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Profile - Waterford Wedgwood PLC (NasdaqNM:WATFZ)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 17Price hit new 52-week low ($8.32)
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Location
1-2 Upper Hatch Street
Dublin 2, Ireland
Phone: (908) 938-5800
Fax: (908) 938-6915
Employees (last reported count): 9,421
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Personal & Household Products
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 35%
·Institutional: 0% (0% of float)
(5 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 8,000  shares (+34.77%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Waterford Wedgwood PLC is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of crystal, fine bone china, fine porcelain, fine earthenware products, premium cookware and kitchenware. The Company operates three business categories: Crystal, Ceramics and Other business. The Crystal business comprises the manufacture, marketing, distribution and retail of crystal products including stemware, giftware and lightingware under the Waterford Crystal, Waterford Marquis, Stuart Crystal, Wedgwood Crystal, Rosenthal, Versace and Bvlgari crystal brands. The Ceramics business comprises the manufacture, distribution and retailing of ceramic tableware and giftware by Wedgwood and Johnson Brothers, Waterford China, Rosenthal, Thomas and Studioline. The acquisition of All-Clad was completed on June 30, 1999 and brought into the Group a range of cookware. Other businesses include the manufacture and distribution of All-Clad products together with the Company's other non-crystal and ceramic products.
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Financial Summary
Waterford Wedgwood designs, manufactures, and distributes high quality crystals, fine bone china, fine porcelain and fine earthenware products. For the six months ended 6/30/00, sales rose 30% to EUR447M. Net loss according to U.S. GAAP totaled EUR100K, down from EUR26.2 million. Revenues reflect higher international sales and sales of Marquis and Stuart brands. Lower loss reflects a lower U. S. GAAP adjustment and lower net interest costs.
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Officers

Position
Anthony O'Reilly, Jr.Non-Exec. Chairman
P. Redmond O'Donoghue, 57Group Pres, COO, Director
Richard BarnesGroup Fin. Director
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:WATFZAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 17-Aug-2001
$8.32 
Recent Price$8.82 
52-Week High
on 12-Mar-2001
$13.00 
Beta0.70 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)136 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)0 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-23.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+2.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$651.2M
Shares Outstanding73.8M
Float48.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.17 
Earnings (ttm)$0.56 
Earnings (mrq)$
Sales (ttm)$12.22 
Cash (mrq)$0.66 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.78 
Price/Earnings (ttm)15.64 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.72 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$895.4M
EBITDA (ttm)$85.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$41.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)9.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.63%
Return on Equity (ttm)19.58%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)3.12 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.73 
Total Cash (mrq)$48.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume0 
ADR Information
Shares/ADR10
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2000);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.1 Euro/Dollar

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