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Staples Inc (SPLS)On Sep 27: 29.22  Down 0.15 (0.51%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):14.54B
Enterprise Value (28-Sep-04)³:14.08B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):23.60
Forward P/E (fye 31-Jan-06)¹:18.04
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.17
Price/Sales (ttm):1.06
Price/Book (mrq):3.94
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:1.02
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:13.88
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Jan
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Jul-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):4.53%
Operating Margin (ttm):7.17%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):9.96%
Return on Equity (ttm):17.93%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):13.80B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):27.33
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:13.70%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:3.62B
EBITDA (ttm):1.01B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):625.86M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.238
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:9.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.27B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.55
Total Debt (mrq)²:735.79M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.198
Current Ratio (mrq):1.698
Book Value Per Share (mrq):7.46
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:1.15B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:848.72M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.941
52-Week Change:20.57%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):8.27%
52-Week High (25-Jun-04):30.50
52-Week Low (30-Sep-03):23.45
50-Day Moving Average:28.79
200-Day Moving Average:27.18
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):2,814,727
Average Volume (10 day):2,821,000
Shares Outstanding:497.57M
Float:493.40M
% Held by Insiders:0.84%
% Held by Institutions:83.60%
Shares Short (as of 9-Aug-04):7.80M
Daily Volume (as of 9-Aug-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 9-Aug-04):2.782
Short % of Float (as of 9-Aug-04):1.58%
Shares Short (prior month):5.68M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.20
Dividend Yield:0.68%
Dividend Date:17-May-04
Ex-Dividend Date:22-Apr-04
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-Jul-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Jul-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Jan-04)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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