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Profile - United Utilities PLC (NYSE:UU)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
Birchwood Point Business Park
Birchwood Boulevard, Birchwood
Warrington, UK
Phone: (212) 495-1784
Email: info@uuplc.co.uk
Employees (last reported count): 11,052
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 2%
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(6 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 773.0K shares (+45.87%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
United Utilities PLC manages and operates its own and others' electricity distribution, water and wastewater assets in the United Kingdom and overseas; manages customer relationships for its own and other businesses, and provides voice and data telecommunications services to the business customer market. The Company announced in March 2000 its intention to sell the energy supply business. The Company performs these functions through its divisions of North West Water, Norweb Distribution, Norweb Energi, Norweb Telecom, Vertex and United Utilities International.
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Financial Summary
UU is the holding company of a multi-utility business in the U.K. The Company is organized into six operating businesses: water and wastewater, eletricity/gas, electricity distribution, telecommunications, business process outsourcing, and int'l operations. For the fiscal year ended 3/31/01, revenues fell 28% to L1.70 billion. Net income according to U.S. GAAP fell 53% to L197.8 million. Results reflect regulatory price and volume reductions, and the U.S. GAAP adjustments.
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Officers

Position
Richard Evans, 56Chairman
Derek Green, 59CEO
Peter Middleton, 65Vice Chairman
Harry Croft, 57Managing Director, Norht Wesr Water
Tom Drury, 37Managing Director, Vertex
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:UUAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 19-Mar-2001
$16.85 
Recent Price$18.64 
52-Week High
on 22-Nov-2000
$21.125
Beta0.16 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)2,227 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-2.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+30.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$5.15B
Shares Outstanding276.5M
Float270.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$14.88 
Earnings (ttm)$2.24 
Earnings (mrq)$0.62 
Sales (ttm)$8.92 
Cash (mrq)$2.40 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.25 
Price/Earnings (ttm)8.32 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.09 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.47B
EBITDA (ttm)$747.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$619.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)25.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)30.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.99%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.62%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.59 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$663.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short37.0K
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
35.0K
Short Ratio18.50 
Daily Volume2,000 
ADR Information
Shares/ADR2
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