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Staples, Inc. (SPLS)On Sep 26: 13.44   0.00 (0.00%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:9.53B
Enterprise Value (Sep 27, 2011)3:11.00B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):10.31
Forward P/E (fye Jan 29, 2013)1:8.73
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.67
Price/Sales (ttm):0.38
Price/Book (mrq):1.34
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.44
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:5.29
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 29
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jul 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.76%
Operating Margin (ttm):6.35%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.36%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.80%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):24.95B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):35.27
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):5.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.61B
EBITDA (ttm)6:2.08B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):938.10M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.30
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):36.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):823.12M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.16
Total Debt (mrq):2.29B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):32.18
Current Ratio (mrq):1.57
Book Value Per Share (mrq):10.02
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.50B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):598.01M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.99
52-Week Change3:-34.63%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:1.33%
52-Week High (Jan 5, 2011)3:23.75
52-Week Low (Aug 10, 2011)3:11.94
50-Day Moving Average3:13.95
200-Day Moving Average3:16.82
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:12,679,300
Avg Vol (10 day)3:10,691,700
Shares Outstanding5:709.19M
Float:704.01M
% Held by Insiders1:2.67%
% Held by Institutions1:82.30%
Shares Short (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:27.11M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:1.60
Short % of Float (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:4.20%
Shares Short (prior month)3:28.45M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.40
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.39
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.90%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Payout Ratio4:29.00%
Dividend Date3:Oct 12, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 21, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:Apr 18, 2005

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jul 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jul 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jul 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jan 29, 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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