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Profile - Zenith National Insurance (NYSE:ZNT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
21255 Califa Street
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Phone: (818) 713-1000
Fax: (818) 713-0177
Email: info@thezenith.com
Employees (last reported count): 1,100
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 72%
·Institutional: 45% (162% of float)
(156 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 6.59M shares (+490.93%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Zenith National Insurance Corp. (Zenith National) is a holding company engaged through its wholly owned insurance subsidiaries, Zenith Insurance Company, ZNAT Insurance Company and Zenith Star Insurance Company (collectively, the P&C Operations), in the property-casualty insurance business. Zenith National and its subsidiaries (collectively, Zenith) also conduct Real Estate Operations through wholly owned subsidiaries that develop land and construct private residences for sale in Las Vegas, Nevada. Zenith classifies its business into the following segments: Workers' Compensation, Reinsurance, Other Property-Casualty, Real Estate, Investment and Parent.
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Financial Summary
Zenith National Insurance is a holding company whose subsidiaries provide property-casualty insurance and workers' compensation insurance, and develop land and construct private residences for sale in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenues rose 31% to $289.8 million. Net income before extraordinary item totaled $2.8 million vs. a loss of $25 million. Results reflect higher workers' compensation premiums earned in California and an improved loss ratio.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
Stanley Zax, Chmn./Pres.
William J. Owen, Sr. VP/CFO/Treas./Asst. Secy.
John Tickner, Sr. VP/Secy.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ZNTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000
$20.00 
Recent Price$30.00 
52-Week High
on 1-Feb-2001
$30.70 
Beta0.37 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)16.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)10.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+29.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+74.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$525.0M
Shares Outstanding17.5M
Float4.90M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.00 
Dividend Yield3.33%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 1-Aug-1983
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$17.67 
Earnings (ttm)-$1.17 
Earnings (mrq)$0.16 
Sales (ttm)$30.26 
Cash (mrq)$0.60 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.70 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.99 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$528.2M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)-$20.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-3.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)-5.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-1.36%
Return on Equity (ttm)-6.44%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.24 
Total Cash (mrq)$10.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short79.0K
Percent of Float1.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
62.0K
Short Ratio5.64 
Daily Volume14.0K
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