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Profile - Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
6, Kanda-Surugadai 4-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8010
Japan, Japan
Phone: (650) 244-7900
Fax: (650) 244-7920
Email: webmaster@hitachi.co.jp
Employees (last reported count): 337,911
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 3% (3% of float)
(120 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 521.0K shares (+5.00%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Hitachi, Ltd. is Japan's largest diversified manufacturer of electronic and electrical products. The Company divides its operations into five segments: Information Systems & Electronics, Power & Industrial Systems, Consumer Products, Materials, and Services & Other. The Information Systems & Electronics segment manufactures and sells computers, semiconductors, communications equipment, display tubes, and liquid crystal displays. The Power & Industrial Systems segment manufactures and sells power plants, industrial machinery, transpiration equipment, construction machinery and other products for power utilities and industry. The Consumer Products segment manufactures and sells products in two main categories: home appliances and consumer electronics. The Materials segment includes fabricated chemical and metal products supplied as parts or materials to downstream manufacturers of mainly electric and electronic products.
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Financial Summary
Hitachi Ltd., a global electronics company, oparetes in information systems and electronics (computers, software), power/industrial systems (power plants), consumer products (appliances), materials (synthetic resin, ceramic) and other services industries. For the fiscal year ended 3/01, total revenues rose 5% to Y8.417T. Net income totalled Y104.38 billion, up from Y16.92 billion. Results reflect improvements in the semiconductor and liquid crystal display (LCD) operations.
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Officers

Position
Tsutomu KanaiChairman
Etsuhiko ShoyamaPres
Hiroshi KuwaharaVice Chairman
Takashi KawamuraExec. VP, and Gen. Mang., Quality Assurance Division
Yoshiro KuwataExec. VP, Gen. Mang., Corp. Export Regulation Division
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:HITAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 14-Mar-2001
$73.55 
Recent Price$80.05 
52-Week High
on 14-Sep-2000
$123.375
Beta1.01 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)40.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)38.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-32.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-9.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$26.7B
Shares Outstanding333.8M
Float330.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$72.17 
Earnings (ttm)$2.55 
Earnings (mrq)$1.05 
Sales (ttm)$205.81 
Cash (mrq)$61.51 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.11 
Price/Earnings (ttm)31.39 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.39 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$70.9B
EBITDA (ttm)$7.14B
Income available to common (ttm)$878.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.48%
Return on Equity (ttm)3.53%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.48 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.22 
Total Cash (mrq)$20.5B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short202.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
140.0K
Short Ratio4.30 
Daily Volume47.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR10
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 31-Mar-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 118.8 Yen/Dollar

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