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Results oriented.


Through an average of 25-plus years of experience,  we have gained the wisdom to distinguish true opportunities.  The long-term performance of our family of portfolios justifies our clients' faith in CastleArk Management's principles and process.

Small Company Growth Characteristics

December 31, 2011


CastleArk Russell 2000
Growth
Value Factors
Future 12 Month P/E 16.4 15.0
Trailing 12 Month P/E 23.9 16.5
Price / Cash Flow  13.3 10.8
EV / EBITDA 31.2 9.7
Price / Book Ratio  2.7  2.9
Current Dividend Yield    0.3%    0.7%
'12 P/E to LT Future Growth Rate  1.0  0.9



Risk Factors
Debt to Capital 19.8% 18.6%
Revision Curr Yr % Chg - 3mo 3.2% 0.1%
Earnings Stability (R2)    0.5%  
   0.5%  



Growth Factors
EPS Growth, Last 3 Years 11.9%  10.4%
EPS Growth, Next 3-5 Years 21.3% 18.0%



Liquidity Factors
Cap-Weighted Market Value ($M) 1,417 1,390
Median Market Value ($M) 1,054    528
Number of Stocks      92 1,162



Quality Factors
Return on Equity 14.0% 11.0%
Return on Capital  11.8%  7.8%

CastleArk Russell 2000
Growth
Sector Weightings
Materials  0.8%  4.1%
Industrials 12.8% 16.3%
Consumer Discretionary  16.4%  14.5%
Consumer Staples   4.0%   4.2%
Energy   12.2%   8.7%
Financials   7.0%   7.9%
Health Care  17.4%  20.1%
Technology  25.4%  23.1%
Telecomm / Utilities   1.6%   1.1%
Cash   2.4%   0.0%



Total* 100%  100%
*numbers may not add to 100% due to rounding 



Top 10 Holdings
Interactive Corp  2.9%
Energy XXI  2.6%
Akorn Inc  2.1%
Silicon Motion Technology  2.0%
Cardtronics  1.9%
Gulfport Energy  1.8%
Chart Industries  1.7%
Heckmann Corp  1.7%
Rite Aid Corp  1.6%
Lithia Motors Inc  1.6%
Total 19.7%

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