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Profile - Kingsway Financial (NYSE:KFS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 23Price hit new 52-week high ($10.30)
July 31Price hit new 52-week low ($8.85)
Location
5310 Explorer Drive, Suite 200, Ontario
Mississauga L4W 5H8, Canada
Phone: (905) 629-7888
Fax: (905) 629-5008
Email: ir@kingsway-financial.com
Employees (last reported count): 300
Financial Links
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Institutional: 10% (11% of float)
(20 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 346.0K shares (+8.90%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KSFI) is a property and casualty insurance company in North America. KSFI's primary business is the insuring of automobiles for drivers who do not meet the criteria for coverage by standard automobile insurers. The Company's lines of business consist of Non-Standard Automobile, Standard Automobile, Motorcycle, Property (including liability), Commercial Automobile and Other Specialty Lines. In addition to revenue derived from premiums earned, the Company also derives revenue from premium financing and investment income.
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Financial Summary
Kingsway Financial Services Inc., is a financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries is engaged in property and casualty insurance. For the three months ended 3/31/01, revenues increased 48% to C$177.6 million. Net income totalled C$9.2 million, up from C$3.2 million. Revenues benefitted from increased premiums written in the core non-standard automobile markets and rate increases. Earnings also reflect lower commissions as a % of sales.

Recent Earnings Announcement
For the 3 months ended 06/30/2001, revenues were 209,621; after tax earnings were 11,430. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of Canadian Dollars.)

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Officers

Position
William StarChairman, Pres, CEO
W. Shaun JacksonCFO, Exec. VP
Frank AmodeoVP
G. Steven SmithVP
Jim ThorndycraftVP
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:KFSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-July-2001
$8.85 
Recent Price$9.85 
52-Week High
on 23-Aug-2001
$10.30 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)3,000 
Stock Performance
4-Week Change+6.5%
4-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+14.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$335.5M
Shares Outstanding34.1M
Float33.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$4.72 
Earnings (ttm)$0.69 
Earnings (mrq)$0.21 
Sales (ttm)$13.03 
Cash (mrq*)$0.53 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)2.08 
Price/Earnings (ttm)14.32 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.76 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$461.6M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$24.3M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
31-Mar-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.20%
Return on Equity (ttm)13.94%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.51 
Total Cash (mrq)$860.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short0 
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
0 
Daily Volume4,000 
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-June-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 31-Mar-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 1.55 Canadian Dollars/US Dollar

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