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      <title>Why Altisource Portfolio Solutions Insiders Are Cashing Out At The Top</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>For a stock that is priced for a number of years in the future, one has to realize why should you stay or go in to Altisource Portfolio Solutions (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/asps' title='Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA'>ASPS</a>) at this price.</p><p>The company is valued at $2.41bn based on Monday's close of $103. By fundamental metrics, that means a <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=ASPS+Key+Statistics" rel="nofollow">P/E of around 25, a P/S at over 4, and a P/B at over 10.</a> Impressive numbers one must say, this was done possibly thanks to a number of reasons which I highlight below.</p><p>First of all, ASPS has head offices based in Luxembourg, which happens to be a low tax jurisdiction with ASPS's effective tax rate being less than 10%. The Luxembourg office is an office of convenience, because if you look at the job postings on the company's website, out of 182 job openings, only <a href="http://tbe.taleo.net/CH02/ats/careers/jobSearch.jsp?org=OCWEN&amp;cws=4" rel="nofollow">four are Luxembourg posts.</a> Let's also compare ASPS to its</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:49:45 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<strong>By<ahref='http://seekingalpha.com/author/adrian-sciberras/'>Adrian Sciberras</a>:</strong><p>For a stock that is priced for a number of years in the future, one has to realize why should you stay or go in to Altisource Portfolio Solutions (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/asps' title='Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA'>ASPS</a>) at this price.</p><p>The company is valued at $2.41bn based on Monday's close of $103. By fundamental metrics, that means a <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=ASPS+Key+Statistics" rel="nofollow">P/E of around 25, a P/S at over 4, and a P/B at over 10.</a> Impressive numbers one must say, this was done possibly thanks to a number of reasons which I highlight below.</p><p>First of all, ASPS has head offices based in Luxembourg, which happens to be a low tax jurisdiction with ASPS's effective tax rate being less than 10%. The Luxembourg office is an office of convenience, because if you look at the job postings on the company's website, out of 182 job openings, only <a href="http://tbe.taleo.net/CH02/ats/careers/jobSearch.jsp?org=OCWEN&amp;cws=4" rel="nofollow">four are Luxembourg posts.</a> Let's also compare ASPS to its</p><br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/1057231-why-altisource-portfolio-solutions-insiders-are-cashing-out-at-the-top?source=feed'>Complete Story &raquo;</a>]]>
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