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Staples, Inc. (SPLS)

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12.47 Down 0.30(2.31%) Jul 20, 4:00PM EDT|After Hours: 12.39 Down 0.08 (0.60%) Jul 20, 7:36PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:8.59B
Enterprise Value (Jul 21, 2012)3:9.42B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):8.95
Forward P/E (fye Jan 28, 2014)1:7.84
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.88
Price/Sales (ttm):0.35
Price/Book (mrq):1.24
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.38
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:4.48
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Jan 27
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Apr 28, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):3.90%
Operating Margin (ttm):6.52%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.49%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.55%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):24.95B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):36.25
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-1.10%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.74B
EBITDA (ttm)6:2.10B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):973.47M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.39
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-5.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.20B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.75
Total Debt (mrq):2.03B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):28.67
Current Ratio (mrq):1.60
Book Value Per Share (mrq):10.27
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.51B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):1.11B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.33
52-Week Change3:-21.82%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:1.31%
52-Week High (Mar 20, 2012)3:16.93
52-Week Low (Aug 10, 2011)3:11.94
50-Day Moving Average3:12.76
200-Day Moving Average3:14.62
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:10,559,000
Avg Vol (10 day)3:8,710,690
Shares Outstanding5:689.17M
Float:683.50M
% Held by Insiders1:0.72%
% Held by Institutions1:92.10%
Shares Short (as of Jun 29, 2012)3:52.37M
Short Ratio (as of Jun 29, 2012)3:4.80
Short % of Float (as of Jun 29, 2012)3:7.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:50.21M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.44
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.42
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.80%
Payout Ratio4:29.00%
Dividend Date3:Jul 11, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jun 20, 2012
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 Apr 28, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Apr 28, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Apr 28, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Jan 28, 2012)
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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