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Opinion on  Allied Capital Corp. (ALD)     Sector: Financial  >  Industry: Investment Services
Allied Capital Corporation

Jun 27, 2008 09:01 PM GMT
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Return Risk
-24.55% HIGH
Principal

Analyst Recommendation  

llied Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, note purchases, growth capital, and middle market equity and debt investments. The firm provides debt financing in the form of senior loans, first and second lien loans, junior or subordinated debt, and unitranche debt. It prefers to invest in business services, financial services, consumer products, healthcare services, energy services, industrial products, retail, and consumer services sectors. The firm seeks to invest a maximum of $300 million in buyout transactions and between $10 million and $150 million in debt transactions. It provides equity capital, typically in conjunction with a debt investment for management buyouts of companies with enterprise values between $50 million and $300 million. Allied Capital Corporation was founded in 1958 and is based in Washington, District of Colombia with additional offices in New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.

Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Hold  
    30 Days Ago: Hold  

  Analysts' Target: $21  
Analysts' Targets
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    Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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    Thursday, February 21, 2008

 Ferris Baker Watts $28 
    Strong Buy
    Thursday, January 24, 2008


ALD:  This call was made on 06/27/08 @ $14.12
Rating:   Positive   $14.12 (06/27/08)
Gain/Loss:   -76.91% in 501 days
Target:   $27.00 (+91.22%) in > one year
Allocation:   0.0% of portfolio


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