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Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM)On Dec 20: 68.70  Up 2.64 (4.00%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:12.33B
Enterprise Value (Dec 21, 2011)3:11.22B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):35.60
Forward P/E (fye Sep 25, 2013)1:26.53
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.60
Price/Sales (ttm):1.17
Price/Book (mrq):3.95
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.11
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:13.29
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Sep 25
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 25, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.39%
Operating Margin (ttm):5.51%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):8.41%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.77%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):10.11B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):57.69
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):12.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):3.54B
EBITDA (ttm)6:844.24M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):342.61M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.93
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):31.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):654.32M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):3.65
Total Debt (mrq):17.91M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.60
Current Ratio (mrq):1.65
Book Value Per Share (mrq):16.72
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):754.84M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):322.42M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.62
52-Week Change3:34.44%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-1.39%
52-Week High (Oct 27, 2011)3:74.45
52-Week Low (Jan 7, 2011)3:47.83
50-Day Moving Average3:67.28
200-Day Moving Average3:64.86
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,826,220
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,295,400
Shares Outstanding5:179.50M
Float:163.98M
% Held by Insiders1:N/A
% Held by Institutions1:N/A
Shares Short (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:7.05M
Short Ratio (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:3.40
Short % of Float (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:4.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:6.74M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.56
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:0.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.40
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.90%
Payout Ratio4:21.00%
Dividend Date3:Jan 23, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jan 11, 2012
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Dec 28, 2005

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 25, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 25, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 25, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Sep 25, 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.
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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