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Free Cash Flow per share-most recent FY

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This value is the Free Cash Flow from the most recent fiscal year divided by the Average Shares Outstanding found on the most recent fiscal year's Income Statement.

Free Cash Flow per share-most recent FY -1

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This value is Free Cash Flow for the year prior to the most recent fiscal year divided by the Average Shares Outstanding found on the Income Statement for the same period.

Net Profit Margin-2nd historical fiscal year

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Also known as Return on Sales, this value is the Income After Taxes for the year prior to the most recent fiscal year divided by Total Revenue for the same period and expressed as a percentage.

Asset turnover-most recent fiscal year

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This value is calculated as the Total Revenues for the most recent year divided by the Average Total Assets. The Average Total Assets is the average of the Total Assets at the beginning and end of the year. NOTE: This ratio is Not Meaningful (NM) for Banks and Insurance companies.

EPS Basic excluding extraordinary items-most recent fiscal year

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This is the Adjusted Income Available to Common Stockholders for the most recent fiscal year divided by the most recent fiscal year's Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding.

Book value (Common Equity) per share-most recent fiscal year

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This is defined as Common Shareholder's Equity divided by the Shares Outstanding at the end of the most recent fiscal year. Book Value is the Total Shareholder's Equity minus Preferred Stock and Redeemable Preferred Stock.

Capital Spending per Share-most recent fiscal year

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This is Capital Spending for the most recent fiscal year divided by the Average Shares Outstanding for the same period. Capital Spending is the sum of the Capital Expenditure items found on the Statement of Cash Flows.

Cash Flow per share-most recent fiscal year

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This is Cash Flow for the most recent fiscal year divided by the Average Shares Outstanding for the same period. Cash Flow is defined as the sum of Income After Taxes minus Preferred Dividends and General Partner Distributions plus Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization.

Cash Flow per share-most recent fiscal year -1

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This is Cash Flow divided by the Average Shares Outstanding for the prior year. Cash Flow is defined as the sum of Income After Taxes minus Preferred Dividends and General Partner Distributions plus Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization.

Cost of good sold-most recent fiscal year

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Also called the Cost of Revenue, this is the annual cost of all raw materials plus the work in process and the cost of producing the finished goods for the most recent fiscal year.

Cash and Equivalents

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This is the Total Cash plus Short Term Investments for the most recent fiscal year. NOTE: This does NOT include cash equivalents that may be reported under long term assets.

Cash per share-most recent fiscal year

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This is the Total Cash plus Short Term Investments divided by the Shares Outstanding at the end of the most recent fiscal year. NOTE: This does NOT include cash equivalents that may be reported under long term assets.

Assets, current-most recent fiscal year

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This value is the sum of all current assets reported for the most recent fiscal year. NOTE: Insurance companies, Banks, and Industrial companies with captive finance subsidiaries do not distinguish between current and long term assets. They report only Total Assets. For these companies this value will be NM (Not Meaningful).

Liabilities, current-most recent fiscal year

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This value is the sum of all current liabilities reported for the most recent fiscal year. NOTE: Insurance companies, Banks, and Industrial companies with captive finance subsidiaries do not distinguish between current and long term liabilities. They report only Total Liabilities. For these companies this value will be NM (Not Meaningful).

Current ratio-most recent fiscal year

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This is the ratio of Total Current Assets for the most recent fiscal year divided by Total Current Liabilities for the same period. NOTE: This item is Not Available (NA) for Banks, Insurance companies and other companies that do not distinguish between current and long term assets and liabilities.

Debt Service to EPS-most recent fiscal year

Created : Sat , 05 November 2011 21:20 Views : 5425

This value indicates how much of a company's earnings required to pay its entire debt. It is calculated as dividing the total interest expense to income available to common for the most recent annual period. NOTE: This item is Not Available (NA) for Banks, Insurance companies.

Depreciation expense-(SCF) most recent fiscal year

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NOTE: This item is not calculated for Banks.

Depreciation, accumulated-most recent fiscal year

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Reflects the Depreciation line item taken from the most recent fiscal year Balance Sheet.

Dividend Per Share-5 year average

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This is the average of the Annual Dividends Per Share for the last 5 years.