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 Dow Up 0.14% Nasdaq Up 0.64%
Staples, Inc. (SPLS)At 2:39PM EDT: 16.11  Up 0.16 (0.97%)  

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:11.49B
Enterprise Value (Jul 28, 2011)3:12.41B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.09
Forward P/E (fye Jan 29, 2013)1:10.20
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.75
Price/Sales (ttm):0.46
Price/Book (mrq):1.57
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.50
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:5.93
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 29
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Apr 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.62%
Operating Margin (ttm):6.47%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.30%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.64%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):24.66B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):34.61
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):1.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.61B
EBITDA (ttm):2.09B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):891.42M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.23
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):5.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):932.52M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.31
Total Debt (mrq):2.12B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):29.15
Current Ratio (mrq):1.56
Book Value Per Share (mrq):10.18
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.46B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):636.17M
View Financials
Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.00
52-Week Change3:-20.12%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:17.97%
52-Week High (Jan 5, 2011)3:23.75
52-Week Low (Jun 10, 2011)3:14.75
50-Day Moving Average3:15.46
200-Day Moving Average3:19.19
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:13,357,900
Avg Vol (10 day)3:9,948,690
Shares Outstanding5:713.15M
Float:707.96M
% Held by Insiders1:2.67%
% Held by Institutions1:82.30%
Shares Short (as of Jun 30, 2011)3:28.24M
Short Ratio (as of Jun 30, 2011)3:2.00
Short % of Float (as of Jun 30, 2011)3:4.40%
Shares Short (prior month)3:22.86M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.40
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.38
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.40%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Payout Ratio4:30.00%
Dividend Date3:Jul 13, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jun 22, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:Apr 18, 2005

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Apr 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Apr 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Apr 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jan 29, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
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.

Currency in USD.