ANAT - American National Insurance Company

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Business Predictability Rank: 1-Star (On Watch)

Back Testing (Jan. 1998 - Aug. 2008) Results:

Average gain of all 1-Star stocks: 1.1%/year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 45%.

Top Ranked Predictable Companies & What is Predictability Rank?

P/E: (before NRI)	33.7	Lower P/E: ING (3.5), MET (15.9), PRU (19.2), AFL (9.6),
Price/Book:	0.7	Lower P/B: ING (0.7), AEG (0.6), LNC (0.7), PL (0.7),
Price/Sales:	0.9	Lower P/S: MFC (0.8), ING (0.1), MET (0.6), PUK (0.4),
Net Margin:	-1.96%	Higher Margin: AMSF (15.86%), TMK (13.79%), EHTH (10.96%),
Yield:	3%	Higher Yield: SLF (4.9%), KCLI (4%),
Market Cap:	$2.7 Bil	EPS: (before NRI)	$2.95	Shares Outstanding:	26.82 Mil

Life Insurance COMPARE: CIA, NFS, GNW, FFG

American Nat'l Insurance's family of companies offers a broad line more

Gurus Trades with ANAT: Exclude other managers

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Ticker	Company	Picked By	Date (?)	Action	Impact to Portfolio (?)	Price Range (Average)* (?)	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
ANAT	American...	Tweedy Browne	2009-06-30	Add (history)	0.19%	$61.66 - $79.37 ($72)	$ 99.31	38%	Add 5.52%	801,376
ANAT	American...	Tweedy Browne	2009-03-31	Add (history)	0.49%	$35.38 - $59.52 ($50.5)	$ 99.31	97%	Add 21.43%	759,470
ANAT	American...	Tweedy Browne	2008-12-31	Add (history)	0.71%	$60.38 - $73.01 ($67.8)	$ 99.31	46%	Add 33.16%	625,458
ANAT	American...	Tweedy Browne	2008-09-30	Add (history)	0.61%	$93.26 - $109.65 ($96.5)	$ 99.31	3%	Add 38.53%	469,708
ANAT	American...	Richard Pzena	2008-06-30	Reduce (history)	--0.01%	$98.6 - $116.59 ($109.7)	$ 99.31	-9%	Reduce -23.02%	97,363
ANAT	American...	Irving Kahn	2007-12-31	Reduce (history)	-0.1%	$113.33 - $139.42 ($123.4)	$ 99.31	-20%	Reduce -29.46%	6,495
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*The price and date might not be the actual time and price at which the transactions were made. In the case of institutional owners, the date is stated as the last day of their fiscal quarter. The prices are estimates if no accurate information available. Foreign holdings may not be included.

ANAT is held by these Gurus: Exclude other managers

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Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings
ANAT	Irving Kahn	2009-09-30	4792	0.02	0.09	-1.7%
ANAT	Tweedy Browne	2009-09-30	776469	2.9	3.58	-3.11%
ANAT	Richard Pzena	2009-09-30	62836	0.23	0.05	-6.3%
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ANAT: Insider Buys/Sells (?)

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)
MOODY ROBERT JR	Advisory Director	2009-11-20	Sell	1714	$98.5	0.82
Garrison Billy Joe	See Remarks	2009-11-19	Sell	2000	$97.5	1.86
Behrens David Alan	Exec. VP, Indep. Marketing	2009-11-17	Sell	2000	$90.01	10.33

Quarterly/Annual Reports:

ANAT: 10-Q - AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE CO /TX/ (0000904163) (Filer): (10-Q) - 2009-11-06
ANAT: Quarterly report: (10-Q) - 2009-08-07
ANAT: [Amend]Registration of securities [Section 12(b)]: (10-12B/A) - 2009-07-01
ANAT: [Amend]Registration of securities [Section 12(b)]: (10-12B/A) - 2009-06-02
ANAT: Registration of securities: (10-12B) - 2009-04-10

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