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Profile - American Banknote Corp. (OTC BB:ABNK.OB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 31Price hit new 52-week low ($0.015)
Location
410 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 593-5700
Fax: (212) 593-9615
Employees (last reported count): 3,390
Financial Links
 ·Raw SEC Filings at sec.gov
Competitors:
 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Printing Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 40%
·Institutional: 4% (7% of float)
(8 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 110.0K shares (+15.15%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
American Banknote Corporation (ABN) is a global full-service provider of secure transaction solutions in carefully selected markets along three major product groups: Transaction Cards & Systems, Printing Services and Document Management, and Security Printing Solutions. ABN supplies transaction cards and products and systems in Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Products and services include stored-value cards, transaction cards and personalization services, holograms and equipment sales and services. The Company is a full-service provider of electronic printing applications to a number of corporate and government customers. ABN prints counterfeit-resistant documents of value, including checks, money orders, passports, foreign currency, stock and bond certificates and other commercial documents of value such as gift certificates.
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Financial Summary
ABNK is a holding Co. which through its subsidiaries operates in a single industry with three principal product lines: Transaction Cards and Systems; Printing Services and Document Management; and Security printing Solutions. For the nine months ended 9/98, revenues fell 3% to $239.8 million. Net income before accounting change rose 31% to $6.1 million. Revenues reflect unfavorable foreign exchange rates. Earnings benefitted from a $79.5 million gain on the sale of a subsidiary.
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Officers
FY1997 Pay

C. Goldsmith, 69
Chairman
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Francis Lavelle, 48
Managing Director of Sati
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Sidney Levy, 41
Managing Director of ABNB
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John Gorman, 53
Exec. VP and CFO
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Harvey Kesner, 40
Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel and Sec.
$210K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1997 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 -- OTC BB:ABNK.OBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Aug-2001
$0.015
Recent Price$0.015
52-Week High
on 19-Sep-2000
$0.07 
Beta0.86 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)3,591 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
52-Week Change-66.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-55.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$308.0K
Shares Outstanding20.5M
Float12.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$2.26 
Earnings (ttm)$0.07 
Earnings (mrq)$0.55 
Sales (ttm)$14.58 
Cash (mrq)$5.23 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.01 
Price/Earnings (ttm)0.20 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.00 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$327.7M
EBITDA (ttm)$5.53M
Income available to common (ttm)$5.10M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)-5.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-Sep-1998
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.37%
Return on Equity (ttm)11.35%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.41 
Debt/Equity (mrq)6.70 
Total Cash (mrq)$106.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-July-1999
Shares Short1.09M
Percent of Float8.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.15M
Short Ratio17.92 
Daily Volume61.0K
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-Sep-1998)

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