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·	Insider: 1%
·	Institutional: 4% (4% of float) (48 institutions)
·	Net Inst. Selling: 144.0K shares (+5.26%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)

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Business Summary
	EPCOS AG develops, manufactures and markets electronic components for the fast-growing automotive, consumer and industrial electronics markets as well as for telecommunications. EPCOS manufactures over 40,000 products, comprising a range of passive electronic components whose extent is unique on the market. The Company can thus offer its 15,000 customers products and solutions from a single source. EPCOS provides EMC components, ferrites, ceramic components, capacitors, SAW (surface acoustic wave) components, non-linear resistors, and surge arresters for use in various electronics applications. EPCOS is the successor company of Siemens Matsushita Components, a joint venture founded in 1989 by Siemens and Matsushita.
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Financial Summary
	EPCOS AG manufactures passive electronic components for the telecommunications, automotive, industrial, and consumer electronics markets. For the fiscal year ended 12/00, net sales increased 63% to EUR1.86 billion. Net income rose from EUR75.8 million to EUR240M. Revenues reflect increased SAW-components and Ferrites sales. Net income aslo benefitted from decreased interest expenses and the EUR6.4 million foreign exchange gains.
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Officers
	Volker Jung, Chmn. Klaus Ziegler, Pres./CEO.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:EPC

As of 9-Feb-2001

Price and Volume
52-Week Low on 18-Oct-2000	$`64.00`
Recent Price	$`76.00`
52-Week High on 19-June-2000	$`130.00`
Daily Volume (3-month avg)	`26.0K`
Daily Volume (10-day avg)	`20.0K`
Stock Performance
big chart [1d \| 5d \| 3mo \| 1yr]
26-Week Change	`-9.1%`
26-Week Change relative to S&P500	`+1.7%`
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization	$`4.94B`
Shares Outstanding	`65.0M`
Float	`64.4M`
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)	$`2.74`
Dividend Yield	`3.60%`
Last Split	none

Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)	$`8.85`
Earnings (ttm)	$`3.40`
Earnings (mrq)	$`2.10`
Sales (ttm)	$`26.32`
Cash (mrq)	$`1.30`
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)	`8.59`
Price/Earnings (ttm)	`22.34`
Price/Sales (ttm)	`2.89`
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)	$`1.71B`
EBITDA (ttm)	$`304.9M`
Income available to common (ttm)	$`221.8M`
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)	`12.9%`
Operating Margin (ttm)	`17.8%`
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends	Sep 30
Most recent quarter	30-Sep-2000

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)	`21.89%`
Return on Equity (ttm)	`52.39%`
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)	`1.23`
Debt/Equity (mrq)	`0.18`
Total Cash (mrq)	$`85.1M`
Short Interest As of 8-Jan-2001
Shares Short	`111.0K`
Percent of Float	`0.2%`
Shares Short (Prior Month)	`96.0K`
Short Ratio	`11.10`
Daily Volume	`10.0K`
ADR Information
Shares/ADR	1

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