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Profile - Quilmes Industrial S.A. (NYSE:LQU)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 15Earnings Announcement
Aug  7Dividend payment of $0.59
Location
84 Grand-Rue, L-1660
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Phone: (212) 396-0606
Fax: (212) 396-9025
Employees (last reported count): 5,000
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Beverages (Alcoholic)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 33%
·Institutional: 18% (27% of float)
(71 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 667.0K shares (+7.42%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Quilmes Industrial S.A. (Quinsa) is a Luxembourg-based holding company, which controls 85% of Quilmes International (Bermuda) Ltd., (QIB), which is a beer producer in the southern cone markets of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. The remaining 15% share is owned, since 1984, by Heineken International Beheer B.V. Quinsa, through QIB, controls beverage and malting businesses in the southern cone markets. The Company's beer brands are market leaders in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay and have a strong presence in Chile. The Company also owns a controlling interest in the two largest PepsiCo bottlers in Argentina.
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Financial Summary
Quilmes Industrial S.A. is the largest beer producer in Argentina and in the combined Southern Cone markets of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. LQU also bottles and distributes soft drink products. For the three months ended 3/31/01, net sales rose 4% to $301.2 million. Net income fell 10% to $21.6 million. Results reflect acquisitions and higher beer volumes in Bolivia and Argentina, offset by higher interest and other expenses.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 172,900; after tax earnings were 600. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers

Position
Jacques-Louis De MontalembertChairman
Carlos OlivieriCFO
Agustin Garcia MansillaCEO, CMG
Gerardo Garcia GorostidiGroup Treasurer
William EngelsGroup Controller
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:LQUAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 24-Oct-2000
$12.25 
Recent Price$14.59 
52-Week High
on 19-Jan-2001
$24.376
Beta0.96 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)52.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)10.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-34.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-11.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$777.4M
Shares Outstanding53.3M
Float35.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 10 for 1 on 11-June-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$12.80 
Earnings (ttm)$1.23 
Earnings (mrq)$0.01 
Sales (ttm)$17.78 
Cash (mrq*)$1.86 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.14 
Price/Earnings (ttm)11.82 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.82 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$948.9M
EBITDA (ttm*)$137.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$67.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)9.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)14.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.04%
Return on Equity (ttm)10.52%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.70 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.47 
Total Cash (mrq)$112.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short23.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
22.0K
Short Ratio0.54 
Daily Volume43.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR2
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 31-Mar-2001)

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