| Company Name: | American Greetings Corp CL A | | Ticker Symbol: | AM | | | WWW Address: | www.corporate.americangreetings.com | | CEO: | Zev Weiss | | No. of Employees: | 9,000 | | Common Issue Type: | CS | | Business Description: | The Company design, manufacture and sale of everyday and seasonal greeting cards and other social expression products.
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| | | Industry Information: | DIVERSIFIED SERVICES - Business Services [more like this] |
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| Price | Day Change | Bid | Ask | Open | High | Low | Volume | | 21.89 |  0.05 | 21.87 | 21.89 | 21.87 | 22.49 | 21.50 | 248237 |
| Market Cap (mil) | Shares Outstanding (mil) | Beta | EPS | DPS | P/E | Yield | 52-Wks-Range |
| 862.5 | 39.4 | 2.18 | -4.89 | 0.48 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 24.10 - 3.24 |
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| KEY FIGURES (Latest Twelve Months - LTM) | | Yesterday's Close | 21.84 | $ | | PE Ratio - LTM | 0.0 | |
| Market Capitalisation | 785.6 | mil |
| Latest Shares Outstanding | 39.4 | mil |
| Earnings pS (EPS) | -4.89 | $ |
| Dividend pS (DPS) | 0.48 | ¢ |
| Dividend Yield | 2.2 | % |
| Dividend Payout Ratio | 0 | % |
| Revenue per Employee | 187,860 | $ |
| Effective Tax Rate | 0.0 | % |
| Float | 35.9 | mil |
| Float as % of Shares Outstanding | 91.0 | % |
| Foreign Sales | 455 | mil |
| Domestic Sales | 1,236 | mil |
| Selling, General & Adm/tive (SG&A) as % of Revenue | 47.50 | % |
| Research & Devlopment (R&D) as % of Revenue | 0.00 | % |
| Gross Profit Margin | 56.3 | % |
| EBITDA Margin | 8.8 | % |
| Pre-Tax Profit Margin | -14.9 | % |
| Assets Turnover | 1.0 | % |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | -15.1 | % |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 0.0 | % |
| Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) | -22.9 | % |
| Current Ratio | 1.7 | |
| Leverage Ratio (Assets/Equity) | 2.4 | |
| Interest Cover | 0.0 | |
| Total Debt/Equity (Gearing Ratio) | 0.58 | |
| LT Debt/Total Capital | 37.0 | % |
| Working Capital pS | 5.89 | $ |
| Cash pS | 1.27 | $ |
| Book-Value pS | 14.75 | $ |
| Tangible Book-Value pS | 14.09 | $ |
| Cash Flow pS | -4.11 | $ |
| Free Cash Flow pS | 2.69 | $ |
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| KEY FIGURES (LTM): Price info |
| Price/Book Ratio | 1.48 | |
| Price/Tangible Book Ratio | 1.55 | |
| Price/Cash Flow | -5.3 | |
| Price/Free Cash Flow | 8.1 | |
| P/E as % of Industry Group | 0.0 | % |
| P/E as % of Sector Segment | 0.0 | % |
| | | Balance Sheet (at a glance) in Millions |
| | | | | | DIVIDEND INFO | | Dividend Declared Date | 09/16/2009 |
| Dividend Ex-Date | 09/30/2009 |
| Dividend Record Date | 10/04/2009 |
| Dividend Pay Date | 10/14/2009 |
| Dividend Amount | 120 |
| Type of Payment | Cash Payment |
| Dividend Rate | 0.48 |
| Current Dividend Yield | 2.2 |
| 5-Y Average Dividend Yield | 3.8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| 5-Y Average Payout Ratio | 22.0 |
|  | | Share price performance previous 3 years |
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| PRICE/VOLUME | High | Low | Close | % Price Chg | % Price Chg vs. Mkt. | Avg. Daily Vol | Total Vol |
| 1 Week | - | - | - | 1.0 | 100 | 3,558 | 5,034 |
| 4 Weeks | 22.73 | 19.45 | 20.34 | 7.4 | 101 | 4,840 | 77,439 |
| 13 Weeks | 24.10 | 13.20 | 14.13 | 54.6 | 144 | 7,286 | 437,154 |
| 26 Weeks | 24.10 | 6.33 | 6.85 | 218.8 | 265 | 6,733 | 834,883 |
| 52 Weeks | 24.10 | 3.24 | 11.52 | 89.6 | 154 | 6,519 | 1,616,701 |
| YTD | 24.10 | 3.24 | - | 188.5 | 236 | 6,412 | 1,449,093 |
| Moving Average | 5-Days | 10-Days | 10-Weeks | 30-Weeks | 200-Days | Beta (60-Mnth) | Beta (36-Mnth) |
| 22.02 | 22.05 | 21.46 | 14.60 | 12.02 | 2.18 | 2.38 |
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| GROWTH RATES | 5-Year
Growh | R² of 5-Year Growth | 3-Year
Growth |
| Revenue | -3.01 | 91.7 | -2.19 |
| Income | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Dividend | 0.00 | 0.0 | 14.47 |
| Capital Spending | 20.41 | NA | 23.93 |
| R&D | 0.00 | NA | 0.00 |
| Normalized Inc. | 4.23 | NA | 21.28 |
| | | CHANGES | YTD vs.
Last YTD | Curr Qtr vs.
Qtr 1-Yr ago | Annual vs.
Last Annual |
| Revenue % | -5.5 | -7.6 | -4.8 |
| Earnings % | 111.7 | 906.6 | -100.0 |
| EPS % | 162.5 | 1080.0 | -100.0 |
| EPS $ | 0.52 | 0.54 | -6.41 |
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| SOLVENCY RATIOS | | SHORT-TERM SOLVENCY RATIOS (LIQUIDITY) |
| Net Working Capital Ratio | 15.20 |
| Current Ratio | 1.6 |
| Quick Ratio (Acid Test) | 0.4 |
| Liquidity Ratio (Cash) | 0.18 |
| Receivables Turnover | 27.0 |
| Average Collection Period | 13 |
| Working Capital/Equity | 41.2 |
| Working Capital pS | 5.38 |
| Cash-Flow pS | -4.38 |
| Free Cash-Flow pS | -1.06 |
| FINANCIAL STRUCTURE RATIOS |
| Altman's Z-Score Ratio | 1.12 |
| Financial Leverage Ratio (Assets/Equity) | 2.7 |
| Debt Ratio | 63.1 |
| Total Debt/Equity (Gearing Ratio) | 0.74 |
| LT Debt/Equity | 0.74 |
| LT Debt/Capital Invested | 61.1 |
| LT Debt/Total Liabilities | 43.1 |
| Interest Cover | 0.0 |
| Interest/Capital Invested | 2.10 |
| | | | VALUATION RATIOS | | MULTIPLES |
| PQ Ratio | 10.85 |
| Tobin's Q Ratio | 0.55 |
| Current P/E Ratio - LTM | 0.00 |
| Enterprise Value (EV)/EBITDA | 19.05 |
| Enterprise Value (EV)/Free Cash Flow | -56.00 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.2 |
| Price/Tangible Book Ratio - LTM | 1.55 |
| Price/Book Ratio - LTM | 1.48 |
| Price/Cash Flow Ratio | -5.3 |
| Price/Free Cash Flow Ratio - LTM | 8.1 |
| Price/Sales Ratio | 0.52 |
| P/E Ratio (1 month ago) - LTM | 0.0 |
| P/E Ratio (26 weeks ago) - LTM | 0.0 |
| P/E Ratio (52 weeks ago) - LTM | 10.0 |
| 5-Y High P/E Ratio | 0.0 |
| 5-Y Low P/E Ratio | 0.0 |
| 5-Y Average P/E Ratio | 0.0 |
| Current P/E Ratio as % of 5-Y Average P/E | 0 |
| P/E as % of Industry Group | 0.0 |
| P/E as % of Sector Segment | 0.0 |
| Current 12 Month Normalized P/E Ratio - LTM | 12.6 |
| PER SHARE FIGURES |
| LT Debt pS | 9.61 |
| Current Liabilities pS | 8.47 |
| Tangible Book Value pS - LTM | 14.09 |
| Book Value pS - LTM | 14.75 |
| Capital Invested pS | 23.29 |
| Cash pS - LTM | 1.27 |
| Cash Flow pS - LTM | -4.11 |
| Free Cash Flow pS - LTM | 2.69 |
| Earnings pS (EPS) | -4.89 |
| | | | OPERATING RATIOS | | PROFITABILITY RATIOS |
| Free Cash Flow Margin | -2.55 |
| Free Cash Flow Margin 5YEAR AVG | 7.66 |
| Net Profit Margin | -13.5 |
| Net Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. | 0.9 |
| Equity Productivity | 3.19 |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 0.0 |
| Return on Equity (ROE) - 5YEAR AVRG. | 1.5 |
| Capital Invested Productivity | 1.84 |
| Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) | -24.8 |
| Return on Capital Invested (ROCI) - 5YEAR AVRG. | 1.2 |
| Assets Productivity | 1.00 |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | -15.9 |
| Return on Assets (ROA) - 5YEAR AVRG. | 0.8 |
| Gross Profit Margin | 56.3 |
| Gross Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. | 56.5 |
| EBITDA Margin - LTM | 8.8 |
| EBIT Margin - LTM | -13.3 |
| Pre-Tax Profit Margin | -16.3 |
| Pre-Tax Profit Margin - 5YEAR AVRG. | 1.8 |
| Effective Tax Rate | 17.2 |
| Effective Tax Rate - 5YEAR AVRG. | 31.5 |
| EFFICIENCY RATIOS |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 113 |
| Revenue per Employee | 187,860 |
| Net Income per Employee | -25,307 |
| Average Collection Period | 13 |
| Receivables Turnover | 27.0 |
| Day's Inventory Turnover Ratio | 100 |
| Inventory Turnover | 3.6 |
| Inventory/Sales | 12.1 |
| Accounts Payble/Sales | 6.95 |
| Assets/Revenue | 1.00 |
| Net Working Capital Turnover | 7.76 |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 1.94 |
| Total Assets Turnover | 1.0 |
| Revenue per $ Cash | 28.08 |
| Revenue per $ Plant | 5.68 |
| Revenue per $ Common Equity | 3.19 |
| Revenue per $ Capital Invested | 1.84 |
| Selling, General & Adm/tive (SG&A) as % of Revenue | 50.0 |
| SG&A Expense as % of Revenue - 5YEAR AVRG. | 49.2 |
| Research & Devlopment (R&D) as % of Revenue | 0.0 |
| R&D Expense as % of Revenue - 5YEAR AVRG. | 0.0 |
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