Washington Post Company (WPO)

WPO (NYSE:Diversified Services)
$471.80
pos +3.30
+0.70%
Today's Range: 464.00 - 476.19 | WPO Avg Daily Volume: 21,800
Last Update: 05/23/13 - 4:03 PM EDT
Volume: 12,503
YTD Performance: 28.28%
Open: $464.00
Previous Close: $468.50
52 Week Range: $327.00 - $477.01
Oustanding Shares: 7,421,532
Market Cap: 2,911,164,698
6-Month Chart
TheStreet Ratings Grade for WPO
Buy Hold Sell
A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- E+ E E- F
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Analysts Ratings
Historical Rec Current 1 Mo. Ago 2 Mo. Ago 3 Mo. Ago
Strong Buy 0 0 0 0
Moderate Buy 0 0 0 0
Hold 0 0 0 1
Moderate Sell 0 0 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0 0 0
Mean Rec. 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00
Latest Dividend: 9.80
Latest Dividend Yield: 2.09%
Dividend Ex-Date: 12/13/12
Price Earnings Ratio: 90.44
Price Earnings Comparisons:
WPO Sector Avg. S&P 500
90.44 33.20 17.70
Price Performance History (%Change):
3 Mo 1 Yr 3 Y
15.07% 40.90% -3.14%
GROWTH 12 Mo 3 Yr CAGR
Revenue -4.70 -0.12 -0.04
Net Income 12.80 -0.47 -0.19
EPS 18.30 0.78 0.21
Earnings for WPO:
EBITDA 0.55B
Revenue 4.02B
Average Earnings Estimates
Qtr (06/13) Qtr (09/13) FY (12/13) FY (12/14)
Average Estimate $n.a. $n.a. $n.a. $n.a.
Number of Analysts 0 0 0 0
High Estimate $n.a. $n.a. $n.a. $n.a.
Low Estimate $n.a. $n.a. $n.a. $n.a.
Prior Year $5.17 $7.05 $24.63 $n.a.
Growth Rate (Year over Year) n.a.% n.a.% n.a.% n.a.%
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| May 23, 2013
| 4:00 PM EDT
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| May 23, 2013
| 3:47 PM EDT
There is about $550 million to sell on the close.

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