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Profile - Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
One Boston Scientific Place
Natick, MA 01760
Phone: (508) 650-8000
Fax: (508) 650-8923
Employees (last reported count): 13,720
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 ·Sector: Healthcare
 ·Industry: Medical Equipment & Supplies
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 44%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 212.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 50% (89% of float)
(753 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 1.11M shares (+0.56%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Boston Scientific Corporation is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of less-invasive medical devices. The Company's products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties, including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, gastroenterology, neuro-endovascular therapy, pulmonary medicine, interventional radiology, oncology, urology and vascular surgery. The Company's products are generally inserted into the human body through natural openings or small incisions in the skin, and can be guided to most areas of the anatomy to diagnose and treat a wide range of medical problems.
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Financial Summary
Boston Scientific Corp. develops, manufactures and markets minimally invasive medical devices used in cardiology, electrophysiology, gastroenterology, radiology, urology and vascular surgery. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales fell 4% to $1.33 billion. Net loss totalled $177 million, vs. income of $228 million. Revenues reflect foreign currency fluctuations and lower sales of coronary stents and balloons. Loss reflects higher purchased R&D expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Pete Nicholas, 59
Chairman
$1.2M
Lawrence Best, 50
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin. and Admin.
1.0M
James Tobin, 56
Director, Pres and CEO
1.2M
Kshitij Mohan, Ph.D., 55
Sr. VP, CTO
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Paul Sandman, 53
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, and Sec.
960K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 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:BSXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 6-Dec-2000
$12.188
Recent Price$19.10 
52-Week High
on 30-Mar-2001
$20.79 
Beta0.79 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)977.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.20M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+2.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+38.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$7.69B
Shares Outstanding402.4M
Float225.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 1-Dec-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$4.47 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.09 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.43 
Sales (ttm)$6.50 
Cash (mrq)$0.21 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)4.28 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.94 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.62B
EBITDA (ttm)$239.0M
Income available to common (ttm)-$32.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-1.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-0.92%
Return on Equity (ttm)-1.69%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.88 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.62 
Total Cash (mrq)$83.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short8.34M
Percent of Float3.7%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
8.58M
Short Ratio9.36 
Daily Volume891.0K
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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