ARG: Key Statistics for AIRGAS INC

Market Cap (intraday):	1.79B
Enterprise Value (24-Feb-05)³:	2.64B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	20.23
Forward P/E (fye 31-Mar-06)¹:	16.10
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)±:	1.67
Price/Sales (ttm):	0.78
Price/Book (mrq):	2.30
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	1.15
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	8.66

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Mar
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	31-Dec-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	3.98%
Operating Margin (ttm):	8.64%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	4.43%
Return on Equity (ttm):	12.20%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	2.30B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	30.044
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	6.10%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	986.79M
EBITDA (ttm):	305.06M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	89.98M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	1.18
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	17.70%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	N/A
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	0
Total Debt (mrq)²:	847.83M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	1.086
Current Ratio (mrq):	1.701
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	10.383

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	211.17M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	67.65M

View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	1.029
52-Week Change:	13.59%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	9.26%
52-Week High (1-Dec-04):	27.19
52-Week Low (24-Mar-04):	19.82
50-Day Moving Average:	25.25
200-Day Moving Average:	23.89

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	357,954
Average Volume (10 day):	302,000
Shares Outstanding:	75.01M
Float:	64.80M
% Held by Insiders:	13.61%
% Held by Institutions:	73.58%
Shares Short (as of 10-Jan-05):	2.30M
Daily Volume (as of 10-Jan-05):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 10-Jan-05):	7.217
Short % of Float (as of 10-Jan-05):	3.54%
Shares Short (prior month):	2.29M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	0.18
Dividend Yield:	0.75%
Dividend Date:	31-Mar-05
Ex-Dividend Date:	11-Mar-05
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	2:1
Last Split Date:	16-Apr-96

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Dec-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Mar-04)
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