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Profile - Fomento Economico Mexi. (NYSE:FMX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
General Anaya 601 Poniente
Colonia Bella Vista
Nuevo Leon 64410, Mexico
Phone: (528) 328-6000
Fax: (528) 328-6080
Email: megutsan@femsa.com.mx
Employees (last reported count): 41,367
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Beverages (Non-Alcoholic)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 73%
·Institutional: 7% (25% of float)
(223 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 15.7M shares (+26.55%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. (FEMSA) is Mexico's largest producer of beer and soft drinks, as well as a major producer of beer and soft drinks in Argentina. FEMSA's principal activities are grouped under the following seven subholding companies: FEMSA Cerveza, S.A. de C.V., which engages in the production, distribution and marketing of beer; Coca-Cola FEMSA, which engages in the production, distribution and marketing of soft drinks; FEMSA Empaques, which engages in the production and distribution of packaging materials; FEMSA Comercio, which engages in the operation of convenience stores; Desarrollo Comercial FEMSA, S.A. de C.V., which owns 50.01% of the voting capital stock of Empresas Amoxxo, S.A. de C.V., which operates convenience stores adjacent to gasoline stations; Logística CCM, which provides logistics management services to FEMSA Cerveza; and FEMSA Logística, which provides logistics management services to Coca-Cola FEMSA, FEMSA Empaques, and third party clients.
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Financial Summary
Fomento Economico Mexicano is a beverage producer of beer and soft drinks in Mexico. The Co. also operates retail convenience stores and packaging businesses. For the fiscal year ended 12/31/99, total revenues rose 5% to PS38.63 billion. Net income before acctg. change and according to U.S. GAAP rose from PS849M to PS1.86 billion. Revenues benefitted from higher sales from Coca-Cola FEMSA, FEMSA Empaques, and FEMSA Comercio. Earnings benefitted from improved margins.
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Officers

Position
Jose Fernandez CarbajalChairman, CEO
Federico Reyes GarciaCFO
Gilberto Lozano GonzalezExec. VP, Human Reources
Luis Gonzalez SalinasExec. VP, Internal Auditing
Eduardo Padilla SilvaExec. VP, Planning
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:FMXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Dec-2000
$25.75 
Recent Price$39.00 
52-Week High
on 1-Sep-2000
$46.50 
Beta1.59 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)161.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)124.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-14.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+14.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$25.3B
Shares Outstanding648.7M
Float175.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book ValueN/A 
Earnings (ttm)$0.70 
Earnings (mrq)$0.48 
Sales (ttm)$10.81 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/BookN/A 
Price/Earnings (ttm)55.71 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.61 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$4.28B
EBITDA (ttm*)$638.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$263.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)8.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)14.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
30-June-2000
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-Dec-1999
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)16.18%
Return on Equity (ttm)30.34%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/EquityN/A 
Total CashN/A 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short661.0K
Percent of Float0.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
944.0K
Short Ratio4.21 
Daily Volume157.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR8.234
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 31-Dec-1999, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 30-June-2000);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 9.21 Mexican Pesos/Dollar

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