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49.23 (1y: +27%)

Market Cap	1.98 B	P/E(ttm)	17.90
Enterprise Value	2.91 B	P/B	1.60

ALE- NYSE (USA)
ALLETE, Inc.

Currently 1/5

Business Predictability Rank: 1-Star
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Average gain of all 1-Star stocks: 1.1% per year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 45%.
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Key Ratios

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Market Cap $M	1,976	Revenue $M	985	Net Margin (%)	10.1	Z-Score	1.2
Enterprise Value $M	2,915	EPS $	2.8	Operating Margin %	16.1	F-Score	5
P/E(ttm))	17.9	Cash Flow Per Share $	5.0	Pre-tax Margin (%)	14.1	Higher ROA y-y	Y
Price/Book	1.6	10-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	-1.5	Quick Ratio	1.3	Cash flow > Earnings	Y
Price/Sales	1.9	5-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	4.9	Current Ratio	1.3	Lower Leverage y-y	N
Price/Cash Flow	8.0	y-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	8.1	ROA % (ttm)	3.0	Higher Current Ratio y-y	N
Dividend Yield %	3.8	Insider Buy (3m)	0	ROE % (ttm)	8.1	Less Shares Outstanding y-y	N
Payout Ratio %	67.2	Shares Outstanding M	39.5	ROI % (ttm)	4.4	Gross Margin Increase y-y	Y

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Number of guru portfolios checked: 51.

Ticker	Guru	Date	Action	Impact	Price Range (Average)*	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
ALE	David Dreman	2012-06-30	Sold Out	-0.27%	$38.49 - $41.75 ($40.24)	$ 49.23	22%	Sold Out	0
ALE	David Dreman	2012-03-31	Reduce	-0.54%	$40.06 - $42.14 ($38.3)	$ 49.23	28%	Reduce -64.13%	317,444
ALE	John Keeley	2011-06-30	Add	0.23%	$38.2 - $40.92 ($39.55)	$ 49.23	24%	Add 95.08%	713,406
ALE	Mario Gabelli	2011-03-31	Reduce	-0.1%	$36.47 - $38.88 ($37.63)	$ 49.23	31%	Reduce -91.27%	35,250
ALE	Mario Gabelli	2010-06-30	Add	0.04%	$33.31 - $37.68 ($35.34)	$ 49.23	39%	Add 113.91%	363,650
ALE	John Keeley	2009-06-30	Add	0.1%	$24.77 - $28.86 ($26.79)	$ 49.23	84%	Add 69.84%	507,870
ALE	David Dreman	2008-12-31	Reduce	-0.07%	$29.71 - $34.85 ($32.8)	$ 49.23	50%	Reduce -26.81%	640,981
ALE	David Dreman	2007-03-31	Buy	0.14%	$45.26 - $48.54 ($46.9)	$ 49.23	5%	New holding, 594600 sh.	594,600
ALE	John Keeley	2005-06-30	Buy	0.35%	$39.95 - $48.88 ($45)	$ 49.23	9%	New	475,000
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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.

Total Records: 9

ALE is held by these Gurus:

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Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings	Holding History
ALE	John Keeley	2013-03-31	807,221	2.05	0.78	+1.52%
ALE	Mario Gabelli	2013-03-31	34,050	0.09	0.01	-0.58%

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ALE: Insider Buys/Sells

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)	Details
Adams Robert John	VP Bus. Dev; Chief Risk Ofcr	2013-05-17	Sell	3,411	$50.82	-3.13	view
Stellmaker Donald W	V.P. & Corporate Treasurer	2013-05-15	Sell	3,387	$50.7	-2.9	view
DeVinck Steven Q	Controller & VP Bus. Support	2013-05-13	Sell	3,557	$50.67	-2.84	view
DeVinck Steven Q	Controller & VP Bus. Support	2013-03-12	Sell	4,054	$47.71	3.19	view
McMillan David J	SVP External Affairs	2013-03-05	Sell	10,792	$47.76	3.08	view
AMBERG DEBORAH A	SrVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary	2013-03-05	Sell	1,070	$47.72	3.16	view
SCHOBER MARK A	Sr. VP & CFO ALLETE	2013-03-01	Sell	17,366	$46.9	4.97	view
Adams Robert John	VP Bus. Dev; Chief Risk Ofcr	2013-02-22	Sell	7,381	$46.4	6.1	view
DeVinck Steven Q	Controller & VP Bus. Support	2013-02-21	Sell	3,170	$46.66	5.51	view
DeVinck Steven Q	Controller & VP Bus. Support	2013-02-21	Sell	3,170	$46.66	5.51	view

Press Releases about ALE:

Minnesota Power's 2013 Resource Plan Reshapes Energy Supply... 01 Mar 2013
ALLETE Reports 2012 Earnings of $2.58 Per Share 15 Feb 2013
ALLETE Increases Quarterly Common Stock Dividend by 3.3... 23 Jan 2013
ALLETE to Announce 2012 Financial Results on February 15 18 Jan 2013
Minnesota Power Adds 210 Megawatts of Clean, Low-Cost Wind... 19 Dec 2012

Quarterly/Annual Reports about ALE:

10-Q - ALLETE INC (0000066756) (Filer): (10-Q) 31 Oct 2012
10-Q - ALLETE INC (0000066756) (Filer): (10-Q) 02 May 2012
10-K - ALLETE INC (0000066756) (Filer): (10-K) 15 Feb 2012
10-Q - ALLETE INC (0000066756) (Filer): (10-Q) 02 Nov 2011
10-Q - ALLETE INC (0000066756) (Filer): (10-Q) 05 Aug 2011

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