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Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (AMBC)



$14.76
52 Week Low
$19.43
2017-04-28 15:01:59 MDT
$27.25
52 Week High

Basic Info

Financial
Sector
Surety
Industry
Nasdaq
Stock Exchange
United States
Country

Market Cap: $893,720,000Small Cap (Between $200M and $2B)
Analyst Recommendation:2.3Analysts say: Buy-. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
Beta: 1.5 Higher Volatility Stock (beta over 1). Stock will go up more when the market goes up, and go down more when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index.

Fundamentals

ForwardPE: 12.75
5 Yr Est Growth: 11.00%
Yield: 0.00%
PEG-Y Ratio: 1.16
Good Growth at a reasonable rate. A PEGY Ratio of less than 1 is ideal. A PEGY Ratio 1.5 or lower is still decent.

Technicals

% Above 50 DayMA: 0.15%
% Above 200 DayMA: -8.61%
AMBC Performance 52 Weeks: 19.95%
S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50%
Mixed Trend. Short Term trend is up, but longer term trend is down. Currently beyond technical death cross because 50 Day MA is below 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week Low than 52 Week High.
AMBC outperforming S&P 500 by 7.45% the last 52 Weeks.

Profile


More Valuation

Price To Book: 0.51
Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value.
EV to EBITDA: 33.74
Not a good value. A low EV to EBITDA ratio is great. Ideally, under 10. Under 17 is okay.

More Info

Field Value Average Comments
% Held By Insiders0.52% 17.28%Held by fewer than average Insiders.
% Held By Institutions79.00% 62.07%Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price.
Short % Of Float4.02% 07.02% Shorted percentage less than average percent. Is stock loved? Do traders and investors believe in the stock?
Debt to Equity7.41 1.08 More Aggressive Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage.
Profit Margin %13.77%-00.18% Profit Margin is better than the average! Good job.
Operating Margin %49.08%-05.28% Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Equity %3.78%-08.79% Return on Equity greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Assets %0.72%-01.29% Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good.
Revenue Per Employee $3,529,805.19 $883,096.70 More than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) could be very efficient.
Price to Cash 1.47 5.52 Lower than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a higher percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money.
CPEGY Ratio 0.38 2.26 Less than than average CPEGY Ratio. Ideally, a CPEGY should be less than 1 or less than 1.5. CPEGY is the PEG Ratio but incorporating the yield and subtracting Cash Per Share.

Quick Thoughts

PROS:
  1. Good PEGY (less than 1.5): 1.16

  2. Low Forward PE: 12.75

  3. Stock is Above Short Term 50DMA: 0.15%

  4. Stock outperforming S&P 500 over last 52 weeks: 7.45%

  5. Price to Cash Ratio (1.47) is less than average. Good. Company has more cash as percentage of price than other companies.

  6. Price to Book is under 5: 0.51

  7. Shorted less than average: 4.02%

  8. Profit Margin is positive: 13.77%

  9. Operating Margin is positively good: 49.08%

  10. Return on Equity is positive: 3.78%

  11. Return on Assets is positive: 0.72%

CONS:
  1. Less than Average 5 Yr Est Growth: 11.00%

  2. Stock is Below Long Term 200DMA: -8.61%

  3. Worse than average EV/EBITDA: 33.74

  4. Debt To Equity is greater than 2. But might be industry standard? 7.41


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