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Profile - Business Objects S.A. (NasdaqNM:BOBJ)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
157/159 Rue Anatole
Levallois-Perret 92300, France
Phone: (408) 953-6000
Fax: (408) 953-6001
Email: don.markley@businessobjects.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,888
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 ·Industry: Software & Programming
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 5%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 6 insider sells; 138.0K shares
  (4.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 13% (14% of float)
(167 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2.00M shares (+33.52%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Business Objects S.A. Objects is a provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Business intelligence lets organizations access, analyze and share information internally and externally. It helps organizations improve operational efficiency, build profitable customer relationships, and develop differentiated product offerings. The Ccompany's products include Business Objects 2000, an integrated business intelligence toolset and platform; and BusinessObjects Analytics, an integrated suite of enterprise analytic applications. In 1990, the Company invented a patented "semantic layer" that insulates users from the complexity of databases. In 1995, the Company focused on enterprise-scale BI deployments and now supports customers with more than 20,000 users. The Company moved to the Internet in 1997 by pioneering the market for BI extranets. In 2000, the company delivered an interactive mobile BI solution. Business Objects has more than 13,000 customers in over 80 countries.
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Financial Summary
Business Objects S.A. develops, markets, and supports integrated enterprise decision support software tools which allow non-technical end-users to access, report and analyze information in relational databases. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 27% to $199.8 million. Net income rose 33% to $21.5 million. Revenues reflect increased license sales of WebIntelligence, BusinessObjects and related software products. Earnings also reflect increased interest income.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Bernard Liautaud, 38
Chairman, CEO
$740K--  
John Olsen, 49
Pres, COO, Director
--  --  
Clifton Weatherford, 54
Sr. Group Vice-Pres and CFO
402K$6.9M
David Kellogg, 38
Sr. Group VP of Marketing
306K4.9M
John Powell, 44
Sr. Group VP of Worldwide Operations
333K4.7M
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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:BOBJAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 11-July-2001
$20.03 
Recent Price$25.07 
52-Week High
on 2-Oct-2000
$79.042
Beta1.54 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)746.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)519.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-65.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-54.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.54B
Shares Outstanding61.4M
Float58.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 12-Mar-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.69 
Earnings (ttm)$0.74 
Earnings (mrq)$0.17 
Sales (ttm)$6.04 
Cash (mrq)$3.33 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)6.80 
Price/Earnings (ttm)33.97 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.15 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$391.6M
EBITDA (ttm)$82.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$47.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)12.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)17.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)13.75%
Return on Equity (ttm)23.46%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.20 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.01 
Total Cash (mrq)$202.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.75M
Percent of Float3.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.42M
Short Ratio2.76 
Daily Volume633.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR1
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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