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Profile - Banco Latinoamer. De Exp. (NYSE:BLX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 30Dividend payment of $0.47
Location
Calle 50 y Aquilino de Guardia
Apartado 6-1497, El Dorado
Panama City, Republic of Panama
Phone: (212) 840-5400
Fax: (212) 840-2205
Email: webmaster@blx.com
Employees (last reported count): 149
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 ·Industry: Regional Banks
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 6%
·Institutional: 19% (20% of float)
(57 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 1.44M shares (+68.01%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. (BLADEX Panama), together with its subsidiaries (the Bank), is a specialized multinational bank established to finance trade in the Region (Latin America and the Caribbean countries). BLADEX Panama's three subsidiaries are Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, Limited (BLADEX Cayman), BLADEX Representacao Ltda. and BLADEX Holding. The Bank is principally engaged in providing short- and medium-term financing to its stockholder banks and to other selected commercial banks in the Region, which in turn lend to businesses engaged in foreign trade and to state and private export institutions. As of December 31, 2000, the Bank provided financing to approximately 73 of its 201 stockholder banks and to 191 non-stockholder institutions. The Bank also lends directly to non-bank private entities, most of them engaged in foreign trade in the Region, through co-financing and loans syndications with other banks.
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Financial Summary
BLX is a global bank providing short term trade related financing to its stockholder banks and other institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. For the three months ended 3/31/01, interest income rose 17% to $111.1 million. Net interest income after loan loss prov. fell 7% to $26.9 million. Net income applicable to Common and before acct. change fell less than 1% to $25.7 million. Results reflect lower interest rates, offset by lower commission income and higher operating costs.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, after tax earnings were 33,200. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.)

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Officers

Position
Sebastiao Toledo CunhaChairman
Jose CastanedaCEO, Director
Roberto AnguizolaSr. VP of Credit and Marketing
Haydee De CanoSr. VP, Admin.
Christopher HeskethSr. VP, Treasury
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:BLXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Oct-2000
$24.438
Recent Price$32.65 
52-Week High
on 20-June-2001
$37.70 
Beta0.73 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)24.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)9,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+18.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+59.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$610.0M
Shares Outstanding18.7M
Float17.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.88 
Dividend Yield5.76%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$37.45 
Earnings (ttm)$5.53 
Earnings (mrq)$1.78 
SalesN/A 
Cash (mrq*)$0.13 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.87 
Price/Earnings (ttm)5.91 
Price/SalesN/A 
Income Statements
SalesN/A 
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$105.9M
Profitability
Profit MarginN/A 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.95%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.36%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Long-Term Debt/Equity (mrq*)2.50 
Total Cash (mrq)$0 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short6,000 
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3,000 
Short Ratio0.29 
Daily Volume21.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 31-Mar-2001)

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