ABRC-ESOP

As reported by the Employee Ownership Foundation annual survey of ESOP companies:

• 78% a increase in performance compared to the previous year
• 9% indicated a nearly identical performance
• 13% indicated a worse performance
• 85% indicated that revenue increased; 15% reported a decrease
• 77% indicated that profitability increased; 23% indicated that it did not increase
• 68% of respondents indicated that the ESOP improved the overall productivity of the company's employees
  

As reported in the "ESOP Report", results from the 2006 Employee Ownership Foundation Survey indicate that 72% of ESOP companies that responded to the survey indicated they outperformed three major stock indices including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Composite and the S&P 500. At least 10% stated they outperformed at least one index, and 9% said they performed worse than all three indexes.

• ESOP Survey Reveals Overwhelmingly Positive Results

Recently released results from the Employee Ownership Foundation's 15th annual ESOP Economic Performance Survey prove that the decision to become an ESOP means better company performance and greater wealth creation for ESOP participants.

In 2006, 91% of respondents declared that creating an ESOP was "a good business decision that has helped the company." This is the highest response in the 15 years the survey has bee conducted. (source: ESOP Association)