ARO: Key Statistics for AEROPOSTALE

Market Cap (intraday):	1.61B
Enterprise Value (10-Aug-04)³:	1.50B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	29.01
Forward P/E (fye 31-Jan-06)¹:	17.03
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	0.68
Price/Sales (ttm):	2.02
Price/Book (mrq):	9.08
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	1.89
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	13.81

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Jan
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	30-Apr-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	7.39%
Operating Margin (ttm):	12.01%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	20.46%
Return on Equity (ttm):	35.92%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	790.31M
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	13.559
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	33.40%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	229.72M
EBITDA (ttm):	108.33M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	58.40M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	0.998
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	73.40%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	104.07M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	1.88
Total Debt (mrq)²:	0
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0
Current Ratio (mrq):	2.996
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	3.176

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	97.72M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	58.23M

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

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	1.74
52-Week Change:	58.52%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	45.65%
52-Week High (2-Aug-04):	31.80
52-Week Low (10-Sep-03):	16.2001
50-Day Moving Average:	28.42
200-Day Moving Average:	23.08

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	1,131,500
Average Volume (10 day):	1,019,000
Shares Outstanding:	55.49M
Float:	47.20M
% Held by Insiders:	14.94%
% Held by Institutions:	86.11%
Shares Short (as of 8-Jul-04):	4.02M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Jul-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Jul-04):	2.894
Short % of Float (as of 8-Jul-04):	8.52%
Shares Short (prior month):	4.54M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	N/A
Dividend Yield:	0.00%
Dividend Date:	26-Apr-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	27-Apr-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	3:2
Last Split Date:	27-Apr-04

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Apr-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Apr-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Jan-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