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CenturyLink, Inc. (CTL)At 4:01PM EST: 36.67  Down 0.49 (1.32%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:22.65B
Enterprise Value (Dec 29, 2011)3:44.00B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):24.22
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:14.10
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.31
Price/Sales (ttm):1.85
Price/Book (mrq):1.04
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.54
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.95
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.56%
Operating Margin (ttm):19.34%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.80%
Return on Equity (ttm):4.38%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):12.42B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):27.34
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):162.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):7.04B
EBITDA (ttm)6:5.54B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):683.17M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.51
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-39.70%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.12B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.82
Total Debt (mrq):22.18B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):100.91
Current Ratio (mrq):0.80
Book Value Per Share (mrq):35.59
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):4.04B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):3.22B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.54
52-Week Change3:-20.90%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-0.66%
52-Week High (Jan 4, 2011)3:46.78
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:31.16
50-Day Moving Average3:36.41
200-Day Moving Average3:36.05
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:6,438,360
Avg Vol (10 day)3:3,632,840
Shares Outstanding5:617.61M
Float:613.93M
% Held by Insiders1:0.42%
% Held by Institutions1:78.20%
Shares Short (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:16.10M
Short Ratio (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:2.10
Short % of Float (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:5.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:13.17M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:2.90
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:7.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.90
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:7.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:5.10%
Payout Ratio4:158.00%
Dividend Date3:Dec 15, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Dec 2, 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 Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 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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