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CenturyLink, Inc. (CTL)On Sep 28: 33.59  Down 0.45 (1.32%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:20.21B
Enterprise Value (Sep 29, 2011)3:39.00B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.57
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:18.87
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.14
Price/Sales (ttm):2.14
Price/Book (mrq):0.95
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:4.08
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:8.57
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):8.04%
Operating Margin (ttm):23.62%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.67%
Return on Equity (ttm):4.94%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):9.57B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):25.43
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):148.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):7.04B
EBITDA (ttm)6:4.55B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):765.17M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.03
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-57.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):2.55B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):4.23
Total Debt (mrq):21.34B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):98.63
Current Ratio (mrq):0.99
Book Value Per Share (mrq):35.97
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.18B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):2.74B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.75
52-Week Change3:-15.22%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.55%
52-Week High (Dec 21, 2010)3:46.87
52-Week Low (Aug 8, 2011)3:31.75
50-Day Moving Average3:34.24
200-Day Moving Average3:38.57
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:7,086,520
Avg Vol (10 day)3:5,881,380
Shares Outstanding5:601.57M
Float:597.95M
% Held by Insiders1:0.42%
% Held by Institutions1:78.20%
Shares Short (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:16.35M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:2.50
Short % of Float (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:6.00%
Shares Short (prior month)3:17.70M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:2.90
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:8.50%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.90
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:8.50%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:123.00%
Dividend Date3:Sep 15, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 1, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:Apr 1, 1999

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jun 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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