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Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM)On Oct 7: 66.80  Down 0.54 (0.80%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:11.84B
Enterprise Value (Oct 9, 2011)3:11.32B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):36.19
Forward P/E (fye Sep 26, 2012)1:29.69
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.88
Price/Sales (ttm):1.21
Price/Book (mrq):4.19
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.15
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:13.74
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Sep 26
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jul 3, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.30%
Operating Margin (ttm):5.48%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):8.43%
Return on Equity (ttm):12.62%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):9.85B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):56.72
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):10.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):3.14B
EBITDA (ttm)6:823.37M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):324.64M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.85
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):34.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):536.91M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):3.03
Total Debt (mrq):18.04M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.63
Current Ratio (mrq):1.54
Book Value Per Share (mrq):16.06
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):719.56M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):332.19M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.18
52-Week Change3:93.23%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-0.83%
52-Week High (Sep 20, 2011)3:73.33
52-Week Low (Oct 8, 2010)3:34.04
50-Day Moving Average3:65.31
200-Day Moving Average3:62.79
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:2,305,120
Avg Vol (10 day)3:2,542,670
Shares Outstanding5:177.18M
Float:158.36M
% Held by Insiders1:N/A
% Held by Institutions1:N/A
Shares Short (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:8.07M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:3.50
Short % of Float (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:5.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:6.93M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.40
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:0.60%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.40
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:16.00%
Dividend Date3:Sep 28, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 15, 2011
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 Jul 3, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jul 3, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jul 3, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Sep 26, 2010)
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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