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Profile - Ohio Casualty Corp. (NasdaqNM:OCAS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  2Price hit new 52-week high ($14.34)
July 31Conference call: Ohio Casualty
Location
9450 Seward Road
Fairfield, OH 45025
Phone: (513) 603-2400
Fax: (513) 682-5228
Employees (last reported count): 3,470
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 43%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 9 insider buys; 20.0K shares
 · 4 insider sells; 77.0K shares
  (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 54% (95% of float)
(234 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 2.27M shares (+6.53%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Ohio Casualty Corporation operates primarily as a holding company and is principally engaged, through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, in the business of property and casualty insurance and insurance premium finance. The Company conducts property and casualty insurance business through The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company (Ohio Casualty), and Ohio Casualty's five operating property and casualty insurance subsidiaries: West American Insurance Company; Ohio Security Insurance Company; American Fire and Casualty Company; Avomark Insurance Company; and Ohio Casualty of New Jersey, Inc. Products consist of insurance for personal auto, commercial property, homeowners, workers' compensation and other miscellaneous lines.
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Financial Summary
Ohio Casualty Corp. operates as a holding company and is principally engaged in the business of property and casualty insurance and insurance premium finance. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 8% to $918.5 million. Net income totaled $12.6 million vs. a loss of $83.2 million. Revenues benefited from realized investment gains. Earnings benefited from the decrease in write-off of agent relationships and lower benefits and losses paid to policyholders.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Stanley Pontius, 53
Chairman
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Dan Carmichael, 55
Pres, CEO
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Debra Crane, 43
Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel
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Howard Sloneker, III, 43
Sr. VP of HR, Sec., Director
$232K
John Bade, Jr., 45
Sr. VP/Field Underwriting and Marketing
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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..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:OCASAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Sep-2000
$6.125
Recent Price$13.81 
52-Week High
on 2-Aug-2001
$14.34 
Beta0.59 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)343.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)168.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+81.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+143.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$829.6M
Shares Outstanding60.1M
Float34.2M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.48 
Dividend Yield3.48%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 23-July-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$18.08 
Earnings (ttm)$0.28 
Earnings (mrq)$0.28 
Sales (ttm)$30.06 
Cash (mrq)$0.38 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)0.76 
Price/Earnings (ttm)50.22 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.46 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.81B
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$16.5M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)0.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)1.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.37%
Return on Equity (ttm)1.53%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.19 
Total Cash (mrq)$22.6M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short844.0K
Percent of Float2.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
832.0K
Short Ratio2.09 
Daily Volume403.0K
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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