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Opinion on  Ambac Financial Group Inc. (ABK)     Sector: Financial  >  Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
Ambac Financial Group Inc.

Jul 07, 2008 06:57 AM GMT
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Return Risk
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Analyst Recommendation  

Ambac Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides financial guarantee products and other financial services to clients in the public and private sectors worldwide. It operates in two segments, Financial Guarantee and Financial Services. The Financial Guarantee segment provides financial guarantee insurance and other credit enhancement products, such as credit derivatives for public finance and structured finance obligations. It also provides credit protection in credit derivative form, as well as guarantees or provides credit protection on obligations already carrying insurance from other financial guarantors. This segment sells its products in the U.S. public finance market, the U.S. structured finance and asset-backed market, and the international finance market. The Financial Services segment provides financial and investment products, including investment agreements, funding conduits, interest rate, total return, and currency swaps, principally to clients of the financial guarantee business, which include municipalities and other public entities, health care organizations, investor-owned utilities, and asset-backed issuers. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Analysts'
 Recommendation:
Hold  
    30 Days Ago: Hold  

  Analysts' Target: $7
Analysts' Targets
 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & C $4 
    Outperform
    Thursday, April 24, 2008

 Deutsche Bank Securities $9 
    Buy
    Wednesday, March 19, 2008

ABK Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $1.33  
Change Today $0.14
52 Week High $86.78
52 Week Low $1.05
Volume 17,263,052
Shares Issued 109.19m
Market Cap $145.23m
Beta 2.91
RiskGrade 756
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 0
Buy 0
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 7
neutral

Trades for 03-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
12:59 1 @ $1.33   green colour
12:59 4 @ $1.33   green colour
12:59 1 @ $1.33    green colour
12:59 1 @ $1.33   blue colour
12:59 1 @ $1.32   green colour


Update 08/07:

ABK has paid a dividend of $0.01 per share.


ABK:  This call was made on 07/07/08 @ $1.39
Rating:   Positive   $1.39 (07/07/08)
Gain/Loss:   -15.11% in 490 days
Target:   $8.00 (+475.54%) in > one year
Allocation:   0.0% of portfolio


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onebadbad   N/A     1 point   commented 455 days ago reply

What is going on with ABK now, It was climbing steadly last week reaching $5.85 (8/7/08) then it tanked the following day and is a steady downward trend? I not seen negative news other than a down grade from JP Morgan.


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