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Profile - Symantec Corporation (NasdaqNM:SYMC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
20330 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014
Phone: (408) 517-8000
Fax: (408) 252-4694
Email: investor-relations@symantec.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,800
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 ·Industry: Software & Programming
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 11%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
 · 17 insider sells; 338.0K shares
  (4.0% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 80% (90% of float)
(587 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 7.21M shares (+10.91%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Symantec Corp. provides a broad range of content and network security solutions to individuals and enterprises. The Company is a provider of virus protection, firewall, virtual private network (VPN), vulnerability management, intrusion detection, remote management technologies and security services to consumers and enterprises around the world. The Company currently views its business in five operating segments: Consumer Products, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Administration, Services and Other.
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Financial Summary
Symantec Corp., a world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security solutions to individuals and enterprises. For the three months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 19% to $228 million. Net loss totaled $21.2 million vs. an income of $38.4 million. Revenues reflect sales growth in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Net loss reflects an increase in amortization due to the acquisition of AXENT in 12/00.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Compensation
PayExer

John Thompson, 52
Chairman, Pres and CEO
$1.7M$380K
Greg Myers, 51
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin.
590K608K
Gail Hamilton, 51
Exec. VP, Product Delivery and Response
837K--  
Arthur Courville, 42
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
--  --  
Dieter Giesbrecht, 57
Sr. VP, Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services
610K555K
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Mar-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:SYMCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 27-Dec-2000
$27.375
Recent Price$42.99 
52-Week High
on 21-May-2001
$73.50 
Beta1.84 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)2.06M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2.06M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-17.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+10.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$3.16B
Shares Outstanding73.5M
Float65.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 28-Oct-1991
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$19.33 
Earnings (ttm)$0.17 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.29 
Sales (ttm)$12.85 
Cash (mrq)$8.48 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.22 
Price/Earnings (ttm)260.55 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.35 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$890.2M
EBITDA (ttm)$159.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$4.32M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)0.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.29%
Return on Equity (ttm)0.37%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.14 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$629.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.44M
Percent of Float5.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.93M
Short Ratio2.08 
Daily Volume1.65M
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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