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FBR
General Information
Website: http://www.fbr.com/
Type of Firm: sell-side research firm
Type of Research: Regional
Ratings Data: ratings for FBR are collected from third party sources. As such they may not be 100% accurate.
FBR
Historical Sector Coverage
 
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FBR
Strengths Section
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Ratings Definition
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Ratings Translation
Underperform
FBR expects that the subject company will underperform similar companies within its industry. We recommend that investors reduce their positions until fundamentals or valuations become more compelling.
Market Perform
FBR expects that the subject company will perform in line with similar companies within its industry. We recommend that investors maintain current positions and add on weakness as the valuations or fundamentals become more favorable.
Outperform
FBR expects that the subject company will outperform similar companies within its industry over the next 12 to 18 months. We recommend that investors buy at the current valuation.
Since every firm may have a different ratings scale (buy, sell or hold) or (outperform, underperform, neutral), in order to compare firms on the same basis, Investars translates each firm's ratings scale into a common scale: positive, neutral, negative. The table below illustrates how Investars translates FBR ratings into a 3 point scale:
FBR
Rating Scale
0.1% underperform
9.6% underperform (up)
48.0% market perform
40.3% accumulate (acc)
2.0% outperform
 

Investars Normalized
3 Point Scale
9.7% Negative
48.0% Neutral
42.3% Positive

The percentage numbers represent the percent of all ratings made over the last 1 year [Sep 01, 2009 - Sep 01, 2010].
Please note: these numbers do not represent the current ratings distribution.
 
FBR
Return-Volatility Chart
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Ratings Performance Chart
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Sep 01, 2009 - Sep 01, 2010
Performance History for FBR
 
 
 
 
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