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Profile - Italy Fund Inc. (NYSE:ITA)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 23Price hit new 52-week low ($7.64)
Location
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 816-4605
Fax: (212) 816-6842
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Misc. Financial Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 54%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 908.0K shares
  (19.8% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 25% (55% of float)
(17 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 229.0K shares (+15.47%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The Italy Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. As of May 17, 2000, net assets of the Fund were $168.6 million and its NAV per share was $20.94 based on 8.1 million shares outstanding. At April 30, 2000, the Fund had investments in the following sectors: utilities, automotive, banking, construction, consumer cyclical textiles, consumer staples (food), consumer staples (retail), energy exploration, energy (international), engineering, insurance, miscellaneous, media group, telecommunications (telephone), and telecommunications (wireless).
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Financial Summary
The Italy Fund Inc. is a closed-end, diversified investment company for U.S. and other investors wanting to participate in the Italian economy. For the three months ended 4/30/01, investment income totalled $92 thousand. Net investment loss totalled $209 thousand. Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations totalled $11.4 million. Net gain on investments and foreign currencies totalled $3.6 million. Net asset value per share totalled $11.05.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]

Position
Heath McLendon, 66Chairman and Investment Officer
Mario D'Urso, 59Pres, Director
Lewis Daidone, 42Sr. VP and Treasurer
Rein Van der Does, 60VP and Investment Officer
Christina Sydor, 49Sec.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ITAAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 23-July-2001
$7.64 
Recent Price$7.79 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$18.688
Beta0.86 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)7,909 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)3,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-58.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-43.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$52.7M
Shares Outstanding6.77M
Float3.10M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$11.05 
Earnings (ttm)$0.03 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.03 
Sales (ttm)$0.30 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.70 
Price/Earnings (ttm)288.52 
Price/Sales (ttm)26.12 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.12M
EBITDA (ttm)$392.0K
Income available to common (ttm)$392.0K
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)18.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)18.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJan 31
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.24%
Return on Equity (ttm)0.32%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total CashN/A 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short10.0K
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
12.0K
Short Ratio1.67 
Daily Volume6,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-Apr-2001)

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