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Profile - EXFO Electro-Optical Eng. (NasdaqNM:EXFO)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Price hit new 52-week low ($11.50)
Location
465 Godin Avenue
Quebec G1M 3G7, Canada
Phone: (418) 683-0211
Fax: (418) 683-2170
Email: ir@exfo.com
Employees (last reported count): 671
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 ·Industry: Scientific & Technical Instr.
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 82%
·Institutional: 19% (103% of float)
(118 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.29M shares (+20.64%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. designs, manufactures and markets fiber-optic test, measurement and monitoring equipment and instruments for the telecommunications industry. The Company develops products mainly for two markets. The Portable and Monitoring Division provides solutions primarily to telecommunications carriers, cable television companies, public utilities, and private network operators, as well as third-party installers and equipment rental companies. The Industrial and Scientific Division designs an extensive line of more sophisticated and higher performance instruments for manufacturers of optical components, value-added optical modules and optical networking systems, as well as for research and development markets.
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Financial Summary
EXFO is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of fiber-optic test, measurement and monitoring instruments for the telecommunications industry. For the nine months ended 5/31/01, sales totaled $110.6 million, up from $48.5 million. Net loss totaled $1.1 million vs. an income of $6.5 million. Revenues reflect increased demand for Industrial and Scientific products. Net loss reflects the inclusion of an increased amortization of goodwill charge ($18.6 million, up from $171 thousand).
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Germain Lamonde, 41
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$198K
Pierre Plamondon, 42
CFO, VP-Fin.
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Mario Larose, 46
VP of Marketing
26K
Jean-Francois Boulet, 44
VP of HR
51K
Bruce Bonini, 43
VP, North American Sales
330K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Aug-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 -- NasdaqNM:EXFOAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Aug-2001
$11.50 
Recent Price$12.05 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$63.00 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)320.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)165.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-79.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-72.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$563.4M
Shares Outstanding46.8M
Float8.60M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$9.19 
Earnings (ttm)$0.09 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.15 
Sales (ttm)$2.69 
Cash (mrq)$1.62 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.31 
Price/Earnings (ttm)138.51 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.49 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$133.7M
EBITDA (ttm)$31.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$2.36M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsAug 31
Most recent quarter31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.88%
Return on Equity (ttm)0.97%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)5.83 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.00 
Total Cash (mrq)$75.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.60M
Percent of Float30.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3.00M
Short Ratio14.84 
Daily Volume175.0K
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-May-2001)

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