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2/9/2010 3:58 PM

American Pacific Corp (APFC)

CAPS Rating:
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Engaged in the production of ammonium perchlorate chemical that is used as an oxidizing agent in composite solid propellants for rockets, booster motors and missiles.

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Chemicals (111), Defensive (1457), Micro Cap (4701), Value (1901), Materials (342), Distressed (1597)
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American Pacific Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $6.49
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 3:58 PM
Open: $6.33
Previous Close: $6.27
Daily Range: $6.33 - $6.79
52-Week Range: $3.90 - $9.15
Volume: 25,131
Market Cap: $48.94M
P/E Ratio: 21.45
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Avatar greenwave3 (97.64) Submitted: 8/07/08 1:56 AM

American Pacific was clearly a growth stock before today's selloff, but now it deserves the dual moniker of growth AND value.

Thank you, Mr. Market. The selloff after the earnings report was a bit overdone. Booked revenue and earnings for this past quarter were not awesome, but they did c...More

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Avatar greenwave3 (97.64) Submitted: 8/07/08 1:56 AM : Outperform Start Price: $15.59 APFC Score: -44.83

American Pacific was clearly a growth stock before today's selloff, but now it deserves the dual moniker of growth AND value.

Thank you, Mr. Market. The selloff after the earnings report was a bit overdone. Booked revenue and earnings for this past quarter were not awesome, but they did come out in the black. Plus, for anyone who actually read the earnings report, APFC had some seasonal sales that just missed being included in last quarter's numbers. They reaffirmed the year's guidance, which was a good sign and tended towards their affirmation of the seasonality of their Fine Chemicals sales base.

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Avatar JohnnyiPhone (< 20) Submitted: 6/13/08 8:03 AM : Outperform Start Price: $17.86 APFC Score: -46.33

Member of the "Mini-Cap Monsters."

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Avatar johnfuller48104 (< 20) Submitted: 5/11/08 2:38 PM : Outperform Start Price: $15.91 APFC Score: -39.06

It's hard to find a company with the barriers to entry this one has, with a consistant and stable market, and an EBITDA multiple like this. They should be extremely boring, and extremely profitable (I love that combo) over the foreseeable future. Rapid depreciation of Pharmaceutical Fine Chemicals business (10 yrs) has EPS deceiving. Also, defense chemicals are not particularly sensitive to volumes since they are the only N American source of these strategic chemicals. They have contracts that ramp the unit price if the volume drops to keep them profitable and happy so the manufacturing capacity is available for the DOD should it ever be needed (they make a key ingredient in rocket fuel). On the down side, management is from the name, rank, and serial number school. They seem to forget that in trying so hard to not say something wrong, they pass up many opportunities to say something right. This is probably a habit picked up from their legacy defense work.

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Avatar ammnotary (24.86) Submitted: 4/24/08 10:23 AM : Outperform Start Price: $17.03 APFC Score: -42.86

Stable stock with proven history.

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Avatar LetterA (54.14) Submitted: 4/06/08 2:48 AM : Outperform Start Price: $16.25 APFC Score: -40.69

Testing a portfolio of companies that start with the letter "A".

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