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20. Life Partners Holdings
Life Partners Holdings
Rank: 20 (Previous rank: N.A.)
CEO: Brian D. Pardo
Address: 204 Woodhew Dr.
Waco, TX 76712-6529
Life Partners Holdings is the original life-insurance settlement company. In 1997, it began acting as a broker between policy holders who didn't want to (or couldn't) continue paying their premiums and investors interested in buying their policies. Its strategy: Targeting potential clients who hold high face value policies and charging buyers an average of 17-19% in fees, according to Morningstar analyst Drew Woodbury.

That has assured that revenues from each policy continue to rise, writes Woodbury, even as the number of new settlements has declined in the current fiscal year. Life Partners Holdings' profits rose 56% in the last two fiscal years.

--R.O.

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  $ millions
(past 4 qtrs.)
% growth
(3 yr. annual rate)
Growth rank
Revenues** 113.0 59 12
Net income** 29.4
Total return 2 77
Earnings per share 118 10
Share price  
As of 8/4/10 $17.80
Beat the S&P 500* Yes
P/E (current fiscal year est.) 8
Industry rank Company Fastest-Growing
rank
Revenues
($ millions)
1 International Assets Holding 19 34,682.7
2 Life Partners Holdings 20 113.0
3 Credit Acceptance 53 396.0
4 First Financial Bancorp 54 729.6
5 Stifel Financial 65 1,194.9
6 MasterCard 73 5,250.7
7 EZCORP 87 673.9
8 Southside Bancshares 90 195.7
From the September 6, 2010 issue.
Notes:
* Through June 30, 2010. The S&P 500 returned -9.81% annually over the same period.
** Through the quarter ended on or before April 30, 2010.
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