CTL: Key Statistics for CENTURYTEL INC

Market Cap (intraday):	3.87B
Enterprise Value (5-Apr-04)³:	6.85B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	11.40
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	12.02
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	4.17
Price/Sales (ttm):	1.62
Price/Book (mrq):	1.13
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	2.88
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	5.61

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

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

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	14.48%
Operating Margin (ttm):	31.52%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	4.43%
Return on Equity (ttm):	10.55%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	2.38B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	16.453
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	-6.90%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	998.31M
EBITDA (ttm):	1.22B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	344.31M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	2.383
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	133.70%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	203.18M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	1.43
Total Debt (mrq)²:	3.18B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.915
Current Ratio (mrq):	0.982
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	24.040001

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	682.75M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	310.80M

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

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.881
52-Week Change:	-2.96%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	-25.31%
52-Week High (20-Oct-03):	36.76
52-Week Low (3-Feb-04):	26.20
50-Day Moving Average:	28.40
200-Day Moving Average:	32.41

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	1,247,590
Average Volume (10 day):	1,177,000
Shares Outstanding:	142.26M
Float:	118.10M
% Held by Insiders:	16.98%
% Held by Institutions:	82.34%
Shares Short (as of 8-Mar-04):	1.95M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Mar-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Mar-04):	1.41
Short % of Float (as of 8-Mar-04):	1.65%
Shares Short (prior month):	1.61M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	0.23
Dividend Yield:	0.85%
Dividend Date:	19-Mar-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	4-Mar-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	3:2
Last Split Date:	01-Apr-99

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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
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