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Profile - Compagnie Gen. de Geophy. (NYSE:GGY)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1 Rue Leon Migaux
91341 Massy Cedex, France
Phone: (281) 646-2530
Fax: (281) 646-2640
Email: invrel@cgg.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,285
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 ·Industry: Oil Well Services & Equipment
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 42%
·Institutional: 1% (2% of float)
(9 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 418.0K shares (+254.91%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Compagnie Generale de Geophysics is an integrated international provider of geophysical services and software products and a manufacturer of geophysical equipment. The Company's principal clients are oil and gas companies that use seismic imaging to aid in exploration and development of reserves. In 1999, the Company's operations were organized into two main segments, Services (geophysical services) and Products (software and equipment). Services and Products respectively accounted for 81% and 19% of operating revenues in 1999. Revenues are generated on a worldwide basis. Of 1999 operating revenues, 33% were from the Americas, 23% from Asia-Pacific, 18% from Europe and the Commonwealth Independent States and 26% from Africa.
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Financial Summary
Compagnie Generale de Geophysique is engaged in providing seismic imaging for the oil industry. GGY also produces geophysical software and exploration equipment. For the fiscal year ended 12/31/00, operating revenues rose 37% to FF4.56 billion. Net loss decreased 82% to FF78.4 million. Revenues reflect increased seismic equipment and multi-client data sales. Lower loss reflects higher other income due to the partial sales of businesses and increased gross margins.
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Officers

Position
Robert Brunck, 51Chairman and CEO
Michel Ponthus, 54Sr. Exec. VP, Fin. and Admin. and Group CFO
Jean-Francois Arzel, 49Exec. VP - Data Processing and Reservoir SBU
Gerard Chambovet, 48Sr. Exec. VP, Services
Gerry Harrison, 47Exec. VP, Offshore SBU
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:GGYAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 11-July-2001
$9.10 
Recent Price$10.11 
52-Week High
on 13-Sep-2000
$15.50 
Beta0.69 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)2,727 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)13.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-31.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-7.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$590.2M
Shares Outstanding58.4M
Float34.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.79 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.24 
Earnings (mrq)$0.19 
Sales (ttm)$13.40 
Cash (mrq)$1.08 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.75 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.75 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$632.7M
EBITDA (ttm)$143.6M
Income available to common (ttm)-$10.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-2.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Dec-2000
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-2.11%
Return on Equity (ttm)-4.25%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.79 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.79 
Total Cash (mrq)$54.7M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short61.0K
Percent of Float0.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
61.0K
Short Ratio61.00 
Daily Volume1,000 
ADR Information
Shares/ADR0.2
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Dec-2000);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 7.21 French Francs/Dollar

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