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Profile - Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. (NasdaqNM:FMTI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
750 West Pender Street, Suite 200
Vancouver, Canada
Phone: (604) 689-5899
Fax: (604) 689-7641
Email: mlivingston@forbesmedi.com
Employees (last reported count): 42
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 ·Sector: Healthcare
 ·Industry: Biotechnology & Drugs
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 7%
·Institutional: 9% (9% of float)
(10 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 76.0K shares (+4.02%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. is a diversified health sciences company dedicated to the research, development and commercialization of innovative nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products derived from nature. By extracting plant sterols from pulping by-products, Forbes is developing cholesterol-lowering agents to be used both as functional food ingredients and pharmaceutical therapeutics against heart disease. Forbes is also developing fermentation technology that converts plant sterols into pharmaceutical fine chemicals, essential in the production of various pharmaceutical steroids, such as contraceptive agents and anti-inflammatories.
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Financial Summary
Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. is a health sciences company dedicated to the research, development and commercialization of nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products derived from nature, currently developing cholesterol-lowering agents. For the nine months ended 4/30/01, total revenue totaled C$4.4 million, up from C$1.8 million. Net loss totaled C$17.1 million, up from C$7.8 million. Results reflect initial product sales, offset by increased R&D expenses and a C$2.7 million write-down.
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Officers

Position
Tazdin EsmailChairman, CEO
Charles ButtPres, Director
Don MacDonaldCFO, Sr. VP
Jack MillerExec. VP, Director
Egon Novak, M.D., Ph.D.Sr. VP - Discovery, Director
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:FMTIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-May-2001
$1.45 
Recent Price$1.78 
52-Week High
on 6-Sep-2000
$5.25 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)9,636 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)5,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-62.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-49.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$37.8M
Shares Outstanding21.2M
Float19.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$1.05 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.60 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.10 
Sales (ttm)$0.26 
Cash (mrq)$0.81 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.70 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)6.75 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$5.14M
EBITDA (ttm)-$11.1M
Income available to common (ttm)-$11.8M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJuly 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-34.98%
Return on Equity (ttm)-47.38%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)9.04 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.05 
Total Cash (mrq)$17.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3,000 
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1,000 
Short Ratio0.19 
Daily Volume16.0K
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