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Profile - Bowater Incorporated (NYSE:BOW)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
P.O. Box 1028, 55 East Camperdown Way
Greenville, SC 29602
Phone: (864) 271-7733
Fax: (864) 282-9482
Employees (last reported count): 6,400
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 ·Industry: Paper & Paper Products
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 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 33%
·Institutional: 95% (142% of float)
(470 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 3.04M shares (+5.97%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Bowater Incorporated is engaged in the manufacture, sale and distribution of newsprint, uncoated groundwood specialties, coated groundwood paper, market pulp, lumber and timber. The Company operates facilities in the United States, Canada and South Korea and, as of December 31, 1999, managed or possessed cutting rights for approximately 16 million acres of timberlands to support these facilities. The Company markets and distributes its various products in North America, South America and overseas.
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Financial Summary
Bowater Incorporated manufactures, sells and distributes newsprint, directory paper, uncoated groundwood specialties, coated groundwood paper, market pulp and lumber. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales increased 2% to $1.19 billion. Net income increased 11% to $56.3 million. Revenues reflect an increase in the price of newsprint transactions. Earnings benefitted from increased gains on the sale of assets.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Arnold Nemirow, 57
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$1.7M$1.8M
Arthur Fuller, 56
Exec. VP; Pres of Newsprint Division
826K--  
David Maffucci, 50
Sr. VP and CFO
637K335K
E. Duffy, 59
Sr. VP; Pres of Coated Paper Division
741K--  
Michael Nocito, 45
VP and Controller
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 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 -- NYSE:BOWAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-June-2001
$42.65 
Recent Price$47.44 
52-Week High
on 3-Jan-2001
$58.75 
Beta0.79 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)298.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)245.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-7.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+24.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.39B
Shares Outstanding50.4M
Float33.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.80 
Dividend Yield1.69%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$36.35 
Earnings (ttm)$3.17 
Earnings (mrq)$0.36 
Sales (ttm)$48.44 
Cash (mrq)$0.40 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.30 
Price/Earnings (ttm)14.98 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.98 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.52B
EBITDA (ttm)$751.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$164.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)8.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)17.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.30%
Return on Equity (ttm)9.27%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.65 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.99 
Total Cash (mrq)$20.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2.71M
Percent of Float8.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.99M
Short Ratio7.89 
Daily Volume343.0K
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 30-June-2001)

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