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Profile - British Telecommunication (NYSE:BTY)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
81 NewGate Street
British Telecom Centre
London EC1A 7AJ, UK
Phone: (212) 418-7787
Fax: (212) 418-7788
Employees (last reported count): 137,000
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 2% (2% of float)
(129 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 4.91M shares (+24.72%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a provider of telecommunications services. The Company's principal activities include local, long distance and international telecommunications services, mobile communications, Internet services and IT solutions. In the United Kingdom, BT serves 28 million exchange lines and more than seven million mobile customers. International direct-dialed telephone service is available to more than 200 countries and other overseas territories. In April 2000, BT announced the re-grouping of its activities into new, self-contained business units to allow separate listings. The new businesses are: Ignite, the international broadband network business, focused primarily on corporate and wholesale markets; BTopenworld, the international, mass market Internet business; BT Wireless, the international mobile business, with a particular emphasis on mobile data; and Yell, the international directories and associated e-commerce business.
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Financial Summary
British Telecommunications is engaged in providing telecommunication services, including long-distance and international calls. BTY also manages private networks and supplies mobile communication services. For the three months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 15% to L5.45 billion. Net income after U.S. GAAP totalled L3.75 billion, up from L240M. Results reflect increased BT Retail sales and L4.48 billion gain on the sale of fixed asset investments and group investments.
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Officers

Position
Christopher BlandChairman
Sir Peter Bonfield, 53CEO, Director
Philip Hampton, 47Financial Director
Bill Cockburn, 57Managing Director, Director
Lawrence AlexanderU.K. Managing Director
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:BTYAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 26-June-2001
$58.20 
Recent Price$62.61 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$132.00 
Beta1.01 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)96.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)58.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-51.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-35.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$54.2B
Shares Outstanding865.1M
Float856.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$37.30 
Earnings (ttm)$1.43 
Earnings (mrq)$7.21 
Sales (ttm)$45.14 
Cash (mrq)$18.93 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.68 
Price/Earnings (ttm)43.94 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.39 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$30.8B
EBITDA (ttm)$7.37B
Income available to common (ttm)$1.68B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)10.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)-2.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.39%
Return on Equity (ttm)6.74%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.94 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.30 
Total Cash (mrq)$16.2B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short787.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
880.0K
Short Ratio11.24 
Daily Volume70.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR10
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);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.45 Dollars/British Pounds

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