Asta Funding

According to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Asta Funding (NASDAQ: ASFI) reported fiscal 2Q11 EPS ROCK: [$0.19, $0.19, NM, $0.16]. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said that operating earnings were higher than the estimate primarily due to higher revenues than it had forecasted. “Raising EPS estimates.”...

KBW released its 2011 Specialty Finance Student Lenders Outlook with price target risks listed for the following companies: Asset Acceptance Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: AACC) Target Price: $6.00 Risk Factors: Risks to our price target include substantially greater-than-estimated impairment charges...