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$8.93 0.30 (3.48%)
7/18/2008 1:42 PM

AmeriCredit Corp. (ACF)

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An auto finance company engaged in purchasing retail automobile installment sales contracts. It also provides loans directly to consumers buying new and used vehicles as well as providing lease financing.

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139 Outperforms
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Small Cap (1922), Credit Services (49)
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AmeriCredit Corp. At A Glance

Current Price: $8.93
Last Trade Time: 7/18/2008 1:42 PM
Open: $8.72
Previous Close: $8.63
Daily Range: $8.45 - $9.10
52-Week Range: $6.26 - $24.50
Volume: 1,648,431
Market Cap: $994.26M
P/E Ratio: 6.03
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AmeriCredit Corp. (ACF)

Avatar Turtledude (77.80) Submitted: 4/11/08 1:01 AM

Berkowitz and Cumming are betting big on a turnaround and so am I.

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AmeriCredit Corp. (ACF)

Avatar dwot (99.99) Submitted: 1/20/08 2:15 PM

$761 million in junk bonds.

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Avatar Ganapatyas (67.08) Submitted: 7/01/08 12:43 PM : Outperform Start Price: $8.50 ACF Score: 3.87

people gotta have cars. they'll default on their house payment before they default on their car payment. it will be rough sailing for a while. The only real opportunities to make big money in the market is to buy into panic ONLY AFTER determining that the panic is unfounded.

At least 2 legendary margin-of-safety investors have snapped this up.

LUK has bought 25% of the company (and they've got a huge war chest of liquidity that they could make available to the company if the market seize up further)

Fairholme funded has bought 10% of the company . . . and these guys mantra is "don't lose money".

I feel pretty comfortable going in alongside those guys.

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Avatar apchempete (< 20) Submitted: 6/17/08 3:37 PM : Underperform Start Price: $11.72 ACF Score: 17.69

It is this company's clients who are defaulting on their mortgages due to predatory lending. Look for them to default on their car loans as well. Meantime, the only vehicles being purchased are fuel efficient vehicles which typically must be purchased new from dealers. Lean times await this company in the pending economic crisis.

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Avatar gilboy7 (43.15) Submitted: 5/31/08 11:46 AM : Outperform Start Price: $13.53 ACF Score: -24.88

director buying shares

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Avatar SandmanKy (< 20) Submitted: 5/19/08 11:07 PM : Outperform Start Price: $13.98 ACF Score: -25.25

free cash flow 1.0B...Market Cap 1.62B... I'm new to this but that seems like a no-brainer.

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Avatar Turtledude (77.80) Submitted: 4/11/08 1:01 AM : Outperform Start Price: $10.30 ACF Score: -7.89

Berkowitz and Cumming are betting big on a turnaround and so am I.

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TrackBerkowitz 65.42 05/02/08 05/02/08 Outperform 1Y $14.25-38.53%-11.26%-27.26 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackFBR 90.52 01/14/08 01/14/08 Underperform NS $11.45-23.49%-11.22%+12.27
TrackJMP < 20 10/25/07 10/25/07 Outperform NS $15.10-41.99%-17.32%-24.66
TrackChuckAkre < 20 09/30/07 09/30/07 Outperform NS $17.58-50.17%-17.86%-32.31 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackBillMiller < 20 09/30/07 09/30/07 Outperform NS $17.58-50.17%-17.86%-32.31 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies

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