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Profile - General Cable Corp. (NYSE:BGC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 24Dividend payment of $0.05
July 23Price hit new 52-week high ($19.24)
Location
4 Tesseneer Drive
Highland Heights, KY 41076
Phone: (859) 572-8000
Fax: (859) 572-8444
Email: info@generalcable.com
Employees (last reported count): 8,600
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 37%
·Institutional: 84% (134% of float)
(204 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.30M shares (+4.49%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
General Cable Corporation is engaged in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper, aluminum and fiber-optic wire and cable products for the communications, energy and electrical markets. Communications wire and cable transmit low-voltage signals for voice, data, video and control applications. Energy cables include low-, medium- and high-voltage power distribution and power transmission products. Electrical wire and cable products conduct electrical current for industrial, commercial and residential power and control applications. The Company manufactures and sells wire and cable products through its Communications Group, Electrical Group and Energy Group.
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Financial Summary
BGC engages in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products for the communications, energy and electrical markets. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales decreased 24% to $1.11 billion. Net income totaled $26.7 million vs. a loss of $13.3 million. Revenues reflect lower sales volume and selling prices of building wire and energy products. Net income reflects manufacturing cost reductions.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

John Welsh, III, 50
Chairman
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Gregory Kenny, 48
Pres, CEO, Director
$1.5M
Christopher Virgulak, 45
CFO, Exec. VP
755K
Robert Siverd, 52
Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel and Sec.
745K
Peter Olmsted
Sr. VP of HR
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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:BGCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Dec-2000
$4.188
Recent Price$15.14 
52-Week High
on 23-July-2001
$19.24 
Beta0.56 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)293.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)213.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+76.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+137.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$496.8M
Shares Outstanding32.8M
Float20.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.20 
Dividend Yield1.32%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 15-May-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$4.17 
Earnings (ttm)$0.42 
Earnings (mrq)$0.46 
Sales (ttm)$70.93 
Cash (mrq)$0.87 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)3.63 
Price/Earnings (ttm)36.05 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.21 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.35B
EBITDA (ttm)$140.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$13.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)0.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.01%
Return on Equity (ttm)10.32%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.43 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.35 
Total Cash (mrq)$28.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short516.0K
Percent of Float2.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
562.0K
Short Ratio1.87 
Daily Volume276.0K
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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