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Profile - Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug  9Dividend payment of $0.011
Location
1995 El Camino Real, Suite 200
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Phone: (408) 249-6345
Fax: (408) 615-7178
Email: sridhar.ramasubbu@wipro.com
Employees (last reported count): 11,321
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 ·Industry: Software & Programming
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 85%
·Institutional: 1% (6% of float)
(68 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 29.0K shares (+1.43%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Wipro Limited, incorporated in 1945 as Western India Vegetable Products Limited, was initially engaged in the manufacture of hydrogenated vegetable oil. Over the years, the Company has diversified into the areas of IT services, IT products and Consumer Care & Lighting Products. The Company provides research and development services and software solutions to companies worldwide. Wipro Limited is a major provider of IT services globally and leverages offshore development facilities located in India to offer these services. The Company also has a profitable presence in niche Indian market segments of consumer products and lighting.
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Financial Summary
Wipro Ltd. is a leading India based provider of IT services globally which provides high-end solutions to leading companies worldwide. For the three months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 18% to RS7.65 billion. Net income before acct. change rose 89% to RS1.89 billion. Revenues reflect an increase in Global IT services, Indian IT services and consumer care. Earnings also reflect increased billing rates and increased IT professional utilization rates.
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Officers
FY2000 Pay

Azim Premji, 54
Chairman, Managing Director
$502K
P. Pai, 57
Vice Chairman
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Vivek Paul, 41
Vice Chairman
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Suresh Senapaty, 43
Exec. VP-Fin.
--  
Dileep Ranjekar, 49
Exec. VP of HR
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Mar-2000 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 -- NYSE:WITAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 12-Apr-2001
$18.11 
Recent Price$32.54 
52-Week High
on 13-Dec-2000
$68.438
Daily Volume (3-month avg)69.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)26.0K
Stock Performance
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26-Week Change-30.0%
26-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-23.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$7.52B
Shares Outstanding231.1M
Float34.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$1.93 
Earnings (ttm)$0.67 
Earnings (mrq)$0.17 
Sales (ttm)$2.97 
Cash (mrq)$0.44 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)16.88 
Price/Earnings (ttm)48.35 
Price/Sales (ttm)10.97 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$687.5M
EBITDA (ttm)$170.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$155.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)22.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)24.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)34.92%
Return on Equity (ttm)49.82%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.90 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.02 
Total Cash (mrq)$101.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short568.0K
Percent of Float1.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
290.0K
Short Ratio5.62 
Daily Volume101.0K
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);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 47.12 Rupee/Dollar

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