Ambassadors Group, Inc. (EPAX)

TMFPlatoish (95.21) Submitted: 11/24/06 6:35 PM : Start Price: $26.07 EPAX Score: -27.65

I think I first came across this company on the Hidden Gems boards when reading one of stillwater's posts. It turns out, I had been one of their customers a few years ago when my son was nominated by one of his teachers to attend a People to People L...

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TMFEldrehad (99.99) Submitted: 10/16/06 12:29 PM : Start Price: $29.33 EPAX Score: -32.68

With today's parents wanting to give their children every possible advantage (often to the point of making their childrens' schedules more crowded that ever before), arranging travel for middle and high school students to broaden their intellectual a...

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itconsultant (73.01) Submitted: 12/24/06 1:59 PM : Start Price: $27.86 EPAX Score: -29.03

- It has 120Million Cash.
- Profit margins are great.(over 30%)
- ROE and ROA over 30 and 18% respecively.
- Dividend.: The company has been consistently increasing dividends since it was spun off in 2003. It stands at 1.6% yield with a 30% payour r...

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therye (< 20) Submitted: 8/07/07 4:13 PM : Start Price: $34.55 EPAX Score: -30.85

Thesis:

Ambassadors Group organizes and promotes educational travel for students and buissness professionals through a non profit organization callled People to People. People to People was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower to promote diplomacy by en...

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kfarms (< 20) Submitted: 2/03/07 11:30 AM : Start Price: $26.75 EPAX Score: -25.91

Don't know if I like the business but they sure seem to be making a lot of money.

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trixcskier (< 20) Submitted: 12/03/07 11:04 AM : Start Price: $17.69 EPAX Score: -6.28

Ambassadors Group has shown nothing but stellar numbers over the past 10 years. 5 year and 1 year Return on Capital is over 30%. Growth rates for Sales, EPS, Equity have all been in the high 20s or low 30s for the past 5 years. A solid company at hal...

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hazelnut283 (94.83) Submitted: 8/29/07 11:45 AM : Start Price: $37.54 EPAX Score: -35.89

I once heard of their People-to-People program years ago, the one founded by former president Eisenhower. I firmly believe that the children of the world would greatly benefit from programs such as these. The type of programs EPAX supports would help...

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SanDieguito (95.18) Submitted: 10/23/07 9:48 AM : Start Price: $23.89 EPAX Score: 18.98

down $13 to $26

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Gtrinvestor (99.98) Submitted: 10/23/07 10:17 AM : Start Price: $23.92 EPAX Score: -19.00

While this one is going to be hurt in the short-run due to increased energy costs (making travel more expensive), and the slow-down in US growth and decrease in housing prices (making int'l travel even more difficult to afford), something tells me th...

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GunnarVagotis (92.44) Submitted: 10/23/07 1:30 PM : Start Price: $21.60 EPAX Score: -14.90

The news is not good on this one. Enrollment is down and while "fundamentals" may be good, if people don't enroll in their programs, they don't make money. This pick, for me, is more about monitoring a situation and seeing if they can dig themselves ...

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