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7/2/2009 4:17 PM

Astoria Financial Corp (AF)

CAPS Rating: 1 out of 5

The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Astoria Federal, attracts retail deposit and invests those deposits, together with funds generated from operations, principal repayments on loans and securities and borrowings.

Current Price	$8.15	Mkt Cap	$848.29M
Open	$0.00	P/E Ratio	14.10
Prev. Close	$8.74	Div. (Yield)	0.52 (5.90%)
Daily Range	$8.15 - $8.74	Volume	0
52-Wk Range	$5.85 - $30.00	Avg. Daily Vol.	0

AF News and Articles

Standard & Poor's cuts ratings on 18 banks Jun 17 at 12:02 PM – Associated Press
Standard & Poor's cuts ratings on 22 banks Jun 17 at 10:04 AM – Associated Press
S&P puts 23 financial firms on negative watch May 5 at 7:11 AM – Associated Press
Premarket roundup: US Steel, Palm Mar 4 at 9:28 AM – Associated Press
Ahead of the Bell: Northeast Banks Mar 4 at 7:28 AM – Associated Press
Analyst: FDIC fee hike may affect some banks Nov 25 at 11:08 AM – Associated Press
Premarket roundup: General Motors, Wal-Mart Nov 25 at 9:29 AM – Associated Press
Ahead of the Bell: FDIC fee hike may affect banks Nov 25 at 8:25 AM – Associated Press

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All Members

38 Outperform

61 Underperform

All-Star Members

17 Outperform

28 Underperform

Wall Street

2 Outperform

6 Underperform

Top AF Bull/Bear Pitches

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hey4ndr3w (96.94)
Submitted June 19, 2008

WSJ says banks are becoming increasingly creative at masking loan losses, by doing things such as lengthening the time thresholds at which point debt is considered troubled, and moving toxic assets over to non-balance-sheet subsidiaries. "Spending… More

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AF Summary

Sector: Financials
Industry: Thrifts and Mortgage Finance
Tags: Financials (2517), Loans (83), Thrifts and Mortgage Finance (176), Small Cap (1556)

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Recs

dubblebubbler (< 20) Submitted: 6/28/2009 12:42:57 AM : Outperform

Start Price: $8.63 AF Score: -3.06

I'm a little premature with this one...because I'm waiting for them to halve their unsustainable dividend. Once they do that...watch it RIP to the upside.

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Pogue1245 (90.55) Submitted: 5/21/2009 9:22:22 PM : Outperform

Start Price: $7.51 AF Score: +8.13

Too cheap.

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Fiskhus (93.98) Submitted: 5/19/2009 12:45:19 PM : Outperform

Start Price: $7.80 AF Score: +6.57

PreBuy77 and T77 VV

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Score Leader

aracer (99.56) Score: +72.02

The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.

Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	Commentary
IBleedConcrete	99.66	1/13/2009	5Y	$13.82	-41.02%	+3.55%	+44.57
Mr5StarFool	< 20	9/22/2008	NS	$22.58	-63.91%	-27.92%	+35.99
seanmcb	76.29	4/14/2008	5Y	$25.03	-67.44%	-32.26%	+35.18
Achiever314	69.78	9/10/2008	1Y	$21.39	-61.90%	-27.50%	+34.40
DnGoFnBk	98.99	9/26/2008	NS	$19.84	-58.92%	-25.38%	+33.54
cegranquist	32.38	11/6/2006	1Y	$25.44	-67.97%	-34.43%	+33.54
jm1234	38.19	1/4/2007	3Y	$26.86	-69.66%	-36.51%	+33.16
sprio	73.00	11/24/2006	1Y	$26.38	-69.11%	-35.96%	+33.15
hirshey	95.11	~~3/2/2007~~ 2/28/2008	3M	$25.21	-67.68%	-35.87%	+31.80	1 Comment
cyncoot	79.16	7/25/2008	1Y	$20.59	-60.42%	-28.63%	+31.79	1 Comment

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Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	End Date
TrackMaximGroup	37.25	5/7/2009	NS	$9.12	-10.60%	-3.44%	+7.16
TrackJimCramer	64.82	2/12/2009	3W	$7.26	+12.29%	+7.35%	-4.94
TrackJefferies	77.40	12/4/2008	NS	$16.59	-50.86%	+3.18%	-54.05
TrackStifel	96.67	9/22/2008	NS	$22.58	-63.91%	-27.92%	+35.99
TrackFBRCapitalM	79.95	3/26/2008	NS	$25.61	-68.17%	-33.21%	+34.96
TrackBearStearns	87.01	1/31/2008	NS	$22.90	-64.41%	-32.68%	-31.74
TrackStifel	96.67	3/1/2007	NS	$27.17	-11.23%	-2.25%	+8.98	1/25/2008 @ $24.12
TrackRBCCapMkts	88.51	10/20/2006	NS	$26.43	-69.16%	-34.40%	+34.76
TrackRyanBeck	79.78	9/25/2006	NS	$27.18	-70.02%	-31.82%	+38.19

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