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Profile - First Investors Financial (NasdaqNM:FIFS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
675 Bering Drive, Suite 710
Houston, TX 77057
Phone: (713) 977-2600
Fax: (713) 260-0068
Employees (last reported count): 167
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Consumer Financial Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 68%
·Institutional: 24% (74% of float)
(16 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 252.0K shares (+15.97%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. is a consumer finance company engaged in both the purchase of receivables originated by franchised automobile dealers and originating loans directly to consumers in connection with the sale of new and late-model used vehicles. The Company specializes in lending to consumers with impaired credit profiles. The Company primarily purchases receivables from the new and used car departments of dealers operating under franchises from the major automobile manufacturers.
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Financial Summary
First Investors Financial is a consumer finance company engaged in the purchase and retention of receivables originated by automobile dealers from the sale of vehicles to consumers with substandard credit. For the fiscal year ended 4/30/01, interest income rose 10% to $44.4 million. Net income fell 98% to $52 thousand. Interest income reflects growth in receivables held for investment. Earnings were offset by a higher provision for credit losses and lower servicing income.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Tommy Moore, Jr., 43
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$316K
Joseph Pisano, 54
Sr. VP and COO
165K
Roberto Marchesini, Ph.D., 56
VP-Portfolio Risk Management
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Bennie Duck, 36
VP, Sec., Treasurer and CFO
155K
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Apr-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 -- NasdaqNM:FIFSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 26-Dec-2000
$3.00 
Recent Price$3.60 
52-Week High
on 8-Feb-2001
$4.50 
Beta0.47 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)409 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-15.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+13.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$20.0M
Shares Outstanding5.57M
Float1.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.45 
Earnings (ttm)$0.01 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.24 
Sales (ttm)$7.97 
Cash (mrq)$4.51 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.66 
Price/Earnings (ttm)400.00 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.45 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$44.4M
EBITDA (ttm)$24.8M
Income available to common (ttm)$52.0K
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)-4.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsApr 30
Most recent quarter30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.18%
Return on Equity (ttm)0.17%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)9.13 
Total Cash (mrq)$25.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1,000 
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Short Ratio1.00 
Daily Volume1,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-Apr-2001)

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