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Profile - Ampal-Amer. Israel Corp. (NasdaqNM:AMPL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 782-2100
Fax: (212) 782-2114
Employees (last reported count): 22
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 ·Industry: Misc. Financial Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 58%
·Institutional: 7% (16% of float)
(57 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 174.0K shares (+15.43%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Ampal-American Israel Corp is engaged in the business of acquiring interests in businesses located in the State of Israel or that are Israel-related. The Company seeks to invest in companies that have long-term growth potential. Ampal currently invests in a broad cross-section of Israeli companies engaged in various fields including high technology and communications, leisure-time, real estate, capital markets, energy distribution and industry. The Company generally participates in the management of its investee companies through representation on boards of directors and otherwise. As part of its investment activity, Ampal provides its investee companies with ongoing support through its involvement in the investees' strategic decisions and introduction to the financial community, investment bankers and other potential investors. Sometimes, the Company participates in the investee companies' daily activities by providing managerial support.
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Financial Summary
AMPL acquires interests in businesses located in Israel or in Israel related businesses. AMPL's interests include energy distribution, real estate, communications, technology, and finance. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenues fell 42% to $18.1 million. Net loss totaled $3.5 million, vs. an income of $8.4 million. Revenues reflect unrealized losses on the sale of investments and a decrease in earnings of affiliates. Loss reflects increased real estate expenses.
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Officers
FY2000 Pay

Daniel Steinmetz, 62
Chairman
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Raz Steinmetz, 37
Pres, CEO, Director
$297K
Alla Kanter, 43
VP-Accounting and Controller
154K
Eli Goldberg, 46
VP-Legal and Sec.
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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 -- NasdaqNM:AMPLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 4-Apr-2001
$4.125
Recent Price$4.90 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$15.875
Beta0.57 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)31.8K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)14.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-69.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-58.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$94.0M
Shares Outstanding19.2M
Float8.10M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$7.81 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.59 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.20 
Sales (ttm)$1.32 
Cash (mrq)$0.15 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.63 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.71 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$26.5M
EBITDA (ttm)$2.48M
Income available to common (ttm)-$11.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-41.7%
Operating Margin (ttm)-57.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-2.51%
Return on Equity (ttm)-6.90%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.11 
Total Cash (mrq)$2.90M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short26.0K
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
42.0K
Short Ratio1.62 
Daily Volume16.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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