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Profile - Frontline Ltd. (FRO)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 15Earnings Announcement
Upcoming Events
Sep 12Dividend payment of $0.38
Location
PO BOX HM 1593, Mercury House
Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda
Phone: (212) 815-2218
Fax: (212) 571-3050
Email: frontline@front.bm
Employees (last reported count): 26
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 ·Sector: Transportation
 ·Industry: Water Transportation
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 45%
·Institutional: 9% (16% of float)
(41 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.65M shares (+19.80%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Frontline Ltd. is a shipping company engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of oil tankers. Frontline is engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of oil tankers, including oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. The Company operates tankers of two sizes: very large crude carriers (VLCCs) which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight tons (dwt), and Suezmaxes, which are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 dwt. In addition, through a corporate acquisition completed in October 2000, the Company owns a fleet of dry bulk carriers that includes Capesize, Panamax and Handymax size bulkers. The Company operates through subsidiaries and partnerships located in Bermuda, Liberia, Norway, Panama, Singapore and Sweden. The Company is also involved in the charter, purchase and sale of vessels.
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Financial Summary
Frontline Ltd. is a holding company for investments in a number of subsidiaries engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of oil tankers and oil/bulk/ore carriers. FRO is also involved in the charter and purchase of vessels. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose from $178.1 million to $417.3 million. Net income rose from $35.7 million to $265.5 million. Revenues reflect a strong tanker market. Earnings also benefitted from foreign currency exchange gains.
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Officers

Position
John Fredriksen, 56Chairman, Pres and CEO
Ola Lorentzon, 50Managing Director of Frontline Management
Tor Olav Troim, 37VP
Kate Blankenship, 35CAO and Sec.
Tom Jebsen, 42CFO of Frontline Management
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Statistics at a Glance -- FROAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Dec-2000
$11.375
Recent Price$13.90 
52-Week High
on 21-May-2001
$24.50 
Beta-0.23 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)111.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)35.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-17.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+10.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.07B
Shares Outstanding76.9M
Float42.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$15.31 
Earnings (ttm)$6.95 
Earnings (mrq)$1.40 
Sales (ttm)$11.98 
Cash (mrq)$1.78 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.91 
Price/Earnings (ttm)2.00 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.16 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$936.5M
EBITDA (ttm)$696.6M
Income available to common (ttm)$543.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)58.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)62.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)21.10%
Return on Equity (ttm)54.50%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.80 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.39 
Total Cash (mrq)$136.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short69.0K
Percent of Float0.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
98.0K
Short Ratio2.03 
Daily Volume34.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR1
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 30-June-2001)

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