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Profile - Abitibi-Consolidated(New) (NYSE:ABY)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1155 Metcalfe Street, Suite 800
Montreal H3B 5H2, Canada
Phone: (514) 875-2160
Fax: (514) 394-3644
Email: investor_relations@abicon.com
Employees (last reported count): 18,000
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 ·Industry: Paper & Paper Products
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 46% (47% of float)
(254 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 5.70M shares (+2.73%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Abitibi-Consolidated is a manufacturer and marketer of newsprint and value-added paper with a current annual paper marketing capacity of 6.4 million metric tons of newsprint and 1.8 million metric tons of value-added paper (otherwise known as uncoated groundwood paper). In addition, the Company is a producer of lumber with an annual aggregate capacity of 2.3 billion board feet, and it currently markets 444,000 metric tons per year of high quality, low cost softwood kraft pulp. The Company's assets are geographically diversified with mills located across several low cost regions of the world. In total, it has ownership interests in 29 paper mills located in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia (including a one-third interest in Pan Asia Paper Co. Pte Ltd.
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Financial Summary
Abitibi-Consolidated is a manufacturer and marketer of newsprint, value-added paper, lumber, market pulp and wood products. For the six months ended 6/01/01, revenues increased 53% C$3.27 billion. Net income increased to C$240 million, up from C$112 million. Revenues reflect higher selling prices for the Company's lumber, newsprint, and value-added papers. Net income also reflects cost reductions, synergy programs and high-cost capacity closures.
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Officers

Position
Richard DrouinChairman
John WeaverPres, CEO, Director
Ronald OberlanderVice Chairman
Pierre-Karl PeladeauVice Chairman
Pierre RougeauCFO, Sr. VP, Corp. Devel.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ABYAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000
$7.00 
Recent Price$7.75 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$11.313
Beta1.31 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)229.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)352.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-31.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-7.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$3.41B
Shares Outstanding440.0M
Float435.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.26 
Dividend Yield3.35%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$4.74 
Earnings (ttm)$0.72 
Earnings (mrq)$0.16 
Sales (ttm)$9.94 
Cash (mrq)$0.05 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.64 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.75 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.78 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$4.39B
EBITDA (ttm)$1.27B
Income available to common (ttm)$319.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)7.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)18.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.62%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.93%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.13 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.65 
Total Cash (mrq)$22.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short6.29M
Percent of Float1.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
6.31M
Short Ratio30.98 
Daily Volume203.0K
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