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Profile - Canon, Inc. (NYSE:CAJ)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Sep  5Dividend payment of $0.074
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($29.75)
Location
30-2 Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501, Japan
Phone: (212) 483-2323
Email: gmdemployment@cusa.canon.com
Employees (last reported count): 86,673
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 ·Sector: Technology
 ·Industry: Computer Peripherals
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 2% (2% of float)
(145 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.17M shares (+6.21%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Canon Inc. is a high-technology oriented company that operates globally and has numerous core businesses. Originally a 35mm camera maker, Canon is now one of the world's leading manufacturers in other fields, such as copying machines and computer peripherals, mainly laser beam and bubble jet printers. Canon's products also include business systems such as faxes, computers, micrographics, Japanese-language word processors and calculators. Canon's camera business consists mainly of SLR cameras, compact cameras, video camcorders and digital cameras. Optical related products include steppers and aligners used in semiconductor chip production, broadcasting lenses and medical equipment.
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Financial Summary
Canon is engaged in the industries of electronics and precision engineering. The Company's products include business machines, cameras, and optical products. For the fiscal year ended 12/31/00, revenues rose 6% to Y2.781T. Net income increased 91% to Y134.09 billion. Revenues reflect an increase in demand for digital copying machines, computer peripherals, and digital cameras in Japan and other regions. Earnings also reflect lower corporate tax rates and cost reductions.
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Officers

Position
Fujio Mitarai, 66Pres and CEO
Yusuke Emura, 57Managing Director - Production Management
Ichiro Endo, 60Sr. Managing Director - Technology Management and Display Devel.
Junji Ichikawa, 58Managing Director - Peripheral Products
Takshi Saito, 60Managing Director - Internet Bus. Promotion
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:CAJAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$29.75 
Recent Price$30.42 
52-Week High
on 21-Sep-2000
$46.938
Beta0.71 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)87.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)81.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-33.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-11.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$26.6B
Shares Outstanding875.6M
Float866.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 5 for 1 on 16-Mar-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$12.49 
Earnings (ttm)$1.27 
Earnings (mrq)$0.62 
Sales (ttm)$26.42 
Cash (mrq)$4.85 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.44 
Price/Earnings (ttm)23.86 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.15 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$23.4B
EBITDA (ttm)$3.30B
Income available to common (ttm)$1.13B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)8.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Dec-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.22%
Return on Equity (ttm)10.73%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.72 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.30 
Total Cash (mrq)$4.25B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short67.0K
Percent of Float0.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
46.0K
Short Ratio0.68 
Daily Volume98.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR1
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