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Staples, Inc. (SPLS)At 4:00PM EDT: 16.58  Down 0.38 (2.24%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:11.82B
Enterprise Value (May 25, 2011)3:13.28B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.47
Forward P/E (fye Jan 29, 2013)1:10.43
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.81
Price/Sales (ttm):0.49
Price/Book (mrq):1.67
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.54
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:6.35
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 29
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Apr 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.62%
Operating Margin (ttm):6.47%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.30%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.64%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):24.66B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):34.61
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):1.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.61B
EBITDA (ttm):2.09B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):891.42M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.23
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):5.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):932.52M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.31
Total Debt (mrq):2.12B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):29.15
Current Ratio (mrq):1.56
Book Value Per Share (mrq):10.18
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.46B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):636.17M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.91
52-Week Change3:-20.86%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:22.56%
52-Week High (Jan 5, 2011)3:23.75
52-Week Low (May 23, 2011)3:16.19
50-Day Moving Average3:19.97
200-Day Moving Average3:21.24
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:11,972,200
Avg Vol (10 day)3:26,305,800
Shares Outstanding5:713.15M
Float:708.38M
% Held by Insiders1:2.67%
% Held by Institutions1:82.30%
Shares Short (as of Apr 29, 2011)3:21.30M
Short Ratio (as of Apr 29, 2011)3:2.30
Short % of Float (as of Apr 29, 2011)3:3.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:19.40M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.40
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.37
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Payout Ratio4:30.00%
Dividend Date3:Apr 13, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Mar 23, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:Apr 18, 2005

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Apr 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Apr 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Apr 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jan 29, 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 Data provided by Computershare

Currency in USD.