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Profile - Liberty Financial Co's (NYSE:L)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Sep  5Dividend payment of $0.10
Location
600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 722-6000
Fax: (617) 742-4513
Employees (last reported count): 2,131
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 ·Industry: Insurance (Miscellaneous)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 73%
·Institutional: 21% (78% of float)
(159 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 254.0K shares (+2.54%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. is an asset accumulation and management company. The Company has two core product lines, retirement-oriented insurance products and investment management products. Retirement-oriented insurance products consist substantially of annuities. Investment management products in 2000 consisted of mutual funds, private capital management and institutional asset management. Liberty Financial sells its products through multiple distribution channels. The Company distributes its products through all the major third-party intermediary channels, including national and regional brokerage firms, banks and other depository institutions, financial planners and insurance agents. On November 1, 2000, the Company announced that it had retained the investment-banking firm of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation to review its strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the Company.
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Financial Summary
Liberty Financial Companies is an asset accumulation and management company providing investment management products and retirement-oriented insurance products through multiple distribution channels. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 1% to $676.4 million. Net income applicable to Com. before accounting change fell 91% to $6.2 million. Revenues reflect increased investment income. Earnings were offset by a $40.2 million special compensation charge.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Compensation
PayExer

Edmund Kelly, 54
Chairman
--  --  
Gary Countryman, 60
Pres, CEO, Director
--  --  
Stephen Gibson, 46
Pres of Liberty Funds Group
$1.3M--  
Philip Polkinghorn, 42
Pres of Keyport Life Insurance Company
1.5M--  
C. Merritt, Jr., 59
COO
1.2M$205K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 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:LAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 10-Oct-2000
$22.875
Recent Price$32.70 
52-Week High
on 14-Feb-2001
$47.45 
Beta0.21 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)89.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)67.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+36.2%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+82.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.60B
Shares Outstanding48.9M
Float13.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.40 
Dividend Yield1.22%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 11-Dec-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$29.08 
Earnings (ttm)$1.32 
Earnings (mrq)$0.03 
Sales (ttm)$27.66 
Cash (mrq)$34.66 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.12 
Price/Earnings (ttm)24.73 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.18 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.38B
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$64.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.33%
Return on Equity (ttm)4.75%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.54 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.70B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short28.0K
Percent of Float0.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
28.0K
Short Ratio0.78 
Daily Volume36.0K
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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