PDCO: Key Statistics for PATTERSON COS

Market Cap (intraday):	5.06B
Enterprise Value (10-Sep-04)³:	5.28B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	31.71
Forward P/E (fye 24-Apr-06)¹:	22.78
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	1.20
Price/Sales (ttm):	2.40
Price/Book (mrq):	5.95
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	2.50
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	18.37

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	24-Apr
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	31-Jul-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	7.61%
Operating Margin (ttm):	12.54%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	11.43%
Return on Equity (ttm):	21.31%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	2.11B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	30.593
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	18.90%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	702.34M
EBITDA (ttm):	287.49M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	160.89M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	2.328
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	24.90%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	298.26M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	4.35
Total Debt (mrq)²:	491.58M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.578
Current Ratio (mrq):	2.868
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	12.453

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	197.74M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	178.12M

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

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	-0.258
52-Week Change:	33.63%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	21.44%
52-Week High (19-Apr-04):	79.50
52-Week Low (12-Sep-03):	54.57
50-Day Moving Average:	74.24
200-Day Moving Average:	71.04

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	428,504
Average Volume (10 day):	418,000
Shares Outstanding:	68.55M
Float:	55.10M
% Held by Insiders:	19.68%
% Held by Institutions:	56.36%
Shares Short (as of 9-Aug-04):	4.45M
Daily Volume (as of 9-Aug-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 9-Aug-04):	7.788
Short % of Float (as of 9-Aug-04):	8.07%
Shares Short (prior month):	3.51M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	N/A
Dividend Yield:	0.00%
Dividend Date:	21-Jul-00
Ex-Dividend Date:	24-Jul-00
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	2:1
Last Split Date:	24-Jul-00

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Jul-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Jul-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 24-Apr-04)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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