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Nicor Inc (GAS)On Jan 21: 36.54  Up 0.28 (0.77%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):1.61B
Enterprise Value (23-Jan-05)³:2.39B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):25.91
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:16.76
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:9.10
Price/Sales (ttm):0.62
Price/Book (mrq):2.20
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:0.92
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:8.82
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):2.42%
Operating Margin (ttm):4.74%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):1.76%
Return on Equity (ttm):8.39%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):2.59B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):58.539
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:43.40%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.03B
EBITDA (ttm):270.60M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):62.50M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.41
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:-17.70%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):109.70M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.49
Total Debt (mrq)²:886.90M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.221
Current Ratio (mrq):0.827
Book Value Per Share (mrq):16.475
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:488.40M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:307.80M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.432
52-Week Change:10.13%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):7.18%
52-Week High (4-Nov-04):39.65
52-Week Low (18-May-04):32.04
50-Day Moving Average:37.40
200-Day Moving Average:35.38
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):357,136
Average Volume (10 day):263,000
Shares Outstanding:44.08M
Float:43.60M
% Held by Insiders:1.10%
% Held by Institutions:62.61%
Shares Short (as of 8-Dec-04):3.95M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Dec-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Dec-04):9.398
Short % of Float (as of 8-Dec-04):9.05%
Shares Short (prior month):4.23M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.86
Dividend Yield:5.09%
Dividend Date: 1-Feb-05
Ex-Dividend Date:29-Dec-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:27-Apr-93
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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