American Capital Ltd. (ACAS) Dividend Summary

AMERICAN CAPITAL STRATEGIES LTD. is the only private equity fund and the largest alternative asset management company in the S&P 500. American Capital, both directly and through its global asset management business, is an investor in management and employee buyouts, private equity buyouts, and early stage and mature private and public companies. American Capital provides senior debt, mezzanine debt and equity to fund growth, acquisitions, recapitalizations and securitizations. American Capital and its affiliates invest chiefly in companies located in North America and Europe. As a publicly traded company, they offer shareholders an opportunity to invest in privately held middle market companies through ownership of their stock.

Last update 02/24/2010

Dividend Yield Summary

	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2006
Dividends	$0	$4.2	$3.72	$3.33	$3.08	$0
Price	$2.2	$15.66	$32.96	$46.26	$36.21	$0
Yield	0 %	26.82 %	11.29 %	7.2 %	8.51 %	0 %

Earnings Information

Next Report Date	11/09/2009
Estimated EPS (year)	$0.72
Estimated EPS (quarter)	$0.14
Estimated EPS Growth	5.60%
Payout Ratio	0.00%
Payout change vs. 5 year average	-0.94%

Dividend/Split History

Date	Amount Per Share/Split Ratio	Type
2008-07-01	$1.03000	Dividend
2008-03-05	$1.01000	Dividend
2007-12-05	$1.00000	Dividend
2007-09-05	$0.92000	Dividend
2007-06-07	$0.91000	Dividend
2007-02-28	$0.89000	Dividend
2006-12-04	$0.88000	Dividend
2006-09-01	$0.83000	Dividend
2006-05-25	$0.82000	Dividend
2006-02-24	$0.80000	Dividend
2005-12-29	$0.03000	Dividend
2005-12-05	$0.79000	Dividend
2005-08-24	$0.78000	Dividend
2005-05-12	$0.75000	Dividend
2005-02-23	$0.73000	Dividend

Company Profile

AMER CAP LTD
2 Bethesda Metro Center
14th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Phone: 301 951-6122
Fax: 301 654-6714
Web: www.AmericanCapital.com
Email: Info@AmericanCapital.com

Key Information

Sector:	Finance
Industry:	FINANCE
Analysts	12
Fiscal Year End:	December
Next Reported Fiscal Year:	2008
Last Reported Quarter:	6/30/2009

Management

Chmn.; Pres.; C.E.O.	Malon Wilkus
Exec. V.P.; C.F.O.	John R. Erickson
Dir.	Kenneth D. Peterson Jr.
Dir.	Alvin N. Puryear
Dir.	Mary C. Baskin

Competitors

SIC Code: 6159

Ticker	Company Name
CIT	CIT GROUP INC
SFI	ISTAR FINL INC
ALD	ALLIED CAP NEW
NEWS	NEWSTAR FIN INC
FIF	FINL FED CORP
BKCC	BLACKROCK KELSO
MCGC	MCG CAPITAL

American Capital Ltd. ACAS (NSDQ) Financial Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate	3.06
Trailing 12 Months	1.63
PEG Ratio	0.55

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	-87.32%
vs. Previous Quarter	-70.97%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	-46.77%
vs. Previous Quarter	-28.21%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	0.25
Price/Cash Flow	0.11
Price/Sales	0.57

ROE
06/30/2009	8.82
03/30/2009	9.88
12/30/2008	10.07

ROA
06/30/2009	3.56
03/30/2009	4.59
12/30/2008	5.12

Current Ratio
06/30/2009	0.00
03/30/2009	0.00
12/30/2008	0.00

Quick Ratio
06/30/2009	0.00
03/30/2009	0.00
12/30/2008	0.00

Operating Margin
06/30/2009	33.85
03/30/2009	42.65
12/30/2008	46.78

Net Margin
06/30/2009	-316.24
03/30/2009	-225.47
12/30/2008	-229.97

Pre-Tax Margin
06/30/2009	37.91
03/30/2009	46.54
12/30/2008	50.43

Book Value
06/30/2009	8.77
03/30/2009	12.96
12/30/2008	15.26

Inventory Turnover
06/30/2009	0.00
03/30/2009	0.00
12/30/2008	0.00

Debt-to-Equity
06/30/2009	2.33
03/30/2009	1.69
12/30/2008	1.47

Debt-to-Capital
06/30/2009	70.01
03/30/2009	62.79
12/30/2008	59.58

Quick Quote

Updated as of 4:00pm

Last Trade:	4.82
Trade Time:	4:00pm
Change:	+0.15
Open:	4.68
High:	4.82
Low:	4.65
Volume:	4,459,625

Security Details

Exchange	NSDQ
CUSIP
Split Date	-
Split Factor	0
Shares outstanding	215.85
Beta	2.49

Detailed Quote as of 09/09/2009

Price	$2.20
52 Week High	$28.08
52 Week Low	$0.58
Price Change (4 weeks)	$-28.57
Price Change (12 weeks)	$-41.33
Price Change (YTD)	$-32.10
Price Change (4 weeks) vs. S&P	$-28.99
Price Change (12 weeks) vs. S&P	$-45.38
Price Change (YTD) vs. S&P	$-39.66
Average Daily Volume (20 Days)	5,126,260
Market Capitalization	$474.86

Price History

Earning Announcement

Last Confirmation Date	2010-02-18
Next Earnings Announcement Date	2010-02-23
Earnings Quarter	Q4
Announcement Status	Confirmed

Investor Conference Call

Date	2010-02-24
Time	11:00:00
URL	Conference Call Information

Last Dividend Payout

Announcement Date	2008-05-06
Record Date	2008-06-13
Pay Date	2008-07-01
Amount Per Share	$1.03

Board Shareholder Meeting

First Quarter	2009-05-05
Second Quarter	2008-08-05
Third Quarter	2008-11-10
Fourth Quarter	2009-03-02