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Profile - Ispat International N.V. (NYSE:IST)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 30Price hit new 52-week low ($2.00)
Location
Rotterdam Building
Aert van Nesstraat 45, 3012 CA
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Phone: (212) 688-6840
Fax: (212) 838-3393
Employees (last reported count): 15,000
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Iron & Steel
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 78%
·Institutional: 8% (35% of float)
(48 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 144.0K shares (+1.55%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Ispat International N.V. (Ispat) is the world's eighth largest steel producer with steelmaking operations in six countries and access to high-quality and low-cost raw materials and on-sit deep-water port facilities. Ispat produces a broad range of high-quality, finished and semifinished steel products. The Company's balanced flat and long product portfolios include high-quality cold rolled, electrogalvanized and coated steels, slabs, and special bar quality and wire rods. During 1998, the Company shipped its products to over 50 countries worldwide, with its largest markets in the United States/Canada and Europe. The Company also benefits from being the world's largest producer of DRI, with total 1998 production of 6.3 million tonnes. DRI is a pure iron raw material used by the Company to produce liquid steel at lower cost than steel mills that use scrap as their primary input.
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Financial Summary
Ispat International N.V., through its subsidiaries, manufactures finished and semifinished steel products. IST owns and operates steel companies in Mexico, Canada, Germany, Ireland, and Trinidad and Tobago. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales fell 17% to $2.24 billion. Net loss totalled $128 million vs. an income of $109 million. Revenues reflect lower shipments and lower average selling prices. Loss reflects a decrease in gross margin and higher depreciation.
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Officers

Position
Lakshmi MittalChairman and CEO
Bhikam AgarwalCFO
Peter SouthwickPres and COO of Ispat Inland, Director
Malay MukherjeeCOO, Director
Richard LeBlancManaging Director, Ispat Sidbec
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ISTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 30-Aug-2001
$2.00 
Recent Price$2.08 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$6.563
Beta1.57 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)42.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)41.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-68.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-57.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$249.9M
Shares Outstanding120.2M
Float25.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.91 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.15 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.57 
Sales (ttm)$38.52 
Cash (mrq)$1.89 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.35 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.05 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$4.62B
EBITDA (ttm)$183.0M
Income available to common (ttm)-$138.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-3.0%
Operating Margin (ttm)-0.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-2.37%
Return on Equity (ttm)-16.04%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.32 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.29 
Total Cash (mrq)$240.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short109.0K
Percent of Float0.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
72.0K
Short Ratio3.21 
Daily Volume34.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR1
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