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Profile - Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week high ($35.50)
Aug 15Dividend payment of $0.24
Location
P.O. Box 8888
Camp Hill, PA 17001
Phone: (717) 763-7064
Fax: (717) 763-6424
Email: etruett@harsco.com
Employees (last reported count): 19,700
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 15%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
 · 2 insider sells; 11.0K shares
  (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 54% (63% of float)
(287 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 59.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Harsco Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of industrial services and engineered products. The principal lines of business are scaffolding, forming and shoring and other access services to the worldwide industrial maintenance and non-residential construction markets; outsourced, on-site mill services that are provided to steel and non-ferrous metal producers in over 30 countries; railway track maintenance services and equipment that are provided to railroad customers worldwide, gas control and containment products for customers worldwide, and several other lines of business including, but not limited to, industrial grating and bridge decking, industrial pipe fittings, slag abrasives and roofing granules. The Company's operations fall into three operating segments, Infrastructure, Mill Services and Gas and Fluid Control. The Company has over 400 locations in 38 countries, including the United States.
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Financial Summary
HSC is a services and engineered products company engaged in three industry segments: Harsco Mill Services, Harsco Gas and Fluid Control and Harsco Infrastructure. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenues rose 15% to $1.06 billion. Net income fell 28% to $34.8 million. Results reflect increased volume from the Infrastructure segment due to the acquisition of SGB, offset by an increase in energy costs and acquisition related expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Derek Hathaway, 56
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$1.6M
Salvatore Fazzolari, 48
CFO, Sr. VP, Treasurer
509K
Paul Coppock, 50
Sr. VP, CAO, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
509K
Geoffrey Butler, 55
Sr. VP, Operations
527K
Ronald Kaplan, 49
Sr. VP-Operations
509K
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:HSCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 23-Oct-2000
$17.688
Recent Price$35.40 
52-Week High
on 31-Aug-2001
$35.50 
Beta0.70 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)101.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)146.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+29.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+73.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.41B
Shares Outstanding39.9M
Float33.9M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.96 
Dividend Yield2.71%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 18-Feb-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$16.75 
Earnings (ttm)$2.08 
Earnings (mrq)$0.62 
Sales (ttm)$53.58 
Cash (mrq)$1.43 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.11 
Price/Earnings (ttm)17.00 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.66 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.14B
EBITDA (ttm)$364.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$83.2M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)8.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.05%
Return on Equity (ttm)12.57%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.49 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.25 
Total Cash (mrq)$57.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short943.0K
Percent of Float2.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
623.0K
Short Ratio8.90 
Daily Volume106.0K
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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