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Profile - First Albany Companies (NasdaqNM:FACT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 24Dividend payment of $0.05
Location
30 South Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: (518) 447-8500
Fax: (518) 447-8663
Email: clientservice@fac.com
Employees (last reported count): 421
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Investment Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 39%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
 · 3 insider sells; 48.0K shares
  (1.5% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 5% (8% of float)
(21 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 65.0K shares (+14.19%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
First Albany Companies Inc., through its subsidiary, First Albany Corporation (First Albany), conducts investment banking and brokerage activities, principally in New York and Massachusetts, which include securities brokerage for individual and institutional customers, and market making and trading of corporate, government and municipal securities. First Albany also underwrites and distributes municipal and corporate securities, provides securities clearance activities for other brokerage firms and offers financial advisory services. The First Albany Asset Management Corporation (FAAM) subsidiary serves as investment manager by directing customers' investment and mutual fund assets. FAAM makes investment decisions, places purchase and sales orders, and provides research, statistical analysis and continuous supervision of the portfolios. The First Albany Enterprise Funding, Inc. subsidiary is a private equity investment company, providing venture capital and merchant banking services.
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Financial Summary
FACT, through its subsidiary, First Albany Corp., provides investment banking services with brokerage activity in NY and MA. FACT also underwrites and distributes municipal, corporate securities and provides financial advisory services. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 11% to $84.8 million. Net loss from continuing operations totalled $1.1 million, up from $486 thousand. Results reflect a weak equity and investment banking market and increased personnel and professional expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

George McNamee, 54
Chairman, Co-CEO
$1.2M$992K
Alan Goldberg, 55
Pres, Co-CEO
1.2M645K
Steven Jenkins, 36
CFO
450K--  
Hugh Johnson, Jr., 60
Sr. VP,CIO
580K1.2M
Stephen Wink, 42
Sec. and Gen. Counsel of the Company and First Albany and Sr. VP of First Albany
410K32K
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 -- NasdaqNM:FACTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 21-Dec-2000
$6.31 
Recent Price$8.10 
52-Week High
on 13-Sep-2000
$19.445
Beta0.57 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)8,227 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)7,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-49.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-31.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$66.6M
Shares Outstanding8.23M
Float5.00M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.20 
Dividend Yield2.47%
Last Split: 21 for 20 on 11-May-2001
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$7.92 
Earnings (ttm)-$0.42 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.14 
Sales (ttm)$22.33 
Cash (mrq)$0.61 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.02 
Price/EarningsN/A 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.36 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$183.2M
EBITDA (ttm)$50.7M
Income available to common (ttm)-$3.51M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)-1.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)-0.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)-0.33%
Return on Equity (ttm)-5.33%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.01 
Total Cash (mrq)$4.99M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short23.0K
Percent of Float0.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
15.0K
Short Ratio2.56 
Daily Volume9,000 
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)

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