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Profile - West Penn Power Company (NYSE:WQP)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
800 Cabin Hill Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601
Phone: (724) 837-3000
Fax: (724) 838-6009
Employees (last reported count): 4,923
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 ·Sector: Utilities
 ·Industry: Electric Utilities
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 100%
·Institutional: 1%
(one institution)
·Net Inst. Buying: 118.0K shares (+48.18%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
West Penn Power Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc. that operates its electric distribution system in southwestern and north and south-central Pennsylvania. West Penn is doing business under the trade name Allegheny Power. West Penn serves about 681,000 electric customers in a service area of about 9,900 square miles with a population of about 1,399,000. West Penn's regulated electric operating revenues in 2000 were residential, 38.6%; commercial, 21.1%; industrial, 30.9%; bulk power transactions, 2.4%, and other, 7.0%. The 10 largest communities served by West Penn have populations ranging from 11,200 to 38,900. West Penn's service area has navigable waterways and substantial deposits of bituminous coal, limestone and other natural resources. Its service area's principal industries produce steel, coal, fabricated products and glass.
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Financial Summary
West Penn Power Company is an electric utility company which operates in southwestern and north and south-central Pennsylvania. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenues increased 10% to $561.2 million. Net income increased 10% to $59.1 million. Revenues reflect increased energy usage and an increase in the number of customers. Net income was partially offset by the additional purchase of energy from Allegheny Energy Supply.
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Officers
FY1999 Pay

Alan Noia, 52
Chairman and CEO
$1000K
Jay Pifer, 62
Pres
408K
Michael Morrell, 51
VP
444K
Peter Skrgic, 58
VP
494K
James Haney, 43
VP
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:WQPAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 26-Oct-2000
$23.75 
Recent Price$25.14 
52-Week High
on 26-June-2001
$25.55 
Beta-0.02 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,455 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+3.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+39.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$612.5M
Shares Outstanding24.4M
Float0 
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$2.00 
Dividend Yield7.96%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$16.05 
Earnings (ttm)$4.43 
Earnings (mrq)$1.07 
Sales (ttm)$45.10 
Cash (mrq)$0.13 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.57 
Price/Earnings (ttm)5.68 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.56 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.10B
EBITDA (ttm)$287.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$107.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)9.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)20.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.99%
Return on Equity (ttm)36.38%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.11 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.90 
Total Cash (mrq)$3.17M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1,000 
Daily Volume2,000 
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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