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Profile - Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
630 3rd Avenue S.W., Suite 900, Calgary
Alberta T2P 4L4, Canada
Phone: (403) 750-4570
Fax: (403) 750-7469
Email: internet.inquiries@shaw.ca
Employees (last reported count): 4,430
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 ·Industry: Broadcasting & Cable TV
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 17%
·Institutional: 33% (40% of float)
(116 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2.75M shares (+3.69%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Shaw Communications Inc. (Shaw) is a Canadian broadband service provider with 2.8 million cable and satellite subscribers, and is a provider of high-speed Internet access within North America. Shaw also has significant interests in interactive television, e-commerce and telecommunications companies. Shaw's mission is to provide its customers with high-quality entertainment, information and communications services, utilizing a variety of distribution technologies.
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Financial Summary
SJR is a Canadian entertainment, information and communications co. SJR provides integrated media, video and data services. Businesses include; radio stations, specialty service television programming, internet access and paging services. For the nine months ended 5/31/01, revenues rose 70% to C$1.14 billion. Net income from continuing operations applicable to Com. before U.S. GAAP rose 22% to C$117.3 million. Results reflect increased subscribers, partially offset by marketing costs.
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Officers

Position
JR ShawChairman
Jim ShawCEO
Peter BissonnettePres
Michael AbramPres, Shaw Ventures Inc.
Ronald RogersSr. VP and CFO
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:SJRAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Mar-2001
$17.48 
Recent Price$20.39 
52-Week High
on 12-Sep-2000
$24.813
Beta0.80 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)40.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)48.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-14.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+14.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$4.72B
Shares Outstanding231.7M
Float193.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.03 
Dividend Yield0.16%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 15-Feb-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$10.04 
Earnings (ttm)$0.34 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.05 
Sales (ttm)$4.40 
Cash (mrq)$0.03 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.03 
Price/Earnings (ttm)59.80 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.63 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$927.4M
EBITDA (ttm)$282.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$72.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)14.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsAug 31
Most recent quarter31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)2.93%
Return on Equity (ttm)3.99%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.81 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.83 
Total Cash (mrq)$6.43M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short207.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
250.0K
Short Ratio5.45 
Daily Volume38.0K
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