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CenturyTel Inc (CTL)At 3:21PM ET: 32.39  Down 0.40 (1.22%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):4.36B
Enterprise Value (28-Jan-05)³:7.27B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.59
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:14.08
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:4.63
Price/Sales (ttm):1.83
Price/Book (mrq):1.30
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.02
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:5.85
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):13.92%
Operating Margin (ttm):31.19%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.29%
Return on Equity (ttm):9.86%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):2.41B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):17.095
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:20.70%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:2.38B
EBITDA (ttm):1.24B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):334.80M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.383
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:-57.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):168.98M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.26
Total Debt (mrq)²:3.02B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.887
Current Ratio (mrq):0.798
Book Value Per Share (mrq):25.287001
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:975.34M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:600.26M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.944
52-Week Change:17.11%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):13.08%
52-Week High (7-Oct-04):35.54
52-Week Low (8-Apr-04):26.20
50-Day Moving Average:33.75
200-Day Moving Average:31.70
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):862,863
Average Volume (10 day):999,000
Shares Outstanding:134.57M
Float:126.80M
% Held by Insiders:5.78%
% Held by Institutions:81.54%
Shares Short (as of 10-Jan-05):5.54M
Daily Volume (as of 10-Jan-05):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 10-Jan-05):7.789
Short % of Float (as of 10-Jan-05):4.37%
Shares Short (prior month):3.62M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.23
Dividend Yield:0.70%
Dividend Date:17-Dec-04
Ex-Dividend Date: 1-Dec-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-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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