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Profile - Asia Satellite Telecomm. (NYSE:SAT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 24Earnings Announcement
Aug 29Price hit new 52-week low ($14.05)
Upcoming Events
Nov 28Dividend payment of $0.072
Location
23 Floor, East Exchange Tower
38-40 Leighton Road, Hong Kong
Phone: (617) 575-4328
Email: mailto:as-mkt@asiasat.com
Employees (last reported count): 75
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 70%
·Institutional: 5% (17% of float)
(26 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 60.0K shares (+2.91%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Asia Satellite Telecommunications is a provider of satellite transponder capacity in Asia. The Company operates its business through its wholly owned subsidiary, AsiaSat. The Company currently operates two satellites: AsiaSat 2 and AsiaSat 3S. The Company's satellites provide 15 coverage to more than 50 countries, with approximately 3.3 billion people, from Siberia to Australia and from Japan to the Middle East. The Company provides transponder capacity primarily to the broadcasting, telecommunications (including private communication networks), Internet and multimedia markets. AsiaSat has entered into separate transponder utilization agreements with nearly 100 customers from various countries and regions
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Financial Summary
SAT provides satellite transponder capacity in Asia primarily to the broadcasting and telecommunications markets, including the private communications network market. For the fiscal year ended 12/31/00, revenues rose 24% to HK$997.4 million. Net income after U.S. GAAP adj. rose 54% to HK$568.1 million. Results reflect increased demand for C-band capacity on AsiaSat 3S at the popular orbital slot, lower provision for doubtful debts and a HK$10 million bad debts recovery.
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Officers

Position
Xiao Qin, 51Chairman
Peter Jackson, 51CEO
William Wade, 43Director and Deputy CEO
Denis Lau, 60Sec. and Gen. Manger, Fin. and Admin.
Liqun Chen, 49Gen. Mang., China
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:SATAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Aug-2001
$14.05 
Recent Price$14.45 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$32.375
Beta1.43 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)3,909 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-54.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-39.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$563.9M
Shares Outstanding39.0M
Float11.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book ValueN/A 
Earnings (ttm)$1.89 
Earnings (mrq)$0.95 
Sales (ttm)$3.27 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/Earnings (ttm)7.65 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.42 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$127.9M
EBITDA (ttm)$89.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$73.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)57.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)69.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Dec-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on AssetsN/A 
Return on EquityN/A 
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total CashN/A 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
8,000 
Daily Volume3,000 
ADR Information
Shares/ADR10
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Dec-2000);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 7.8 Hong Kong Dollars/US Dollar

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