American Business Financial Services Announces Revised Earnings Projections for Fiscal Year 2001.Business Editors BALA CYNWYD, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2001 American Business Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , Inc. (Nasdaq:ABFI), a diversified financial The diversified financial services segment includes a range of consumer and commercially-oriented companies offering a wide variety of products and services, including various lending products (such as home equity loans and credit cards), insurance, and securities and investment services company operating nationwide, today announced that it has revised its earnings projections for fiscal year 2001, which ended June 30, 2001. The Company expects diluted earnings per share diluted earnings per share An earnings measure calculated by dividing net income less preferred stock dividends for a period by the average number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all convertible securities were converted into shares of to be in the range of $2.40 to $2.60. It had previously announced a range of $2.80 to $3.10. ABFI will be releasing its fiscal year 2001 earnings shortly. American Business Financial Services, Inc. is a diversified financial services company operating throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Company originates business purpose loans and first and second mortgage loans through a combination of channels, including a national processing center located at its centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. operating office in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Bala Cynwyd is a village in Lower Merion Township which is located in the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia. It was originally two separate towns, Bala and Cynwyd, but is commonly treated as a single community. , and a retail branch network of offices. For further information, contact Albert W. Mandia, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, 610/617-4939, or Keith Bratz, Vice President-Corporate Communications, 610/617-7475. Certain statements contained in this press release, which are not historical fact, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. There are many important factors that could cause American Business Financial Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries' actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, including interest rate risk, future residential real estate values, regulatory changes (legislative or otherwise) affecting the real estate market and mortgage lending activities, competition, demand for American Business Financial Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries' services, availability of funding, loan payment rates, delinquency and default rates, changes in factors influencing the loan securitization Securitization The process of creating a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing them to investors. Notes: Mortgage backed securities are a perfect example of securitization. May also be spelled as "securitisation. market and other risks identified in American Business Financial Services, Inc.'s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. |
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