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Staples Inc (SPLS)On Feb 25: 32.10  Down 0.20 (0.62%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):15.90B
Enterprise Value (27-Feb-05)³:14.99B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):22.93
Forward P/E (fye 29-Jan-07)¹:17.07
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)±:1.14
Price/Sales (ttm):1.11
Price/Book (mrq):3.90
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:1.04
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:13.21
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:29-Jan
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Jan-05
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):4.90%
Operating Margin (ttm):7.79%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.46%
Return on Equity (ttm):18.45%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):14.45B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):28.564
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:13.70%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:3.62B
EBITDA (ttm):1.13B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):708.39M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.40
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:9.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.47B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.97
Total Debt (mrq)²:559.17M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.136
Current Ratio (mrq):1.721
Book Value Per Share (mrq):8.291
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:1.24B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:948.78M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.134
52-Week Change:22.75%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):16.02%
52-Week High (3-Jan-05):33.88
52-Week Low (10-May-04):23.69
50-Day Moving Average:32.46
200-Day Moving Average:29.95
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):2,619,019
Average Volume (10 day):2,587,000
Shares Outstanding:495.26M
Float:491.20M
% Held by Insiders:0.82%
% Held by Institutions:74.79%
Shares Short (as of 10-Jan-05):7.26M
Daily Volume (as of 10-Jan-05):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 10-Jan-05):2.82
Short % of Float (as of 10-Jan-05):1.48%
Shares Short (prior month):7.68M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.25
Dividend Yield:0.78%
Dividend Date:14-Apr-05
Ex-Dividend Date:23-Mar-05
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:3:2
Last Split Date:29-Jan-99
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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Jan-05)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Jan-05)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 29-Jan-05)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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