$3.85

0.25 (6.94%)

10/13/2008 2:30 PM

Asta Funding, Inc. (ASFI)

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Acquires, manages, collects and services portfolios of consumer receivables. These portfolios generally consist of one or more of the following types of consumer receivables: charged-off receivables; semi-performing receivables and performing receivables.

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Avatar FRRElement (96.99) Submitted: 3/25/08 11:19 PM : Start Price: $16.19 ASFI Score: -46.74

Asta Funding is a very unique company that is in the business of buying bad debt from credit card companies and then sending their team of lawyers out to collect on that acquired debt. The secret to their success is that they are able to buy that deb...

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Avatar NetscribeFinServ (< 20) Submitted: 2/20/07 4:41 AM : Start Price: $35.26 ASFI Score: -54.71

Asta Funding is a leading consumer receivable asset management company that specializes in the purchase, management and liquidation of performing and non-performing consumer receivables. The industry faces intense competition with pricing issues and ...

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Avatar stocksILike (< 20) Submitted: 7/18/07 3:09 PM : Start Price: $40.22 ASFI Score: -52.54

Business Overview

ASFI is a 600 Million company with an impressive track record of revenue growth and earning since 1999. This company had an EBTDA(*) of 3M in 1999, 17.3M in 2002, 37.5M in 2004 and 76M in 2006. Looking at the gross and n...

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Avatar chk999longonly (99.47) Submitted: 2/24/08 12:31 PM : Start Price: $16.66 ASFI Score: -47.16

This hit a 52 week low on the last trading day.

This looks very much oversold and I think it will rebound. The worry is that there is hidden balance sheet damage that could spread out from the sub-prime mess. Only time will tell.

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Avatar NJBeachBum (94.21) Submitted: 8/31/06 5:42 PM : Start Price: $32.93 ASFI Score: -61.38

spectacular growth rate and low PE, low debt. Collection agencies should benefit greatly as more people are restricted from filing backruptcy and avoiding repayment of charged off debts.

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Avatar akyra (< 20) Submitted: 2/23/07 8:51 AM : Start Price: $35.10 ASFI Score: -54.57

This is a great time for the debt collecting sector. The fundamentals, growth and valuation all look excellent. The insider ownership is good too.

This stock seems to have been overlooked.

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Avatar SmokeyJoeSmokin (81.22) Submitted: 3/14/07 11:26 AM : Start Price: $35.50 ASFI Score: -58.34

I've been a long time holder of ASFI. It's a good company with good margins. I anticipate that bad credit card debt will actually increase in the coming years which is bad for the economy, but good for companies like ASFI since supply of this debt ...

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Avatar TMFEldrehad (99.99) Submitted: 12/12/06 3:26 PM : Start Price: $32.35 ASFI Score: -55.97

This is yet another pick based soley on a fundamental stock screener. In CAPS, I try to make a concious effort to try out new investing approaches that I'd be reluctant to employ with real money and actively learn through the process - and this is o...

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Avatar pdyang (42.00) Submitted: 11/08/06 2:01 PM : Start Price: $33.34 ASFI Score: -57.63

Trades at a significant discount to PRAA, with a slightly different model that outsources collections (resulting in higher margins). Management has long history in the business and knows when to purchase paper on the cheap.

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