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Profile - AmeriCredit Corp. (NYSE:ACF)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  8Conference call: AmeriCredit Corp. Q4/FYE Earnings
Aug  7Earnings Announcement
Aug  2Price hit new 52-week high ($64.90)
Location
801 Cherry Street, Suite 3900
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: (817) 302-7000
Fax: (817) 336-9519
Email: investor_relations@americredit.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,048
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Consumer Financial Services
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 23%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 15 insider sells; 817.0K shares
  (4.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 94% (122% of float)
(550 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 1.40M shares (+1.84%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
AmeriCredit Corp. and its subsidiaries, including AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. (AFSI), operate in the automobile finance business. Through its AFSI branch network, the Company purchases loans made by franchised and select independent dealers to consumers buying late-model used and, to a lesser extent, new automobiles. The Company targets consumers that are typically unable to obtain financing from traditional sources. Funding for the Company's auto lending activities is obtained primarily through the sale of loans in securitization transactions. The Company services its automobile lending portfolio at regional centers using automated loan servicing and collection systems.
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Financial Summary
AmeriCredit Corp. is a national consumer finance company specializing in purchasing, securitizing and servicing automobile loans. For the fiscal year ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 61% to $818.2 million. Net income rose 95% to $222.9 million. Revenues reflect increased auto receivables managed. Higher income also reflects lower operating expenses as a percentage of sales and the absence of a $10.5 million charge for closing mortgage operations.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Clifton Morris, Jr., 65
Chairman
$1.9M$1.1M
Daniel Berce, 46
Vice Chairman, CFO
1.6M3.5M
Michael Barrington, 41
Vice Chairman, Pres, CEO
1.6M4.5M
Edward Esstman, 59
Exec. VP--Dealer Services, Director
976K4.0M
Karl Reeb, 42
Exec. VP, CAO
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Dollar amounts are as of 30-June-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:ACFAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Nov-2000
$20.375
Recent Price$46.16 
52-Week High
on 2-Aug-2001
$64.90 
Beta1.23 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.43M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2.80M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+73.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+132.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$3.82B
Shares Outstanding82.8M
Float63.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 1-Oct-1998
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$13.32 
Earnings (ttm)$2.58 
Earnings (mrq)$0.81 
Sales (ttm)$9.53 
Cash (mrq)$0.97 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)3.46 
Price/Earnings (ttm)17.86 
Price/Sales (ttm)4.84 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$818.2M
EBITDA (ttm)$478.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$222.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)27.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)44.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsJune 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)8.84%
Return on Equity (ttm)26.09%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.83 
Total Cash (mrq)$77.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short4.44M
Percent of Float7.0%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
4.14M
Short Ratio4.45 
Daily Volume998.0K
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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