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Profile - Synthetech, Inc. (NasdaqNM:NZYM)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1290 Industrial Way
Albany, OR 97321
Phone: (541) 967-6575
Fax: (541) 967-9424
Email: investor@synthetech.com
Employees (last reported count): 55
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 29%
·Institutional: 20% (29% of float)
(15 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 6,000  shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Synthetech, Inc. produces chemically modified naturally occurring and synthetic amino acids which it refers to as "Peptide Building Blocks" (PBBs). Synthetech's PBBs are used in peptide, peptidomimetic small molecule and other drugs under development and on the market for the treatment of AIDS, cancer, cardiovascular and other diseases. The Company also is manufacturing PBBs for use in a cosmeceutical, a cosmetic product that makes no therapeutic claims but being intended for human use is regulated by the FDA for human safety.
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Financial Summary
NZYM specializes in developing and producing Peptide Building Blocks (PBBs), which are chemically modified forms of natural amino acids and synthetic non-natural amino acids using a combination of organic chemistry and biocatalysis. For the three months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 14% to $2.3 million. Net loss totalled $327 thousand vs. an income of $354 thousand. Results reflect reduced revenue from large-scale orders and lower gross margins.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Pay

Paul Ahrens, 49
Chairman
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M. Sreenivasan, 52
Pres, CEO
$214K
Charles Williams, 54
CFO, VP of Fin. and Admin., Sec., Treasurer, Directo
124K
Michael Cannarsa, Ph.D., 44
Director of Bus. Devel.
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Joel Melka, 46
Director of Manufacturing
108K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Mar-2001 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:NZYMAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 21-Dec-2000
$1.50 
Recent Price$2.11 
52-Week High
on 6-Sep-2000
$3.719
Beta0.26 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)9,182 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)17.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-24.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+1.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$30.1M
Shares Outstanding14.3M
Float10.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$1.68 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.10 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.02 
Sales (ttm)$0.49 
Cash (mrq)$0.27 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.26 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.32 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$6.98M
EBITDA (ttm)-$306.0K
Income available to common (ttm)-$1.48M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-21.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)-40.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-5.69%
Return on Equity (ttm)-6.00%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)17.81 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.01 
Total Cash (mrq)$3.85M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short40.0K
Percent of Float0.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
41.0K
Short Ratio6.67 
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-June-2001)

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