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The Washington Post Company (WPO)On Sep 28: 390.63   0.00 (0.00%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:3.58B
Enterprise Value (Sep 29, 2010)3:2.79B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):15.39
Forward P/E (fye Jan 3, 2012)1:14.84
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.49
Price/Sales (ttm):0.74
Price/Book (mrq):1.21
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.58
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:3.75
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 3
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jul 4, 2010
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):4.91%
Operating Margin (ttm):9.49%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.62%
Return on Equity (ttm):7.55%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):4.82B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):522.03
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):11.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):4.57B
EBITDA (ttm):744.42M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):216.99M
Diluted EPS (ttm):25.38
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):638.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.05B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):114.70
Total Debt (mrq):399.48M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):13.44
Current Ratio (mrq):1.50
Book Value Per Share (mrq):322.93
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):687.88M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):430.09M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.95
52-Week Change3:-17.12%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:8.21%
52-Week High (Apr 21, 2010)3:547.58
52-Week Low (Aug 16, 2010)3:295.56
50-Day Moving Average3:366.87
200-Day Moving Average3:437.60
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:131,218
Avg Vol (10 day)3:120,000
Shares Outstanding5:9.17M
Float:5.90M
% Held by Insiders6:25.69%
% Held by Institutions6:64.50%
Shares Short (as of Aug 31, 2010)3:660.43K
Short Ratio (as of Aug 31, 2010)3:3.10
Short % of Float (as of Aug 31, 2010)3:33.20%
Shares Short (prior month)3:503.63K
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:9.00
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:8.90
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Payout Ratio4:35.00%
Dividend Date3:Aug 5, 2010
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jul 22, 2010
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jul 4, 2010)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jul 4, 2010)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jul 4, 2010)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jan 3, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 Data provided by Computershare

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