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Staples, Inc. (SPLS)

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11.44 Oct 11, 4:00PM EDT

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:7.81B
Enterprise Value (Oct 12, 2012)3:8.88B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):8.61
Forward P/E (fye Jan 28, 2014)1:8.06
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.13
Price/Sales (ttm):0.32
Price/Book (mrq):1.15
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.36
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:4.42
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 28
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jul 28, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.72%
Operating Margin (ttm):6.25%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.22%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.18%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):24.63B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):36.20
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-5.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.74B
EBITDA (ttm)6:2.01B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):917.46M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.33
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-31.70%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):984.67M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.44
Total Debt (mrq):2.04B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):30.07
Current Ratio (mrq):1.56
Book Value Per Share (mrq):9.94
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.53B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.05B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.33
52-Week Change3:-23.07%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:17.01%
52-Week High (Mar 20, 2012)3:16.93
52-Week Low (Aug 28, 2012)3:10.57
50-Day Moving Average3:11.50
200-Day Moving Average3:13.19
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:15,097,800
Avg Vol (10 day)3:9,864,530
Shares Outstanding5:682.38M
Float:676.69M
% Held by Insiders1:0.78%
% Held by Institutions1:91.80%
Shares Short (as of Sep 28, 2012)3:78.14M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 28, 2012)3:4.20
Short % of Float (as of Sep 28, 2012)3:11.40%
Shares Short (prior month)3:73.44M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.44
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.43
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.80%
Payout Ratio4:32.00%
Dividend Date3:Oct 17, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 26, 2012
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 Jul 28, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jul 28, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jul 28, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jan 28, 2012)
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.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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