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Staples, Inc. (SPLS)

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16.07 Down 0.43(2.61%) 4:00PM EDT|After Hours: 16.07 0.00 (0.00%) 4:37PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:11.15B
Enterprise Value (Apr 5, 2012)3:12.23B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):11.48
Forward P/E (fye Jan 28, 2014)1:9.86
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.14
Price/Sales (ttm):0.46
Price/Book (mrq):1.64
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.49
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:5.79
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 28
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jan 28, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.94%
Operating Margin (ttm):6.51%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.45%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.08%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):25.02B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):36.00
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):0.70%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.74B
EBITDA (ttm)6:2.11B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):984.66M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.40
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):3.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.26B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.82
Total Debt (mrq):2.04B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):29.03
Current Ratio (mrq):1.54
Book Value Per Share (mrq):10.08
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.58B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.07B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.31
52-Week Change3:-22.52%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:4.91%
52-Week High (May 2, 2011)3:21.50
52-Week Low (Aug 10, 2011)3:11.94
50-Day Moving Average3:15.84
200-Day Moving Average3:14.87
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:9,580,820
Avg Vol (10 day)3:10,468,200
Shares Outstanding5:694.10M
Float:688.84M
% Held by Insiders1:0.69%
% Held by Institutions1:89.40%
Shares Short (as of Mar 15, 2012)3:32.70M
Short Ratio (as of Mar 15, 2012)3:2.90
Short % of Float (as of Mar 15, 2012)3:5.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3:29.96M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.44
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.70%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.41
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.50%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.80%
Payout Ratio4:29.00%
Dividend Date3:Apr 11, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Mar 21, 2012
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 Jan 28, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jan 28, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jan 28, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jan 28, 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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