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Profile - Metrogas S.A. (NYSE:MGS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 10Earnings Announcement
Location
G. Araoz de Lamadrid 1360
1267 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phone: (800) 422-2066
Fax: (201) 262-2541
Email: info@metrogas.com.ar
Employees (last reported count): 1,011
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 ·Industry: Natural Gas Utilities
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 80%
·Institutional: 1% (4% of float)
(8 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 382.0K shares (+47.87%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Metrogas S.A. is a natural gas distribution company in Argentina that has almost 1.9 million customers in its service area (the Federal Capital and southern and eastern greater metropolitan Buenos Aires), a densely populated area with major dual-fuel electric power plants and industrial and commercial users of natural gas. Metrogas is one of eight natural gas distribution companies formed in connection with the privatization of Gas del Estado and commenced commercial operations in December 1992.
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Financial Summary
Metrogas S.A. is a natural gas distribution company in Argentina, with approximately 21.8% of total deliveries of all gas distribution companies. For the three months ended 3/31/01, revenues decreased 16% to P$118.4 million. Net loss rose 36% to P$3.2 million. Revenues reflect decreased sales of gas, transportation and distribution services to power plants and lower sales of processed natural gas. Higher loss also reflects increased transportation costs.
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Officers

Position
Alberto Alfredo AlvarezPres
William Harvey AdamsonFirst VP, Gen. Director
Enrique BarrutiHR Director
Fernando AceiroNew Bus. Director
Luis DomenechAdmin. and Fin. Director
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:MGSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 11-July-2001
$6.00 
Recent Price$6.60 
52-Week High
on 2-Nov-2000
$9.688
Beta0.50 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,136 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-25.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-0.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$375.7M
Shares Outstanding56.9M
Float11.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$10.48 
Earnings (ttm)$0.82 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.06 
Sales (ttm)$12.22 
Cash (mrq)$0.19 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.63 
Price/Earnings (ttm)8.05 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.54 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$695.5M
EBITDA (ttm)$105.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$47.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)6.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)15.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.40%
Return on Equity (ttm)7.79%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.55 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.60 
Total Cash (mrq)$10.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume10.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR10
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-Mar-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.0 Argentine Peso/Dollar

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