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Profile - Washington Post Co. (NYSE:WPO)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 10Dividend payment of $1.40
Location
1150 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20071
Phone: (202) 334-6000
Fax: (200) 334-4536
Employees (last reported count): 10,700
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 61%
·Institutional: 56% (142% of float)
(314 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 45.0K shares (+0.85%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
The Washington Post Company is engaged in newspaper publishing, principally The Washington Post; television broadcasting, through the ownership and operation of six network-affiliated stations; the ownership and operation of cable television systems; magazine publishing, principally Newsweek magazine; and the provision of educational services through its Kaplan subsidiary.
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Financial Summary
WPO is a diversified media organization whose operations consist of newspaper publishing, television broadcasting and magazine publishing. For the 26 weeks ended 7/1/01, revenues rose 5% to $1.19 billion. Net income applicable to Common totaled $212.8 million, up from $64.5 million. Results reflect cable subscriber and education revenues, and $298.1 million in gains arising from the sale and exchange of certain cable systems completed in January.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Donald Graham, 55
Chairman, CEO, Director
$583K
John Morse, Jr., 54
VP-Fin.
640K
Diane Daniels, 51
VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
495K
Beverly Keil, 54
VP, Director of HR
558K
Gerald Rosberg, 54
VP, Planning and Devel.
497K
Dollar amounts are as of 2-Jan-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:WPOAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 26-Sep-2000
$498.188
Recent Price$573.50 
52-Week High
on 5-Mar-2001
$651.50 
Beta0.37 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)5,045 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+11.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+49.4%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$5.44B
Shares Outstanding9.49M
Float3.70M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$5.60 
Dividend Yield0.98%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$175.57 
Earnings (ttm)$29.89 
Earnings (mrq)$1.50 
Sales (ttm)$259.96 
Cash (mrq*)$7.11 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)3.27 
Price/Earnings (ttm)19.18 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.21 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.47B
EBITDA (ttm*)$476.1M
Income available to common (ttm)$283.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)11.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)11.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
1-July-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)8.59%
Return on Equity (ttm)18.61%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)1.00 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.61 
Total Cash (mrq)$67.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short60.0K
Percent of Float1.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
52.0K
Short Ratio12.00 
Daily Volume5,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 1-July-2001)

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