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Profile - Matav-Cable Systems Media (NasdaqNM:MATV)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 16Earnings Announcement
Location
42 Pinkas Street, North Industrial Area
Netanya, Israel
Phone: (212) 815-5617
Fax: (212) 495-2546
Email: management@matav.co.il
Employees (last reported count): 844
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Broadcasting & Cable TV
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 85%
·Institutional: 4% (27% of float)
(37 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 3,000  shares (+0.52%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Matav-Cable Systems Media Ltd. is an operator and provider of broadband cable television (CATV) services in Israel. The Company operates in exclusive franchise areas that cover approximately 25% of Israel's households. As of December 31, 1999, the Company provided CATV services to approximately 25% of all CATV subscribers in Israel. The Company owns substantially its entire CATV network infrastructure. The Company's exclusive licenses cover four operating areas, three of which include major metropolitan areas and one of which serves less densely populated rural areas. The Company's subscriber penetration is the highest in its metropolitan operating areas. Matav offers CATV subscribers a single tier of extended basic service. Subscribers are offered access to a variety of Hebrew language programming (including original, subtitled and dubbed), a home shopping channel, off-air channels originating in Israel and selected neighboring countries and satellite television programs.
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Financial Summary
Matav-Cable Systems Media Ltd. is an operator and provider of broadband cable television services in Israel. The Company operates in exclusive franchise areas and has 301,000 subscribers (as of 3/01). For the three months ended 3/31/01, revenues fell 1% to NIS113.8 million. Net loss totaled NIS67.8 million, up from NIS22.9 million. Results reflect increased competition in the market, lower margins and increased losses from associated companies.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 113,525; after tax earnings were -40,060. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of Shekel.)

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Officers

Position
Shmuel Dankur, 69Chairman
Shalom Bronstein, 50CFO
Eldad Ben-Moshe, 36Exec. VP
Itzhak Abramitzky, 52VP and CATV CIO
Doron Admati, 40VP CATV Marketing and Programming
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:MATVAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 26-June-2001
$15.12 
Recent Price$17.50 
52-Week High
on 19-Sep-2000
$44.50 
Beta0.81 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1,682 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-60.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-47.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$251.9M
Shares Outstanding14.4M
Float2.15M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$4.56 
Earnings (ttm)-$4.40 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.65 
Sales (ttm)$7.50 
Cash (mrq*)$0.02 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)3.84 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.33 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$105.0M
EBITDA (ttm*)-$19.5M
Income available to common (ttm)-$60.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-34.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)-18.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-14.54%
Return on Equity (ttm)-66.91%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.24 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)2.51 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.41M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short4,000 
Percent of Float0.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Short Ratio2.00 
Daily Volume2,000 
ADR Information
Shares/ADR2
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   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 4.25 Shekel/Dollar

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