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Staples Inc. (SPLS)At 2:58PM ET: 26.84  Up 0.21 (0.79%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):19.40B
Enterprise Value (13-Feb-07)3:N/A
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):20.58
Forward P/E (fye 28-Jan-08) 1:18.01
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.12
Price/Sales (ttm):1.11
Price/Book (mrq):4.06
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:NaN
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:N/A
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:28-Jan
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):28-Oct-06
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.56%
Operating Margin (ttm):8.39%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):12.19%
Return on Equity (ttm):21.63%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):17.34B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):23.956
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):12.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):4.59B
EBITDA (ttm):1.82B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):964.18M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.30
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):29.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.32B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.828
Total Debt (mrq):522.64M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.11
Current Ratio (mrq):1.575
Book Value Per Share (mrq):6.565
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.13B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):493.84M
View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.62
52-Week Change3:17.42%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:13.50%
52-Week High (18-Dec-06)3:28.00
52-Week Low (01-Aug-06)3:21.08
50-Day Moving Average3:26.42
200-Day Moving Average3:25.30
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:4,765,840
Average Volume (10 day)3:5,335,540
Shares Outstanding:722.63M
Float:718.51M
% Held by Insiders4:0.89%
% Held by Institutions4:84.40%
Shares Short (as of 09-Jan-07)3:6.79M
Short Ratio (as of 09-Jan-07)3:1.5
Short % of Float (as of 09-Jan-07)3:0.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.75M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate5:0.22
Forward Annual Dividend Yield5:0.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.22
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield5:0.30%
Payout Ratio5:18%
Dividend Date3:20-Apr-06
Ex-Dividend Date5:29-Mar-06
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 28-Oct-06)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 28-Oct-06)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 28-Oct-06)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 28-Jan-06)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 = Data provided by Thomson; 2 = Data provided by EDGAR Online;
3 = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance;
4 = Data provided by Computershare; 5 = Data provided by Hemscott Americas