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CenturyLink, Inc. Common Stock (CTL)

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38.96 Down 0.14(0.36%) Mar 23, 4:03PM EDT|After Hours: 38.96 0.00 (0.00%) Mar 23, 5:00PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:24.14B
Enterprise Value (Mar 25, 2012)3:45.85B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):36.41
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:16.51
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.18
Price/Sales (ttm):1.58
Price/Book (mrq):1.16
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.99
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.03
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.73%
Operating Margin (ttm):16.23%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.98%
Return on Equity (ttm):3.76%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):15.35B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):28.81
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):170.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):9.03B
EBITDA (ttm)6:6.52B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):571.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.07
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-52.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):128.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.21
Total Debt (mrq):21.84B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):104.85
Current Ratio (mrq):0.88
Book Value Per Share (mrq):33.67
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):4.20B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):2.68B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.63
52-Week Change3:-4.86%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:6.63%
52-Week High (May 20, 2011)3:43.49
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:31.16
50-Day Moving Average3:38.87
200-Day Moving Average3:36.44
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:5,684,660
Avg Vol (10 day)3:4,255,900
Shares Outstanding5:619.61M
Float:616.33M
% Held by Insiders1:0.21%
% Held by Institutions1:3.00%
Shares Short (as of Feb 29, 2012)3:23.72M
Short Ratio (as of Feb 29, 2012)3:3.00
Short % of Float (as of Feb 29, 2012)3:8.70%
Shares Short (prior month)3:23.76M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:2.90
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:7.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.90
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:7.40%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:6.50%
Payout Ratio4:271.00%
Dividend Date3:Mar 15, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Mar 2, 2012
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 Dec 31, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
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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