$2.94 -0.08 (-2.65%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

American Capital, Ltd. (ACAS)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company is a business development company that also serves as publicly traded alternative asset manager.

Current Price $2.94 Mkt Cap $634.59M
Open $3.05 P/E Ratio 2.00
Prev. Close $3.02 Div. (Yield) 1.05 (42.20%)
Daily Range $2.90 - $3.09 Volume 3,777,031
52-Wk Range $0.58 - $14.54 Avg. Daily Vol. 5,925,000

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Wall Street

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Top ACAS Bull/Bear Pitches

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tcsonic (27.61)
Submitted May 24, 2009

June 15th, 2009 payable by Setember 30, 2009, ACAS will be declaring a $300 million dollar dividend in order to meet its RIC requirements. New rules allow the company to pay up to 90% of the dividend in stock. The Company will be announcing how the… More

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jdcarcollector (20.74)
Submitted October 12, 2009

Maverick we're in a flat spin
Pull Goose, pull out!

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Member Avatar lewthom21 (< 20) Submitted: 11/3/2009 3:08:31 PM : Outperform Start Price: $2.66 ACAS Score: +7.79

ACAS should have positive momentum coming out from their Q3 earnings. The news from ACAS since the end of Q3 has been positive with multiple exits at prices that are favorable for ACAS. The growth of their equity portfolio, plus dividends received in the quarter, should help to boost their balance sheet for Q4.

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Member Avatar NJonge02 (< 20) Submitted: 10/25/2009 10:30:06 AM : Outperform Start Price: $3.18 ACAS Score: -6.56

Mark downs have been heavy and the price still reflects significant BK possibility. As likelihood of BK fades and portfolio values improve, PPS will be more reflective of NAV

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Member Avatar gbmama (< 20) Submitted: 10/19/2009 12:38:13 PM : Outperform Start Price: $3.28 ACAS Score: -7.85

Solid operating plan and long-term track record that will return to stability (as a smaller version of itself) if it can weather the current environment and sort out the balance sheet.

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Score Leader

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epc53 (99.37) Score: +234.14

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in ACAS.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
upbatter 58.87 10/2/2008 Underperform 5Y $22.90 -87.16% -2.82% +84.34
bertm07 42.81 11/10/2008 Underperform 3M $9.43 -68.82% +15.50% +84.32
sourgirl31 < 20 9/24/2008 Underperform 5Y $25.48 -88.46% -7.75% +80.71
decandme < 20 8/28/2006 Underperform 3M $30.31 -90.30% -11.92% +78.37
MrSnowman 35.14 3/17/2008 Underperform 1Y $30.16 -90.25% -12.56% +77.70
dfdoddard 86.40 9/21/2006 Underperform 1Y $30.74 -90.43% -14.25% +76.18
healey62 < 20 11/13/2008 Underperform 3M $6.01 -51.08% +24.27% +75.35 1 Comment
Experiment200806 < 20 9/15/2008 Underperform NS $19.06 -84.57% -9.26% +75.32
masonking 39.40 3/19/2008 Underperform 5Y $31.64 -90.71% -15.77% +74.94
corbfield2 50.07 3/12/2008 Underperform 1Y $31.71 -90.73% -15.89% +74.84 1 Comment
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Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackKBW 60.72 1/29/2009 Underperform NS $3.94 -8.63% +7.94% +16.57 5/7/2009 @ $3.60
TrackAvondale 91.47 9/30/2008 Outperform NS $23.60 -68.98% -21.82% -47.17 11/11/2008 @ $7.32
TrackUBS 86.41 5/5/2008 Underperform NS $26.66 -88.97% -21.23% +67.74
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 4/16/2008 Underperform NS $30.67 -90.19% -35.96% +54.22 12/12/2008 @ $3.01
TrackJimCramer < 20 4/8/2008 Underperform 3W $30.80 -90.45% -18.80% +71.66
TrackJefferies 75.83 4/1/2008 Underperform NS $29.89 -90.16% -16.89% +73.27
TrackDreman 89.07 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $28.72 -89.76% -23.64% -66.13 2 Comments
TrackZacks 69.52 12/11/2007 Outperform 3M $35.32 -11.47% -6.69% -4.78 6/4/2008 @ $31.27 1 Comment
TrackSunTrustRH 89.33 2/21/2007 Outperform NS $45.67 -12.05% +1.34% -13.39 8/30/2007 @ $40.17
TrackAGEdwards 89.12 2/14/2007 Outperform NS $36.70 -91.99% -21.40% -70.59
TrackKBW 60.72 12/4/2006 Outperform NS $36.81 -89.30% -38.53% -50.77 1/29/2009 @ $3.94
TrackJefferies 75.83 11/3/2006 Outperform NS $39.96 +2.10% +6.69% -4.59 8/22/2007 @ $40.80
TrackBofASec 93.50 10/13/2006 Outperform NS $41.35 +14.85% +7.02% +7.83 2/21/2007 @ $47.49
TrackAGEdwards 89.12 10/5/2006 Outperform NS $40.40 +17.38% +7.52% +9.85 2/7/2007 @ $47.42
TrackSoleil 83.54 8/15/2006 Outperform NS $29.92 -90.17% -10.91% -79.27
TrackJimCramer < 20 5/4/2006 Outperform 3W $29.22 +17.58% +4.03% +13.55 4/9/2008 @ $34.36

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