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The Washington Post Company (WPO)

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435.36 Up 7.40(1.73%) Apr 19, 4:02PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:3.23B
Enterprise Value (Apr 22, 2013)3:3.00B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):25.04
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2014)1:18.48
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:N/A
Price/Sales (ttm):0.79
Price/Book (mrq):1.23
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.75
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:5.50
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.29%
Operating Margin (ttm):6.38%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.16%
Return on Equity (ttm):1.87%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):4.02B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):545.88
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):0.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.14B
EBITDA (ttm)6:544.96M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):44.78M
Diluted EPS (ttm):17.39
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):N/A
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):931.37M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):125.46
Total Debt (mrq):699.18M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):26.79
Current Ratio (mrq):1.29
Book Value Per Share (mrq):348.17
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):477.21M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):226.70M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.19
52-Week Change3:16.54%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:13.78%
52-Week High (Mar 25, 2013)3:456.14
52-Week Low (Oct 26, 2012)3:327.00
50-Day Moving Average3:434.28
200-Day Moving Average3:385.27
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:23,419
Avg Vol (10 day)3:14,763
Shares Outstanding5:7.42M
Float:4.33M
% Held by Insiders1:2.32%
% Held by Institutions1:91.70%
Shares Short (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:427.52K
Short Ratio (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:14.10
Short % of Float (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:9.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:478.87K
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:9.80
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.30%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:14.70
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.40%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.30%
Payout Ratio4:113.00%
Dividend Date3:Dec 26, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Dec 13, 2012
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Dec 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
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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