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Profile - Adecco SA (NYSE:ADO)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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July 25Price hit new 52-week low ($10.89)
Location
Rue de Langallerie 11, Case Postale 16
1000 Lausanne 4, Switzerland
Phone: (121) 321-6640
Fax: (121) 321-6628
Email: investor.relations@adecco.com
Employees (last reported count): 30,000
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 46%
·Institutional: 1% (1% of float)
(73 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 413.0K shares (+10.58%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Adecco SA provides clients with staffing services and solutions, covering all major industries, as well as specific professions. The Company focuses on global industries in transition, including automotive, banking, electronics, logistics and telecommunications. Adecco provides the professional staffing the following business lines: AOC (accountants on call) and Jonathan Wren for Finance, Banking and Accounting; Ajilon and Computer People for high-end Information Technology, TAD and Roevin for Engineering and Technical. Adecco also offers a range of Human Resources solutions with Econova/Lee Hecht Harrison, delivering outplacement and career management services. Following the acquisition of Olsten Corporation in March 2000, the Adecco network connects up to 600,000 associates with business clients each year through its network of over 28,000 employees and over 4,500 offices in 60 countries.
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Financial Summary
Adecco SA is a personnel services organization. The Company's services include providing temporary personnel, placing permanent employees, outsourcing, training and testing employees. For the 26 weeks ended 7/1/01, revenues rose 15% to SF13.83 billion. Net loss rose 26% to SF293M. Revenues reflect the acquisition of Olsten. Higher loss reflects higher SG&A expenses and increased goodwill amortization expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]

Position
Philippe Foriel-DestezetChairman
John BowmerCEO
Philippe BeauvialaVice Chairman
Klaus JacobsVice Chairman
Felix WeberCFO
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ADOAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 25-July-2001
$10.89 
Recent Price$12.16 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$19.45 
Beta0.70 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)25.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)12.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-37.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-15.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$9.02B
Shares Outstanding741.5M
Float400.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 5 for 1 on 17-May-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$1.57 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.40 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.09 
Sales (ttm)$22.96 
Cash (mrq*)$0.38 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)7.74 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.53 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$17.0B
EBITDA (ttm*)$791.5M
Income available to common (ttm)-$292.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-1.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)0.2%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
1-July-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-4.54%
Return on Equity (ttm)-21.05%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.13 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)2.10 
Total Cash (mrq)$278.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short243.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
274.0K
Short Ratio6.94 
Daily Volume35.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR0.25
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 1-July-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.67 Swiss Francs/Dollar

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