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Profile - Jefferson Smurfit Group (NYSE:JS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 28Price hit new 52-week high ($23.00)
Aug 29Earnings Announcement
Upcoming Events
Nov  1Dividend payment of $0.189
Location
Beech Hill, Clonskeagh
Dublin 4, Ireland
Phone: (781) 575-4328
Fax: (781) 575-4082
Employees (last reported count): 42,749
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Paper & Paper Products
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 28%
·Institutional: 13% (18% of float)
(39 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.92M shares (+12.05%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc is a large, integrated producer of containerboard, corrugated containers and other packaging products. The Company believes that its high level of integration enhances its ability to respond quickly and efficiently to customers and to fill orders on short lead times. The Company operates in three major business segments. The primary products of the Company's Containerboard and Corrugated Containers segment include corrugated containers, containerboard and solid bleached sulfate. This segment includes four paper mills and 48 container plants located in the United States. The Boxboard and Folding Cartons segment's primary products are coated recycled boxboard and folding cartons. The Company's reclamation operations procure fiber resources for the Company's paper mills as well as those of other producers. The Company operates reclamation facilities that collect, sort, grade and bale recovered paper.
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Financial Summary
JS is a balanced producer of paper, paperboard, paper-based packaging and non-packaging grades of paper such as printing, writing papers and newsprint. For the fiscal year ended 12/31/00, revenues rose 24% to EUR4.57 billion. Net income before extraordinary items and according to U.S. GAAP totalled EUR245.7 million, up from EUR116.7 million. Revenues reflect strong demand in European market. Earnings also reflect an increase in the share of associates operating profit.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 6 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 2,325,525; after tax earnings were 98,282. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of Euro.)

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Officers

Position
Michael Smurfit, 63Chairman, CEO
Gary McGann, 59Pres, COO, Director
Ian CurleyCFO
Michael O' RiordanSec.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:JSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Mar-2001
$16.00 
Recent Price$22.35 
52-Week High
on 28-Aug-2001
$23.00 
Beta0.49 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)46.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)38.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+7.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+44.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.48B
Shares Outstanding110.9M
Float79.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$20.56 
EarningsN/A 
Earnings (mrq)$0.82 
SalesN/A 
Cash (mrq*)$7.10 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.09 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/SalesN/A 
Income Statements
SalesN/A 
EBITDA (ttm*)$855.5M
Income available to common (ttm)$89.4M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Operating Margin (ttm)15.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Dec-2000
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on AssetsN/A 
Return on Equity (ttm)3.92%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.25 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.50 
Total Cash (mrq)$401.8M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short104.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
187.0K
Short Ratio3.47 
Daily Volume30.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR10
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