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Profile - AMBAC Financial Group (NYSE:ABK)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Sep  5Dividend payment of $0.09
Location
One State Street Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Phone: (212) 668-0340
Fax: (212) 509-9190
Email: fbivona@ambac.com
Employees (last reported count): 364
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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 ·S&P 500
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 29%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
 · 2 insider sells; 14.0K shares
·Institutional: 95% (134% of float)
(829 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 664.0K shares (+0.66%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
AMBAC Financial Group Inc. is a holding company whose subsidiaries provide financial guarantee products and other financial services to clients in both the public and private sectors around the world. The Company provides financial guarantees for municipal and structured finance obligations through its principal operating subsidiary, AMBAC Assurance Corporation. Through its financial services subsidiaries, the Company provides financial and investment products including investment agreements, interest rate swaps, funding conduits, investment advisory and cash management services, principally to its financial guarantee clients, which include municipalities and their authorities, school districts, health care organizations and asset-backed issuers.
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Financial Summary
AMBAC Financial Group is a holding company that provides financial guarantee products and other financial services to public and private clients. For the six months ended 6/30/01, total revenues increased 14% to $347.1 million. Net income before acct. change rose 15% to $205.6 million. Revenues reflect higher municipal bond premiums written due to market penetration and lower interest rates. Earnings also reflect lower expenses at the Company's financial services units.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Phillip Lassiter, 57
Chairman, CEO
$2.0M$6.2M
Robert Genader, 54
Pres, COO, Director
1.2M3.5M
Frank Bivona, 45
Vice Chairman, CFO
755K2.4M
Kevin Doyle, 44
Managing Director, Gen. Counsel ad CLO
526K--  
Gregg Bienstock, 36
Managing Director, HR and Employment Counsel
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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.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:ABKAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Sep-2000
$42.583
Recent Price$59.20 
52-Week High
on 30-Mar-2001
$64.00 
Beta0.68 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)478.3K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)482.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+37.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+84.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$6.27B
Shares Outstanding105.9M
Float75.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.36 
Dividend Yield0.61%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 13-Dec-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$26.35 
Earnings (ttm)$3.63 
Earnings (mrq)$0.99 
Sales (ttm)$6.13 
Cash (mrq)$0.33 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.25 
Price/Earnings (ttm)16.33 
Price/Sales (ttm)9.66 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$665.1M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$393.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)59.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)84.5%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.78%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.47%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.15 
Total Cash (mrq)$35.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short524.0K
Percent of Float0.7%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
902.0K
Short Ratio1.19 
Daily Volume440.0K
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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