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Staples, Inc. (SPLS)At 4:00PM ET: 18.46  Up 0.41 (2.27%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:13.15B
Enterprise Value (5-Dec-08)3:17.04B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.53
Forward P/E (fye 02-Feb-10) 1:12.91
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):0.99
Price/Sales (ttm):0.63
Price/Book (mrq):2.16
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.83
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:8.614
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:2-Feb
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):02-Aug-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):4.74%
Operating Margin (ttm):7.58%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):8.16%
Return on Equity (ttm):17.50%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):20.45B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):29.333
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):18.30%
Gross Profit (ttm):5.55B
EBITDA (ttm):1.98B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):970.21M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.36
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-16.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):258.44M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.363
Total Debt (mrq):4.44B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.748
Current Ratio (mrq):0.793
Book Value Per Share (mrq):8.343
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.34B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):71.50M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.64
52-Week Change3:-27.16%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-43.93%
52-Week High (11-Aug-08)3:26.57
52-Week Low (28-Oct-08)3:13.57
50-Day Moving Average3:16.84
200-Day Moving Average3:21.57
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:12,585,800
Average Volume (10 day)3:10,379,500
Shares Outstanding5:712.08M
Float:703.79M
% Held by Insiders1:0.67%
% Held by Institutions1:91.10%
Shares Short (as of 11-Nov-08)3:25.00M
Short Ratio (as of 11-Nov-08)3:2.5
Short % of Float (as of 11-Nov-08)3:3.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:20.99M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.33
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.90%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.33
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.70%
Payout Ratio4:28%
Dividend Date3:16-Apr-08
Ex-Dividend Date4:26-Mar-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:18-Apr-05


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 02-Aug-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 02-Aug-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 02-Aug-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 02-Feb-08)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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4 = Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.;
5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report
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