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Recent Events July 31 Fiscal quarter ended Aug 22 Earnings Announcement Aug 22 Conference call: Westvaco Earnings (Q3 2001) Aug 30 Price hit new 52-week high ($30.85) Upcoming Events Oct  1 Dividend payment of $0.22 Location Westvaco Building, 299 Park Avenue New York, NY 10171 Phone: (212) 688-5000 Fax: (212) 318-5104 Employees (last reported count): 17,100 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Analyst Upgrade/Downgrade History  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov Competitors:  ·Sector: Basic Materials  ·Industry: Paper & Paper Products Company Website  ·Home Page  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Index Membership  ·S&P 500 Ownership · Insider and 5%+ Owners: 44% · Over the last 6 months:  · one insider sell; 16.0K shares · Institutional: 78% (139% of float) (591 institutions) · Net Inst. Buying: 2.54M shares (+3.13%) (prior quarter to latest quarter) More From Market Guide  ·Highlights  ·Performance  ·Ratio Comparisons

Business Summary Westvaco Corporation is one of the world's major producers of packaging, paper and chemicals. The Company serves customers in more than 70 countries, with operations in the United States, South America and Europe. The Company produces paper and paperboard to convert into a variety of packaging products. Westvaco is also a global supplier of premium packaging for consumer products markets. The Company manufactures a variety of specialty chemicals, sells timber from its forestlands, is engaged in land development and produces lumber. In Brazil, it is a producer of paperboard and corrugated packaging. Westvaco operates consumer packaging plants in Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Westvaco exports products from the United States and certain of its foreign subsidiaries to other countries throughout the world. More from Market Guide: Expanded Business Description Financial Summary Westvaco Corp. manufactures pulp, paper and paper products; produces lumber and timber; manufactures specialty chemicals; and engages in land development. For the nine months ended 7/31/01, revenues increased 6% to $2.82 billion. Net income before extraordinary charge fell 54% to $79.8 million. Results reflect good demand for most of its value-added products in its Brazilian subsidiary, Rigesa. Net income results wereoffset due to lower gross profit margins. More from Market Guide: Significant Developments Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY2000 Compensation Pay Exer John Luke, Jr., 52 Chairman, Pres, CEO $1.4M $223K Rudolph Johnstone, Jr., 64 Exec. VP, Director 1.1M 116K James Buzzard, 46 Exec. VP --   --   Karen Osar, 51 Sr. VP, CFO 778K --   Rita Foley, 47 Sr. VP and CIO --   --   Dollar amounts are as of 31-Oct-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. More from Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded List, Bios, Compensation, Options

Price and Volume 52-Week Low on 22-Mar-2001 $22.70  Recent Price $30.45  52-Week High on 30-Aug-2001 $30.85  Beta 0.90  Daily Volume (3-month avg) 426.0K Daily Volume (10-day avg) 873.0K Stock Performance big chart [1d | 5d | 3m | 6m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max] 52-Week Change +10.2% 52-Week Change relative to S&P500 +47.9% Share-Related Items Market Capitalization $3.07B Shares Outstanding 100.7M Float 56.4M Dividends & Splits Annual Dividend (indicated) $0.88  Dividend Yield 2.89% Last Split: 3 for 2 on 3-Oct-1995	Per-Share Data Book Value (mrq) $23.17  Earnings (ttm) $1.59  Earnings (mrq) $0.28  Sales (ttm) $38.40  Cash (mrq) $0.67  Valuation Ratios Price/Book (mrq) 1.31  Price/Earnings (ttm) 19.15  Price/Sales (ttm) 0.79  Income Statements Sales (ttm) $3.88B EBITDA (ttm) $791.3M Income available to common (ttm) $160.5M Profitability Profit Margin (ttm) 4.1% Operating Margin (ttm) 6.3% Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends Oct 31 Most recent quarter 31-July-2001	Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm) 2.44% Return on Equity (ttm) 6.89% Financial Strength Current Ratio (mrq) 1.54  Debt/Equity (mrq) 1.16  Total Cash (mrq) $68.4M Short Interest As of 8-Aug-2001 Shares Short 1.00M Percent of Float 1.8% Shares Short (Prior Month) 956.0K Short Ratio 3.10  Daily Volume 323.0K
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 31-July-2001)

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