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Profile - Gold Fields Limited (NasdaqSC:GOLD)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
24 St Andrews Road, Parktown
Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
Phone: (303) 796-8683
Fax: (303) 796-8293
Email: investors@goldfields.co.za
Employees (last reported count): 7,100
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Gold & Silver
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 36%
·Institutional: 3% (5% of float)
(79 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 132.0K shares (+0.89%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Gold Fields Limited is an independent precious metals company that primarily engages in exploration, mining and beneficiation, with resources of 145 million ounces, which includes reserves of 70 million ounces. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, Gold Fields' total operations produced 3.86 million ounces of gold. With the exception of the Tarkwa Gold Mine, which is in Ghana in West Africa, all of the Company's mines are in the Witwatersrand Basin, where they are grouped into three operating Divisions: the Free State Division, the Driefontein Division and the Kloof Division. Gold Fields was formed through the creation of a new company that acquired the gold mining assets of Gold Fields of South Africa Limited and Gencor Limited. These assets include South African mines such as Driefontein, Beatrix, Kloof and St. Helena.
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Financial Summary
Gold Fields Limited is in the business of development and production of precious metal mines. GOLD's present focuses are on gold and Platinum Group Elements. For the nine months ended 3/31/01, revenues increased 10% to RAN5.80 billion. Net earnings totaled RAN737.7 million, up from RAN336.3 million. Revenues reflect increased production. Earnings also reflect reduced depreciation expense, and a RAN38M gain on the close-out of Gold Fields Ghana's hedge book.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 1,845,609; after tax earnings were -1,564,000. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of Rand.)

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Officers

Position
C. ThompsonChairman, CEO
I. CockerillManaging Director
A. WrightDeputy Chairman, Director
N. HollandFinancial Director
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqSC:GOLDAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 9-Nov-2000
$2.563
Recent Price$4.32 
52-Week High
on 21-May-2001
$5.25 
Beta0.54 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)436.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)277.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+18.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+58.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.97B
Shares Outstanding455.4M
Float291.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$2.27 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.21 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.40 
Sales (ttm)$1.99 
Cash (mrq*)$0.04 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.90 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.18 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$906.3M
EBITDA (ttm*)$218.1M
Income available to common (ttm)-$98.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-9.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)16.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJune 30
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-5.35%
Return on Equity (ttm)-9.65%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.02 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$0 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short303.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
109.0K
Short Ratio0.77 
Daily Volume392.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR1
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, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 31-Mar-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 8.43 Rand/Dollar

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