WLP: Key Statistics for WELLPOINT

Market Cap (intraday):	31.94B
Enterprise Value (10-Dec-04)³:	33.38B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	15.68
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	14.04
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	1.07
Price/Sales (ttm):	1.75
Price/Book (mrq):	2.21
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	1.83
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	N/A

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

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

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	5.40%
Operating Margin (ttm):	8.69%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	7.22%
Return on Equity (ttm):	15.59%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	18.28B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	128.161
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	26.30%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	16.77B
EBITDA (ttm):	N/A
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	984.40M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	6.903
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	41.00%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	710.60M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	2.41
Total Debt (mrq)²:	1.90B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.279
Current Ratio (mrq):	N/A
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	49.014

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	1.10B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	987.20M

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TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.016
52-Week Change:	48.58%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	33.83%
52-Week High (30-Nov-04):	109.42
52-Week Low (25-Oct-04):	71.28
50-Day Moving Average:	88.78
200-Day Moving Average:	87.71

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	2,784,500
Average Volume (10 day):	2,224,000
Shares Outstanding:	295.07M
Float:	287.43M
% Held by Insiders:	2.59%
% Held by Institutions:	0.00%
Shares Short (as of 8-Nov-04):	11.84M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Nov-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Nov-04):	2.505
Short % of Float (as of 8-Nov-04):	4.12%
Shares Short (prior month):	16.16M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	N/A
Dividend Yield:	0.00%
Dividend Date:	15-Mar-02
Ex-Dividend Date:	18-Mar-02
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	2:1
Last Split Date:	18-Mar-02

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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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