FRX: Key Statistics for FOREST LABS

Market Cap (intraday):	27.26B
Enterprise Value (15-Feb-04)³:	25.75B
Trailing P/E (ttm):	36.39
Forward P/E (fye 31-Mar-05)⊃:	0.00
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)⊃:	1.74
Price/Sales (ttm):	10.63
Price/Book (mrq):	9.91
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	10.00
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	25.97

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

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

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	29.94%
Operating Margin (ttm):	37.88%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	26.10%
Return on Equity (ttm):	31.38%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	2.58B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	6.845
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	40.20%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	1.74B
EBITDA (ttm):	991.42M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	771.13M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	2.049
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	84.00%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	1.51B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	4.13
Total Debt (mrq)²:	0
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0
Current Ratio (mrq):	5.198
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	7.56

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	691.78M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	610.12M

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

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.318
52-Week Change:	61.21%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	17.47%
52-Week High (4-Feb-04):	78.03
52-Week Low (20-Aug-03):	41.85
50-Day Moving Average:	67.18
200-Day Moving Average:	54.45

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	2,379,545
Average Volume (10 day):	2,114,000
Shares Outstanding:	365.63M
Float:	356.30M
% Held by Insiders:	2.55%
% Held by Institutions:	86.95%
Shares Short (as of 8-Jan-04):	8.99M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Jan-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Jan-04):	3.225
Short % of Float (as of 8-Jan-04):	2.52%
Shares Short (prior month):	7.56M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	N/A
Dividend Yield:	0.00%
Dividend Date:	8-Jan-03
Ex-Dividend Date:	9-Jan-03
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	2:1
Last Split Date:	09-Jan-03

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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-Mar-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