$5.30

0.45 (9.28%)

11/21/2008 4:01 PM

Allied Irish Banks, plc. (ADR) (AIB)

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The Company provides a diverse range of banking, financial and related services, in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland.

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Dividend (191), Ireland (10), Small Cap (1354), Dublin (6), Commercial Banks (426)
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Allied Irish Banks, plc. (ADR) At A Glance

Current Price:	$5.30
Last Trade Time:	11/21/2008 4:01 PM
Open:	$5.32
Previous Close:	$4.85
Daily Range:	$4.88 - $5.44
52-Week Range:	$4.80 - $48.14
Volume:	745,189
Market Cap:	$2.14B
P/E Ratio:	0.82
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Other News Headlines for AIB

Irish mortgage lender writes off Iceland losses
11/12/2008 1:08:00 PM - AP
Ireland OKs world-leading bank guarantee
10/2/2008 6:42:00 PM - AP
Ireland guarantees bank deposits, borrowings
9/30/2008 4:03:00 PM - AP
Ireland guarantees all bank deposits
9/30/2008 5:54:00 AM - AP

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Avatar alex1969 (73.44) Submitted: 6/12/08 11:31 AM

Beautiful dividend over 8% and a dividend 5 Yr Growth Rate of 18%. P/E at 5 year low. Provides global diversification. The Motley fool have risked their own money on this and a Global Gains recommendation, at much higher prices than I am paying. Trading at 1.1 times tangible book value. CAPS 5 star ...More

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3 Allied Irish Banks, plc. (ADR) (AIB)

Avatar maxhoffa (86.46) Submitted: 10/06/08 1:30 PM

um, do we just keep telling ourselves everything will be ok?
things are going to be very bumpy through march or april. well, bumpy at best. just TOO much psychology involved with any of the financials.
short banking through at least december is the safe be, IMO. the latch onto the survi...More

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Recs 0 (AIB) walhersh (< 20) Submitted: 11/19/08 2:58 PM : Start Price: $5.14 AIB Score: -12.24 walt Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 1 (AIB) TMFGebinr (54.77) Submitted: 11/19/08 10:09 AM : Start Price: $5.68 AIB Score: 5.50 Of the Irish banks, this is the best capitalized, even though it will probably have to take on additional capital to raise its Tier 1 level to compete with other UK banks. It can do this through selling some of its assets (e.g. M&T, which, due to accounting, would raise its capitalization ratio more by removing this asset from the books). It is exposed somewhat to the Irish housing downturn, mostly through developers. It continues to increase depositers, which also increases capital. While many think that management should have seen this coming (and they probably should have, especially the unsustainability of Ireland's economic growth), they didn't go all crazy and start dealing in MBSs and CDOs and all that other garbage (I believe). Over the next few months, I don't know where the price will go, but over the longer period of a few years, it should go up quite handily, especially after having been beaten down so far. Just wish my own basis was this low. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AIB) TadpolesUS (97.38) Submitted: 11/18/08 9:03 PM : Start Price: $5.81 AIB Score: 2.95 AIB is very cheap right now. The dividend will be good, even if reduced. The Irish government will not let this bank fail. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AIB) hitmeyouFool (< 20) Submitted: 11/18/08 11:55 AM : Start Price: $5.65 AIB Score: 6.20 It's all uphill from here. There's no doubt in my mind this is a survivor. And I'm pretty sure we're at the bottom now. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AIB) basilclick (26.70) Submitted: 11/17/08 4:32 PM : Start Price: $6.50 AIB Score: -7.47 This one will survive Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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