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Nicor Inc (GAS)On Oct 25: 36.70  Down 0.28 (0.76%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):1.62B
Enterprise Value (26-Oct-04)³:2.05B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):21.79
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:16.46
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:6.72
Price/Sales (ttm):0.63
Price/Book (mrq):2.16
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:0.79
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:7.26
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):2.89%
Operating Margin (ttm):5.29%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):2.15%
Return on Equity (ttm):9.93%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):2.58B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):58.391
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:43.40%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.03B
EBITDA (ttm):282.80M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):74.60M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.684
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:-17.70%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):190.30M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):4.32
Total Debt (mrq)²:625.80M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.83
Current Ratio (mrq):0.826
Book Value Per Share (mrq):17.118
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:485.20M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:308.90M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.392
52-Week Change:3.76%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):-2.27%
52-Week High (6-Oct-04):37.79
52-Week Low (21-Nov-03):32.03
50-Day Moving Average:36.34
200-Day Moving Average:34.68
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):276,363
Average Volume (10 day):341,000
Shares Outstanding:44.06M
Float:43.50M
% Held by Insiders:1.28%
% Held by Institutions:60.59%
Shares Short (as of 8-Sep-04):4.33M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Sep-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Sep-04):16.856
Short % of Float (as of 8-Sep-04):9.96%
Shares Short (prior month):4.47M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.86
Dividend Yield:5.03%
Dividend Date: 1-Nov-04
Ex-Dividend Date:28-Sep-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:27-Apr-93
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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