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Staples, Inc. (SPLS)At 4:00PM EST: 13.93  Down 0.24 (1.66%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:9.74B
Enterprise Value (Dec 28, 2011)3:10.83B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):10.16
Forward P/E (fye Jan 29, 2013)1:9.28
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.05
Price/Sales (ttm):0.40
Price/Book (mrq):1.38
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.43
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:5.20
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 29
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Oct 29, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.91%
Operating Margin (ttm):6.38%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.25%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.97%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):24.98B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):35.60
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):0.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.61B
EBITDA (ttm)6:2.08B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):975.80M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.37
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):13.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.06B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.52
Total Debt (mrq):1.99B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):27.68
Current Ratio (mrq):1.51
Book Value Per Share (mrq):10.24
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.54B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):857.17M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.11
52-Week Change3:-38.22%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.45%
52-Week High (Jan 5, 2011)3:23.75
52-Week Low (Aug 10, 2011)3:11.94
50-Day Moving Average3:14.40
200-Day Moving Average3:14.59
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:9,121,740
Avg Vol (10 day)3:5,818,370
Shares Outstanding5:699.42M
Float:694.08M
% Held by Insiders1:2.67%
% Held by Institutions1:82.30%
Shares Short (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:25.60M
Short Ratio (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:2.60
Short % of Float (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:4.00%
Shares Short (prior month)3:25.60M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.40
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.80%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.40
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.40%
Payout Ratio4:28.00%
Dividend Date3:Jan 11, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Dec 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 Oct 29, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Oct 29, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Oct 29, 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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