CME: Key Statistics for CHICAGO MERCANTL

Market Cap (intraday):	3.87B
Enterprise Value (27-Apr-04)³:	3.06B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	32.60
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	24.04
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	1.72
Price/Sales (ttm):	7.10
Price/Book (mrq):	6.86
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	5.61
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	11.8

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	31-Dec-03

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	22.42%
Operating Margin (ttm):	37.84%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	3.38%
Return on Equity (ttm):	24.24%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	544.78M
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	16.054
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	16.10%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	513.10M
EBITDA (ttm):	259.14M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	122.13M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	3.599
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	29.80%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	812.17M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	24.62
Total Debt (mrq)²:	0
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0
Current Ratio (mrq):	1.102
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	17.101

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	191.15M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	128.13M

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

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	N/A
52-Week Change:	111.75%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	70.60%
52-Week High (26-Apr-04):	119.71
52-Week Low (29-Apr-03):	52.65
50-Day Moving Average:	97.56
200-Day Moving Average:	79.36

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	231,954
Average Volume (10 day):	315,000
Shares Outstanding:	32.99M
Float:	30.70M
% Held by Insiders:	6.95%
% Held by Institutions:	32.67%
Shares Short (as of 7-Apr-04):	2.63M
Daily Volume (as of 7-Apr-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 7-Apr-04):	11.553
Short % of Float (as of 7-Apr-04):	8.58%
Shares Short (prior month):	2.27M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	1.04
Dividend Yield:	0.89%
Dividend Date:	25-Mar-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	8-Mar-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	N/A
Last Split Date:	N/A

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Dec-03)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-03)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
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