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Profile - Wescast Industries Inc. (NasdaqNM:WCST)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 17Dividend payment of $0.078
July 25Price hit new 52-week high ($36.32)
Location
799 Powerline Road West
Ontario, N3T 5W5
Brantford, Canada
Phone: (519) 759-0452
Fax: (519) 759-0160
Email: investor.relations@wescast.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,383
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 ·Sector: Consumer Cyclical
 ·Industry: Auto & Truck Parts
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 58%
·Institutional: 16% (39% of float)
(33 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 234.0K shares (+10.10%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Wescast Industries Inc. currently operates in two business segments. The Company primarily operates in the automotive industry, where substantially all of its revenues are generated through the sale of exhaust manifolds, particularly for passenger cars and light trucks. The Company is also engaged in the manufacture of steel pump equipment parts for the petrochemical, pulp and paper and food processing industries.
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Financial Summary
Wescast Industries Inc. is primarily engaged in the manufacture and machining of exhaust manifolds for the automotive industry. Wescast also manufactures steel pump equipment parts for the petrochemical, pollution control and food processing industries. For the 26 weeks ended 7/1/01, sales fell less than 1% to C$207.2 million. Net income fell 15% to C$34.5 million. Results reflect reduced North American vehicle production and lower gross margins.
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Officers

Position
Richard LeVanChairman
Raymond FinniePres, CEO
D. James SlatteryVP, CFO
William LeVanVP, Manufacruring
Paul LawrenceVP of Sales and Marketing
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:WCSTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 11-Dec-2000
$24.00 
Recent Price$32.30 
52-Week High
on 25-July-2001
$36.32 
Beta0.15 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)11.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)5,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+17.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+57.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$419.0M
Shares Outstanding13.0M
Float5.40M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.31 
Dividend Yield0.96%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$18.66 
Earnings (ttm)$3.04 
Earnings (mrq)$0.87 
Sales (ttm)$19.23 
Cash (mrq*)$3.46 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.73 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.64 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.68 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$256.4M
EBITDA (ttm*)$63.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$40.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)15.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)23.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
1-July-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)14.93%
Return on Equity (ttm)18.03%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)3.62 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.02 
Total Cash (mrq)$44.8M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume6,000 
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 1-July-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.55 Canadian Dollars/US Dollar

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