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CenturyTel Inc (CTL)On Oct 25: 33.37  Up 0.08 (0.24%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):4.51B
Enterprise Value (26-Oct-04)³:7.40B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.05
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:13.73
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:3.68
Price/Sales (ttm):1.86
Price/Book (mrq):1.34
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.07
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:6.03
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):14.09%
Operating Margin (ttm):31.11%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.36%
Return on Equity (ttm):10.08%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):2.41B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):16.854
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:20.70%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:2.38B
EBITDA (ttm):1.23B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):339.58M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.375
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:-57.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):96.39M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.71
Total Debt (mrq)²:3.01B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.896
Current Ratio (mrq):0.631
Book Value Per Share (mrq):24.780001
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:992.25M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:612.55M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.919
52-Week Change:-7.12%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-12.78%
52-Week High (30-Oct-03):36.40
52-Week Low (3-Feb-04):26.20
50-Day Moving Average:33.09
200-Day Moving Average:30.24
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):838,500
Average Volume (10 day):768,000
Shares Outstanding:135.02M
Float:112.10M
% Held by Insiders:16.98%
% Held by Institutions:80.35%
Shares Short (as of 8-Sep-04):2.43M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Sep-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Sep-04):2.881
Short % of Float (as of 8-Sep-04):2.17%
Shares Short (prior month):2.14M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.23
Dividend Yield:0.69%
Dividend Date:17-Sep-04
Ex-Dividend Date: 2-Sep-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:3:2
Last Split Date:01-Apr-99
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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