American Capital Ltd: Key Ratios

	Avg P/E	Price/ Sales	Price/ Book	Net Profit Margin (%)
12/08	-1.60	0.63	0.21	-296.4
12/07	10.90	4.70	NA	56.5
12/06	5.70	7.36	1.57	104.1
12/05	9.90	6.61	1.49	65.8
12/04	8.40	7.70	1.58	83.7
12/03	11.90	7.93	1.67	57.2
12/02	50.40	5.86	1.36	13.6
12/01	45.80	8.70	1.68	17.8
12/00	-119.10	8.03	1.58	-6.2
12/99	2.70	8.25	1.33	246.5

	Book Value/ Share	Debt/ Equity	Return on Equity (%)	Return on Assets (%)	Interest Coverage
12/08	$11.57	1.40	-98.7	-39.4	2.4
12/07	$24.68	0.75	10.9	6.0	2.1
12/06	$22.09	0.90	20.6	10.4	2.3
12/05	$18.30	0.85	12.6	6.7	3.2
12/04	$15.85	0.83	15.0	8.1	6.0
12/03	$13.39	0.71	10.0	5.7	7.6
12/02	$11.88	0.90	2.9	1.5	7.2
12/01	$12.64	0.39	2.9	2.1	6.9
12/00	$11.93	0.35	-1.0	-0.7	4.4
12/99	$12.82	0.25	31.2	24.6	4.9

Financial data in U.S. dollars

Industry: Diversified Investments