities
 ·Industry: Electric Utilities
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 39% (39% of float)
(326 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.35M shares (+6.12%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
NSTAR is a holding company that was formed in August 1999 through a merger of BEC Energy and Commonwealth Energy System. The Company, headquartered in Boston, provides regulated electric and gas utility services and is also engaged in telecommunications and other non-regulated activities. NSTAR, through its subsidiaries, Boston Edison Company, Cambridge Electric Light Company, Commonwealth Electric Company and Commonwealth Gas Company, serves approximately 1.3 million customers throughout Massachusetts, including approximately 1,040,000 electric customers in 81 communities and 240,000 in 51communities.
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Financial Summary
NSTAR, a holding company, provides regulated electric and gas utility services and is also engaged in telecommunications and other non-regulated activities. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 24% to $1.6 billion. Net loss applicable to Common totalled $97.5 million vs. income of $67 million. Results reflect increased retail electric revenues from COM/Energy and kilowatt hour sales, offset by a $173.9 million charge for investment write-down.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Thomas May, 53
Chairman, CEO, Trustee
$2.2M
Russell Wright, 54
Pres, COO, Trustee
1.2M
James Judge, 44
CFO, Sr. VP, Treasurer
488K
Kevin Bryant, 40
Trustee
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Sheldon Buckler, 69
Trustee
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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 -- NYSE:NSTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 16-Jan-2001
$33.938
Recent Price$44.56 
52-Week High
on 27-Aug-2001
$44.91 
Beta0.10 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)95.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)81.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+5.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+41.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.36B
Shares Outstanding53.0M
Float52.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$2.06 
Dividend Yield4.62%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-Oct-1986
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$23.30 
Earnings (ttm)$0.17 
Earnings (mrq)$0.68 
Sales (ttm)$56.42 
Cash (mrq)$0.15 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.91 
Price/Earnings (ttm)256.09 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.79 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$3.01B
EBITDA (ttm)$754.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$10.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)0.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)17.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.30%
Return on Equity (ttm)0.81%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.61 
Debt/Equity (mrq)2.11 
Total Cash (mrq)$7.75M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.05M
Percent of Float2.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.60M
Short Ratio10.53 
Daily Volume100.0K
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)

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