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Profile - Alleghany Corporation (NYSE:Y)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 23Price hit new 52-week high ($224.24)
Location
375 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10152
Phone: (212) 752-1356
Fax: (212) 759-8149
Employees (last reported count): 2,674
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 48%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 3 insider sells; 12.0K shares
  (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 63% (121% of float)
(174 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 170.0K shares (+3.58%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Alleghany Corporation is engaged, through its subsidiary, Alleghany Underwriting Holdings Ltd., and its subsidiaries, in the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance businesses. Alleghany is also engaged, through its subsidiaries, World Minerals Inc., Celite Corporation and Harborlite Corporation, and their subsidiaries, in the industrial minerals business. Alleghany conducts a steel-fastener importing and distribution business through its subsidiary Heads & Threads International LLC. Through its subsidiary, Alleghany Properties, Inc., Alleghany owns and manages properties in California. Until February 1, 2001, Alleghany was also engaged, through its subsidiary, Alleghany Asset Management, Inc., and its subsidiaries, in the financial services business. On that date, Alleghany Asset Management merged with a wholly owned subsidiary of ABN AMRO North America Holding Company.
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Financial Summary
Y engages in title insurance, real estate-related services, certain financial services, property and casualty reinsurance and insurance, industrial minerals and steel fastener importing and distribution. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 94% to $1.17 billion. Net income from continuing operations totalled $451.2 million, up from of $74.7 million. Results reflect the gain on the sale of Alleghany Asset Management and lower property and casualty losses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

F.M. Kirby, 81
Chairman
$510K
John Burns, Jr., 69
Pres, CEO, Chief Operating Officer, Director
2.9M
David Cuming, 68
CFO, Sr. VP
1.3M
Robert Hart, 56
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
1.3M
Peter Sismondo, 45
VP, Controller, Assistant Sec., CAO and Treasurer
628K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:YAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Sep-2000
$170.938
Recent Price$216.30 
52-Week High
on 23-Aug-2001
$224.24 
Beta0.13 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)6,773 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)3,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+24.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+67.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.57B
Shares Outstanding7.24M
Float3.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 50 for 49 on 30-Mar-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$227.87 
Earnings (ttm)$56.50 
Earnings (mrq)-$1.29 
Sales (ttm)$209.10 
Cash (mrq)$1.35 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.95 
Price/Earnings (ttm)3.83 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.03 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.52B
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$415.8M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)27.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)45.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)13.29%
Return on Equity (ttm)30.61%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.14 
Total Cash (mrq)$9.80M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short20.0K
Percent of Float0.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
5,000 
Short Ratio4.00 
Daily Volume5,000 
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 30-June-2001)

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