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Washington Post Co (WPO)At 12:11PM ET: 752.01  Down 2.31 (0.31%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):7.17B
Enterprise Value (12-Nov-03)³:7.84B
Trailing P/E (ttm):29.15
Forward P/E (fye 29-Dec-04)¹:24.07
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:3.14
Price/Sales (ttm):2.62
Price/Book (mrq):3.67
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:2.85
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:14.82
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:29-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-03
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):9.00%
Operating Margin (ttm):12.92%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.74%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.14%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):2.58B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):287.882
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:6.90%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.21B
EBITDA (ttm):528.85M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):246.33M
Diluted EPS (ttm):25.80
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:-11.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):49.16M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5.16
Total Debt (mrq)²:590.74M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.301
Current Ratio (mrq):0.58
Book Value Per Share (mrq):205.68
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:459.60M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:336.79M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.278
52-Week Change:7.54%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-10.02%
52-Week High (10-Nov-03):767.99
52-Week Low (4-Aug-03):650.03
50-Day Moving Average:693.12
200-Day Moving Average:703.65
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):13,591
Average Volume (10 day):12,000
Shares Outstanding:9.53M
Float:6.30M
% Held by Insiders:33.91%
% Held by Institutions:62.08%
Shares Short (as of 8-Oct-03):34.00K
Daily Volume (as of 8-Oct-03):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Oct-03):2.267
Short % of Float (as of 8-Oct-03):0.54%
Shares Short (prior month):29.00K
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:5.80
Dividend Yield:0.77%
Dividend Date: 7-Nov-03
Ex-Dividend Date:22-Oct-03
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:08-Jan-79
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-03)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-03)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 29-Dec-02)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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