MWV: Key Statistics for MEADWESTVACO CP

Market Cap (intraday):	6.61B
Enterprise Value (13-Dec-04)³:	10.23B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	32.76
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	16.98
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	5.83
Price/Sales (ttm):	0.82
Price/Book (mrq):	1.38
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	1.28
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	8.26

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	30-Sep-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	2.51%
Operating Margin (ttm):	2.93%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	1.60%
Return on Equity (ttm):	4.26%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	8.02B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	39.767
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	4.30%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	996.00M
EBITDA (ttm):	1.24B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	201.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	0.995
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	N/A

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	524.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	2.59
Total Debt (mrq)²:	4.14B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.865
Current Ratio (mrq):	1.675
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	23.656

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	883.00M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	503.00M

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

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	1.016
52-Week Change:	14.56%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	3.19%
52-Week High (2-Dec-04):	34.34
52-Week Low (10-May-04):	25.16
50-Day Moving Average:	32.37
200-Day Moving Average:	29.50

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	825,454
Average Volume (10 day):	872,000
Shares Outstanding:	202.65M
Float:	202.00M
% Held by Insiders:	0.32%
% Held by Institutions:	74.30%
Shares Short (as of 8-Nov-04):	3.13M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Nov-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Nov-04):	3.496
Short % of Float (as of 8-Nov-04):	1.55%
Shares Short (prior month):	3.33M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	0.92
Dividend Yield:	2.82%
Dividend Date:	1-Dec-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	3-Nov-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	3:2
Last Split Date:	03-Oct-95

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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