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Profile - Pohang Iron & Steel Co. (NYSE:PKX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
POSCO Center, 892 Daechi-4-dong
Seoul, South Korea
Phone: (212) 815-2218
Fax: (212) 571-3050
Email: webadmin@smail.posco.co.kr
Employees (last reported count): 17,383
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Iron & Steel
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 16%
·Institutional: 22% (26% of float)
(318 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 418.0K shares (+0.58%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Pohang Iron & Steel Co. is a steel producer with more than 26.5 million tons of crude steel and stainless steel produced in 1999. The Company is the largest and only fully integrated steel producer in Korea. It manufactures and sells a broad line of steel products, including hot-rolled and cold-rolled products, plates, wire rods, silicon steel sheets and stainless steel products. Other products include lower value-added semi-finished products such as pig iron, billets, blooms and slabs. Pohang sells primarily to the Korean market, with Korean sales accounting for 67.8% of its total sales volume in 1999. The Company's exports in 1999 accounted for 32.2% of its total steel sales volume, compared to 35% in 1998. The Company's major export market is Asia, with Japan accounting for 25%, China 21.6% and the rest of Asia 22.3% of its total steel export sales volume in 1999.
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Financial Summary
Pohang Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. is the only fully integrated steel producer in Korea. PKX manufactures and sells a broad line of steel products in the domestic and overseas markets, including hot and cold-rolled and stainless steel products. For the three months ended 3/31/01 revenues fell 6% to W2.75T. Net income fell 87% to W171.62 billion. Results reflect decreased demand for the Company's products, and lower extraordinary income.
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Officers

Position
Ku Taek LeePres
Soo Yang HanExec. VP
Chang Oh KangExec. VP
Yong Woon KimSr. Exec. VP
Moon Soo ParkSr. Exec. VP
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:PKXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 23-Oct-2000
$13.875
Recent Price$17.41 
52-Week High
on 21-May-2001
$23.05 
Beta1.31 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)280.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)138.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-18.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+9.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$5.68B
Shares Outstanding326.3M
Float274.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$22.13 
Earnings (ttm)$1.17 
Earnings (mrq)$0.41 
Sales (ttm)$31.97 
Cash (mrq)$4.52 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.79 
Price/Earnings (ttm)14.93 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.55 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$10.6B
EBITDA (ttm)$1.63B
Income available to common (ttm)$382.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)3.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)15.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.70%
Return on Equity (ttm)5.06%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.50 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.59 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.47B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short300.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
571.0K
Short Ratio0.95 
Daily Volume317.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR0.25
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 31-Mar-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1279.5 Won/Dollar

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