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Profile - First Financial Fund Inc. (NYSE:FF)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
Gateway Center Three
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (800) 451-6788
Fax: (617) 828-8813
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Misc. Financial Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 24%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 4 insider buys; 551.0K shares (10.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 8% (10% of float)
(24 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 114.0K shares (+5.59%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
First Financial Fund, Inc. was incorporated as a closed-end, diversified investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation with the secondary objective of current income by investing in securities issued by savings and banking institutions, mortgage banking institutions and their holding companies. The Fund has agreements with Wellington Management Company, LLP (the Investment Adviser) and with Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC (the Administrator). The Investment Adviser makes investment decisions on behalf of the Fund, and the Administrator provides occupancy and certain clerical and accounting services to the Fund.
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Financial Summary
First Financial Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund's portfolio consists primarily of equity securities and debt securities of savings and loan associations. For the fiscal year ended 3/31/01, investment income totaled $8.9 million. Net investment income totalled $3.4 million. Net increase in net assets from operations totaled $104.3 million. Net asset value per share of Common Stock totaled $12.86.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]

Position
Thomas Mooney, 58Presideent, Treasurer
Arthur Brown, 51Sec.
R. Charles Miller, 42Assistant Sec.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:FFAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 13-Oct-2000
$8.563
Recent Price$12.40 
52-Week High
on 29-June-2001
$13.24 
Beta0.79 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)29.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)90.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+35.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+82.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$304.1M
Shares Outstanding24.5M
Float18.6M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.10 
Dividend Yield0.81%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$12.86 
Earnings (ttm)$4.26 
Earnings (mrq)$2.29 
Sales (ttm)$0.36 
CashN/A 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.96 
Price/Earnings (ttm)2.91 
Price/Sales (ttm)34.15 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$8.90M
EBITDA (ttm)$6.08M
Income available to common (ttm)$104.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1171.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)68.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMar 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)35.20%
Return on Equity (ttm)39.47%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total CashN/A 
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short23.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
29.0K
Short Ratio1.28 
Daily Volume18.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Mar-2001)

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