Washington Post Co. (WPO)

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Media

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S&P 500

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$ 344.56
   
  • Change Today:
    $5.21
  • 52 Week High: $427.45
  • 52 Week Low: $313.00
  • Currency: US Dollars
  • Shares Issued: 6.39m
  • Volume: 45,405
  • Market Cap: $2,201.55m
  • RiskGrade: 126
  • Beta: 0.83

WPO Overview

The Washington Post Company publishes the eponymous newspaper and also has interests in cable TV and educational publishing.

1 Day Chart (25-05-2012)

6 Month Chart

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.7%
Div Cover 1.6
Op Mrgn 7.0%
ROCE 18.4%
Latest F'cast
P/E 22.6
PEG n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.5
Pr/Book 0.8
Latest F'cast
Revenue -10.0%
PBT -59.6%
EPS -57.4%
DPS 4.4%

WPO Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Dec-07 4,180.41 481.11 3,031.00¢ 26.4 n/a -10% 820.00¢ 1.0%
28-Dec-08 4,461.58 145.20 689.00¢ 55.5 n/a -77% 860.00¢ 2.2%
03-Jan-10 4,386.52 212.69 1,458.00¢ 30.2 0.3 +112% 860.00¢ 2.0%
02-Jan-11 4,684.04 538.12 3,577.00¢ 12.3 0.1 +145% 900.00¢ 2.0%
31-Dec-11 4,214.83 217.63 1,523.00¢ 24.7 n/a -57% 940.00¢ 2.5%

WPO Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 3,991.60 n/a 1,793.00¢ 19.2 1.1 +18% n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-13 3,817.90 n/a 1,445.00¢ 23.8 n/a -19% n/a 0.0%

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WPO ShareCast News

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WPO Top Newspaper Links

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

WPO Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $ 344.56
Change Today $ 5.21
% Change 1.54 %
52 Week High $427.45
52 Week Low $313.00
Volume 45,405
Shares Issued 6.39m
Market Cap $2,201.55m
Beta 0.83
RiskGrade 126

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Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:17 2,400 @ $344.56
16:14 100 @ $344.56
16:14 100 @ $344.55
16:14 100 @ $344.34
16:14 100 @ $345.73

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