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Profile - Cognos Incorporated (NasdaqNM:COGN)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 22Price hit new 52-week low ($13.71)
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Location
3755 Riverside Drive
P.O. Box 9707, Station T
Ottawa K1G 4K9, Canada
Phone: (613) 738-1440
Fax: (613) 738-0002
Email: investor.relations@cognos.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,704
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 ·Industry: Software & Programming
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 14%
·Institutional: 40% (46% of float)
(136 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.25M shares (+5.99%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Cognos Incorporated is a global provider of business intelligence software solutions. The Company develops, markets, and supports an integrated business intelligence platform that allows its customers, as well as their partners, customers, and suppliers, to analyze and report data from multiple perspectives and to coordinate decision-making and actions across the extended enterprise through intranets, extranets, and the Internet. The Company's software is designed to provide its customers with the ability to effectively use data to make faster, more informed decisions in order to improve operational effectiveness, increase customer satisfaction, accelerate corporate response times, and, ultimately, increase revenues and profits.
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Financial Summary
Cognos Incorporated is a leading vendor of enterprise business intelligence solutions for e-business. For the three months ended 5/31/01, total revenue decreased 1% to $108 million. Net loss totalled $11.1 million vs. an income of $12 million. Revenues reflect unfavorable economic conditions in the United States. Net loss reflects the inclusion of a $12.8 million business restructuring charge and an increase in staffing and related compensation expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Compensation
PayExer

James Tory, 71
Chairman
--  --  
Renato Zambonini, 54
Pres, CEO
$692K--  
Tom Manley
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin. and Admin.
--  --  
Terry Hall, 52
COO; Sr. VP, Operations
652K$2.7M
Robert Ashe, 42
Sr. VP and Chief Corp. officer
280K2.2M
Dollar amounts are as of 28-Feb-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:COGNAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Aug-2001
$13.71 
Recent Price$14.20 
52-Week High
on 6-Nov-2000
$48.00 
Beta1.41 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)178.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)147.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-67.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-56.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.26B
Shares Outstanding88.6M
Float76.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 28-Apr-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.21 
Earnings (ttm)$0.44 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.13 
Sales (ttm)$5.43 
Cash (mrq)$2.71 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.43 
Price/Earnings (ttm)32.13 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.61 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$495.0M
EBITDA (ttm)$76.6M
Income available to common (ttm)$41.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)8.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)9.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 28
Most recent quarter31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)9.28%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.34%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.17 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$239.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short666.0K
Percent of Float0.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
582.0K
Short Ratio5.84 
Daily Volume114.0K
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-May-2001)

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