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Profile - British Airways plc (NYSE:BAB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  7Dividend payment of $1.821
Aug  6Conference call: British Airways Earnings (Q1 2001)
Aug  6Earnings Announcement
Location
Waterside, P.O. Box 365, Harmondsworth
Middlesex, UB7 0GB, UK
Phone: (800) 428-4237
Email: bafeedback@agency.com
Employees (last reported count): 64,051
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 18%
·Institutional: 6% (7% of float)
(76 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 262.0K shares (+4.01%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
British Airways plc is the holder of British Airways, the world's largest international passenger airline. Its mainline scheduled route network is one of the world's most extensive. In 1998-1999 the airline operated an average of over one thousand flights a day on an unduplicated route network of about 686,000 kilometers. The British Airways Group fleet as at 31st December 1999 comprised 356 aircraft. The airline's main bases are London Heathrow Airport, the largest international airport in the world and London Gatwick Airport, which is now the sixth largest. The British Airways Group, including Deutsche BA, and Air Liberté, carried a record 45 million passengers during 1998-99.
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Financial Summary
British Airways plc is engaged in the operation of international and domestic scheduled passenger airline services. For the three months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 1% to L2.30 billion. Net income according to U.S. GAAP adjustment totaled L42M vs. a loss of L64M. Results reflect lower scheduled cargo revenues due to a decrease in cargo carried. Net income benefitted from a more favorable U.S. GAAP adjustment and a gain on the sale of assets vs. a loss.
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Officers

Position
Lord Marshall, 66Chairman
Rod Eddington, 50CEO, Director
Derek Stevens, 61CFO
Robert WebbGen. Counsel
Dale MossDirector of Sales
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:BABAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 24-Oct-2000
$38.50 
Recent Price$44.70 
52-Week High
on 31-Jan-2001
$68.00 
Beta0.83 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)22.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)13.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-7.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+24.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$4.84B
Shares Outstanding108.3M
Float88.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$29.79 
Earnings (ttm)$4.35 
Earnings (mrq)$0.57 
Sales (ttm)$123.63 
Cash (mrq)$12.55 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.50 
Price/Earnings (ttm)10.28 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.36 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$13.5B
EBITDA (ttm)$1.55B
Income available to common (ttm)$482.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.42%
Return on Equity (ttm)12.29%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.74 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.19 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.36B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short97.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
144.0K
Short Ratio5.71 
Daily Volume17.0K
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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