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Staples, Inc. (SPLS)At 4:00PM ET: 23.21  Down 0.02 (0.09%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:16.30B
Enterprise Value (9-Jun-08)3:15.46B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.61
Forward P/E (fye 02-Feb-10) 1:13.73
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.19
Price/Sales (ttm):0.83
Price/Book (mrq):2.85
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.79
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:7.781
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:2-Feb
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):03-May-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.08%
Operating Margin (ttm):8.06%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):11.38%
Return on Equity (ttm):18.54%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):19.67B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):28.085
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):6.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):5.55B
EBITDA (ttm):1.99B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):998.81M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.40
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):1.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.22B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.74
Total Debt (mrq):366.92M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.064
Current Ratio (mrq):1.737
Book Value Per Share (mrq):8.14
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.48B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):748.11M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.41
52-Week Change3:-5.42%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-9.75%
52-Week High (20-Jun-07)3:25.32
52-Week Low (26-Nov-07)3:19.69
50-Day Moving Average3:22.80
200-Day Moving Average3:22.57
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:8,154,150
Average Volume (10 day)3:6,344,540
Shares Outstanding5:702.12M
Float:694.57M
% Held by Insiders1:0.64%
% Held by Institutions1:89.20%
Shares Short (as of 12-May-08)3:20.49M
Short Ratio (as of 12-May-08)3:2.4
Short % of Float (as of 12-May-08)3:2.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:16.32M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.33
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.33
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.40%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.70%
Payout Ratio4:24%
Dividend Date3:17-Apr-08
Ex-Dividend Date4:26-Mar-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:18-Apr-05


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 03-May-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 03-May-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 03-May-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 02-Feb-08)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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3 = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance;
4 = Data provided by Hemscott Americas;
5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report
and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.