CIBC WORLD MARKETS POWER TECHNOLOGY INDEX Company Ticker 27-Mar-01 Price 52 Week Price Low 52 Week Price High Market Cap ($ MM) 8-Week Change % 2001 YTD Change % Active Power ACPW $19.88 $12.75 $79.75 $771.3 -20.5 -9.4 American Superconductor AMSC 15.56 14.00 61.88 326.8 -27.0 -45.5 AstroPower APWR 31.63 13.13 63.92 419.6 -7.7 0.8 Ballard Power Systems BLDP 42.13 33.19 121.50 3,822.9 -44.4 -33.3 Beacon Power BCON 6.00 5.72 10.75 231.4 -34.5 -40.0 Capstone Turbine CPST 33.06 17.75 98.50 2,477.7 -18.0 18.1 Evergreen Solar ESLR 9.00 6.00 20.75 100.4 -16.3 33.3 FuelCell Energy FCEL 51.94 15.75 108.75 820.2 -25.5 -24.2 H Power HPOW 7.03 5.25 35.94 375.5 -21.6 -8.5 Hydrogenics HYGS 4.16 2.75 15.02 162.1 -38.4 -5.0 Mechanical Technology MKTY 4.63 2.00 29.71 163.8 -33.9 32.1 Plug Power PLUG 15.00 9.13 130.00 655.5 -44.4 2.1 Proton Energy PRTN 7.25 5.25 36.00 239.8 -50.4 -31.0 SatCon Technology SATC 10.75 8.00 41.00 149.5 -19.6 8.9 Power Technology Index1, 2, 3 . 438.74 . . . -28.4 -13.4 NASDAQ . 1,972.26 . . . -30.5 -20.2 100 as of 12/31/98 2. Equally weighted 3. Includes Plug Power as of October 29, 1999, Capstone Turbine as of June 28, 2000, Active Power as of August 7, 2000 and H Power as of August 8, 2000 The Power Technology Index continues to be weighed down by negative sentiment surrounding the broader technology sector, but has still managed to outperform the technology-laden NASDAQ Stock Market over the past four- and eight-week periods. Over the past four weeks the index has fallen 6.3% compared to a 10.7% loss by the NASDAQ. Over the past eight weeks the index has nose-dived 28.4%, but still managed to better the NASDAQ's 30.5% slump. Shrugging off the downbeat mood in March was Capstone Turbine. The stock was the power tech index's star performer rallying over 27%.
April 01, 2001