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ACAS vs. ETF Alternatives
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We provide investment capital to middle market companies, which we generally consider to be companies with sales between $10 million and $750 million. We invest in senior and subordinated debt in the buyouts of private companies sponsored by other private equity firms, directly to mature private... More
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- Friday, December 14, 2012, 4:39 PM American Capital Mortgage (MTGE) - the hybrid mortgage REIT brother of American Capital Agency (AGNC) - maintains its quarterly dividend at $0.90. (AGNC earlier). MTGE +0.7%, AGNC +2.3% AH. (PR) 4 Comments [Financials]
- Monday, October 29, 2012, 4:36 PM American Capital (ACAS): Q3 EPS of $0.22 misses by $0.01. Net unrealized earnings of $0.38. Net asset value of $17.39/share, up $0.77, or 5% from Q2. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Financials]
- Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 5:09 PM American Capital (ACAS) announces it repurchased 11.4M shares (3.6% of shares outstanding as of June 30) in Q3. ACAS, which closed today at $11.31, bought the shares at an average price of $10.99, for a total cost of $125M. Since Q3 '11, 43.6M shares have been repurchased at an average price of $9.00. (PR) 1 Comment [Financials]
- Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 4:29 PM American Capital (ACAS) lowers its interest cost, refinancing the entirety of its recourse debt with a 4-year $600M loan priced at Libor +4.25% with a Libor floor of 1.25%. The company also obtains a $250M credit line at Libor +3.75%. Shares +0.2% AH. (PR) Comment! [Financials]
- Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 4:51 PM More on American Capital (ACAS): After tax NOI of $0.58/share benefiting from change in treatment of preferred stock dividends. 9.1M shares repurchased at average price of $9.34 - 9% of float has been bought back over last year, increasing NAV by $0.65/share (NAV up 26% Y/Y). Total investments -12% Y/Y. Shares +0.9% AH. (PR) 2 Comments [Financials, Earnings]
- Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 4:42 PM American Capital (ACAS): Q2 EPS of $0.29 beats by $0.09. NAV of of $16.62/share, up 6% from Q1. (PR) 9 Comments [Earnings, Financials]
- Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday’s close: ACAS, ALL, ATML, BMC, CBG, CLD, DDR, DEI, DWA, EA, EIX, FTR, GNW, KIM, LIFE, OKE, PXD, QEP, XCO Comment! [Earnings]
- Monday, July 30, 2012, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday’s close: ACAS, ALL, ATML, BMC, CBG, CLD, DDR, DEI, DWA, EA, EIX, FTR, GNW, KIM, LIFE, OKE, PXD, QEP, XCO Comment! [Earnings]
- Thursday, June 28, 2012, 4:24 PM American Capital (ACAS) announces it repurchased 9.1M shares of stock during Q2, representing 2.8% of the float. Shares were purchased at an average price of $9.34 (today's close $9.81), for a total cost of $85.4M. Since 2011 Q3, the company has bought back 9.9% of the float at an average price of $8.30, adding $0.44 to the NAV ($15.71 on March 31). (PR) Comment! [Financials]
- Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 5:02 PM More on American Capital (ACAS): NAV of $15.71, +13% Q/Q. Average interest rate on debt investments was 11.1%, up 40 bps. 8.1% of loans were on non-accrual vs. 8.7% of loans at end of Q4. The company repurchased $48M of stock during the quarter. Shares +3.3% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials, On the Move]
- Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 4:56 PM American Capital (ACAS): Q1 EPS of $0.24 beats by $0.05. Shares +3.6% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
- Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: ACAS, AUY, BMR, BRCM, CAVM, CBS, CHK, CHSI, CVI, DDR, DEI, DVA, FISV, FLEX, GGP, GNW, MMI, OKE, OKS, OPEN, RGC, TE, TRIP, UNM, XCO Comment! [Earnings]
- Monday, April 30, 2012, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: ACAS, AUY, BMR, BRCM, CAVM, CBS, CHK, CHSI, CVI, DDR, DEI, DVA, FISV, FLEX, GGP, GNW, MMI, OKE, OKS, OPEN, RGC, TE, TRIP, UNM, XCO Comment! [Earnings]
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 9:05 AM
Premarket gainers: BPAX +51%. IPAS +21%. BCRX +14%. WCG +11%. TSEM +9%. CMCSK +8%. EGLE +7%. CLWR +7%. CMCSA +6%. ANF +6%. HIG +6%. VTG +5%. TTM +4%. K +3%. BCS +3%. DANG +3%. YGE +3%. DMND +3%. MET +3%. ACAS +3%. GNOM +3%. BZH +3%. COF +3%. TEVA +3%. MLU +3%.
Losers: VG -12%. NBG -9%. RENN -8%. NZGA -6%. OC -5%. FXCM -3%. ALU -3%. Comment! [On the Move] - Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 6:33 PM More on American Capital (ACAS): Q4 adjusted EPS blows away estimates, largely due to a $428M deferred tax benefit recognized during the quarter. Shares +4.1% AH. Comment! [Earnings, Financials, On the Move]
- Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 4:29 PM American Capital (ACAS): Q4 EPS of $0.24 beats by $0.04. Shares +2.5% AH. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, On the Move, Financials]
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jmok322: Holding through earnings and until it reaches estimated book value? Or trimming up a bit due to recent run up? -
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Ocean Man
Trimmed some $ACAS at $14.47 after adding a week ago at $13.63. +6%. http://seekingalpha.com/s/e0zq1 - View all 2 replies
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Iron Hamster: AGNC owners will take a killing if rates increase. So will the Fed, so the odds are slim we will ever, ever see that.
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Ocean Man: I've had my eye on CVRR, wouldn't mind getting into that one at some point. Good call on those bouncing today.
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jmok322: Dipping even further it looks like...may have to reload if it drops below 14.50
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Todd Johnson
$ACAS Please Do Me A Favor? Could Ya? Buy 100-shares and see if good things happen. EVERY PICTURE TELLS a STORY: http://bit.ly/YOvFDD - View all 3 replies
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Guardian3981: Anything that goes up so fast I worry can also go down fast, also no dividend, but ill consider it. -
Todd Johnson: Guardian, no, it's only an idea for comment. No suggestion to buy. You indicated factors on why it should go down. SEC.gov = answer. TJ
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goods02820282: What do you mean? I see you've sold a couple of times at $14.02 and $14.94. Should I wait? -
Ocean Man: I bought back at 13.60 after the 14.02 sale and I will buy back if it dips from here.
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Ocean Man
Sold 1/4 of my $ACAS for a gain of 26% in 3 months. $11.87 ---> $14.94. http://seekingalpha.com/s/aevcj - View all 8 replies
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neobliviscar: Still, a mediocre Q1 for me. The size of the upmove is way beyond what I bound for trades. Left lots and lots on the table in Jan & Feb. -
Albert Alfonso: Good call OM! I probably should have jumped in, since I like buying stocks at under BV, oh well
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neobliviscar
$ACAS Love this stock, but closing a prime broker relationship & not ACATing over to others. Selling out of the 100 contracts at that firm. - View all 2 replies
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neobliviscar: I expect to buy in on any good dip. Have this in a personal account too. -
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Ocean Man
Sold 1/4 of my $ACAS for a gain of 18.1% in 2 months. $11.87 ---> $14.02. http://seekingalpha.com/s/aevcj - View all 5 replies
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neobliviscar: Destin- I posted this morning that I had to sell out of our long options due to firing a prime broker. Really like $ACAS, & may just start -
neobliviscar: selling the $15 Apr or May puts to get back into this one.
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Ocean Man: Today was a nice dip if you nabbed it. Heading to 17 (book value). -
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neobliviscar
$ACAS c'mon- touch $14, yah know you want to. Go baby go. *Obvious pitch. Full disclosure, have a half ton of long dated call options. - View all 1 replies
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Stone Fox Capital
so $ACAS reported NAV of $17.84 today yet investors thought selling it at $13.30 today was a good idea... hmm - View all 1 replies
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Ocean Man: They were selling to me. The next day they realized their mistake.
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John McCoy
$ACAS posted great Q4 numbers, shares fell, but came back this afternoon. This morning was a buying opp for this game changer stock. - View all 2 replies
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KilgoreTrout: My bad, showed up in a newsfeed for ACAS but was for American Capital Mortgage Ltd (MTGE). sorry for the scare...
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neobliviscar
$ACAS pitching a bit, as I have 12,000shr equiv in Aug options. Already up > +100%, but serious when I say looking for +2500% - View all 3 replies
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neobliviscar: $14 and $15. But be aware they are long term, & I bought them when $ACAS was a fair bit lower. Up over 100% in them already. -
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muldoon1959: Add my name to the "Free OM" movement. I too communicated to Mr. Jackson that the site needs more contributors like OM, not less. -
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A Newell: Cool...I am long ACAS but it has been a long way back. This stock however could hit $20 this year. -
neobliviscar: I think that is what Id said or calculated in another post. Hence the long term options at insanely cheap price.



