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Washington Post Co. Cl B

After Hours

 --Real time quotes

Feb 10, 2012, 5:58 p.m.

WPO
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$

387.21

Change

-1.81 -0.46%

Volume

Volume 621

Real time quotes

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Today's close

$ 388.34

$ 389.02

Change

+0.68 +0.18%

Day low

Day high

$384.77

$389.02

52 week low

52 week high

$308.50

$455.69

Company Description

The Washington Post Co. is a diversified education and media company. The company provides educational services to individuals, schools and businesses through its subsidiary, Kaplan, Inc. Its programs include higher education, test preparation, language instruction and professional training. The com...

The Washington Post Co. is a diversified education and media company. The company provides educational services to individuals, schools and businesses through its subsidiary, Kaplan, Inc. Its programs include higher education, test preparation, language instruction and professional training. The company operates principally in three areas of the media business: Cable Television, Newspaper Publishing, and Television Broadcasting. The Cable Television operations consist of cable systems offering video, Internet, phone and other services to subscribers in midwestern, western and southern states. The Newspaper publishing includes the publication of newspapers in the Washington, DC, area and Everett, WA; newsprint warehousing; and the company's electronic media publishing business primarily washingtonpost.com and Slate. The Television Broadcasting operations are conducted through six VHF television stations serving the Detroit, Houston, Miami, San Antonio, Orlando and Jacksonville television markets. It was founded by Stilson Hutchins in 1877 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Valuation

P/E Current

12.51

P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items)

22.54

P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items)

14.16

Price to Sales Ratio

0.83

Price to Book Ratio

1.28

Price to Cash Flow Ratio

5.66

Enterprise Value to EBITDA

2.98

Enterprise Value to Sales

0.58

Total Debt to Enterprise Value

0.11

Efficiency

Revenue/Employee

0.24

Income Per Employee

0.02

Receivables Turnover

10.97

Total Asset Turnover

0.88

Liquidity

Current Ratio

1.35

Quick Ratio

1.35

Cash Ratio

0.84

Profitability

Gross Margin

53.54

Operating Margin

12.16

Pretax Margin

11.17

Net Margin

6.50

Return on Assets

5.70

Return on Equity

10.63

Return on Total Capital

9.33

Return on Invested Capital

9.34

Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity

14.20

Total Debt to Total Capital

12.39

Total Debt to Total Assets

7.44

Long-Term Debt to Equity

14.09

Long-Term Debt to Total Capital

12.30

Officers and Executives

Name Age Officer Since Title
Mr. Donald E. Graham 67 1974 Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Hal S. Jones 59 1990 Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President
Mr. Yuvinder Kochar - - Chief Technology Officer & VP-Technology
Mr. Vijay Ravindran - 2009 Chief Digital Officer & Senior Vice President
Ms. Stacey Halota - 2003 Vice President-Information Security & Privacy

Insider Actions

– Purchase – Sale 1 – Number of Transactions
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MarketWatch News on WPO

  1. Washington Post plans more newsroom buyouts

    5:01 p.m. Feb. 8, 2012

    - MarketWatch.com

  2. Florida: The $20 million primary

    2:21 p.m. Jan. 27, 2012

    - Russ Britt

  3. Washington Post ups dividend to $9.80 from $9.40

    12:38 p.m. Jan. 19, 2012

    - David B. Wilkerson

  4. Washington Post ups dividend to $9.80 from $9.40

    12:33 p.m. Jan. 19, 2012

    - David B. Wilkerson

  5. God bless Tim Tebow

    12:02 a.m. Dec. 16, 2011

    - Jon Friedman

  6. ?Citizen? Buffett: smart, loyal ? and crazy

    12:01 a.m. Dec. 1, 2011

    - Jon Friedman

  7. Moody's cuts Washington Post on Kaplan's declines

    4:45 p.m. Nov. 11, 2011

    - MarketWatch.com

  8. Moody's downgrades Washington Post debt

    2:00 p.m. Nov. 11, 2011

    - David B. Wilkerson

  9. Stocks to watch Friday: CBS, AIG, LinkedIn

    6:08 a.m. Nov. 4, 2011

    - MarketWatch

  10. Stocks to Watch Friday: CBS, Starbucks

    6:42 p.m. Nov. 3, 2011

    - David B. Wilkerson

  11. Credit Suisse ups Apollo; for-profit schools climb

    9:34 a.m. Oct. 5, 2011

    - David B. Wilkerson

  12. Washington Post to buy back Class B shares

    12:08 p.m. Sept. 8, 2011

    - David B. Wilkerson

  13. Kaplan Compliance agrees to sale to Vertafore

    2:02 p.m. Aug. 23, 2011

    - MarketWatch.com

  14. Updates, advisories and surprises

    4:31 p.m. Aug. 5, 2011

    - MarketWatch

  15. Washington Post's education problem

    3:47 p.m. Aug. 5, 2011

    - Tom Bemis

  16. Washington Post?s Kaplan: Ouch

    2:54 p.m. Aug. 5, 2011

    - MarketWatch

  17. Washington Post shares rally 7% in early trade

    8:35 a.m. Aug. 5, 2011

    - Laura Mandaro

  18. Washington Post Co. posts lower Q2 profit, revenue

    8:34 a.m. Aug. 5, 2011

    - Mike Maynard

  19. Washington Post Co.'s Q2 revenue $1.07B, down 10%

    7:38 a.m. Aug. 5, 2011

    - Mike Maynard

  20. Washington Post Co. Q2 net EPS $5.74/shr v $10/shr

    7:37 a.m. Aug. 5, 2011

    - Mike Maynard

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Other News on WPO

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    7:44 p.m. Feb. 7, 2012

    - WSJ.com

  3. 2 Companies Preparing Shareholders for Earnings

    11:22 p.m. Feb. 6, 2012

    - Wall St. Cheat Sheet

  5. Some of the News That's Fit to Print

    3:59 p.m. Feb. 3, 2012

    - TheStreet.com

  7. Dividend Hike: The In Thing - Analyst Blog

    4:12 p.m. Feb. 1, 2012

    - Zacks.com

  8. As Facebook Ad Share Surges, Smaller Sites in Danger

    6:06 a.m. Jan. 31, 2012

    - 247WallSt.com

  9. The Decline and Fall of Print Media

    4:16 p.m. Jan. 30, 2012

    - Wall St. Cheat Sheet

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  11. DeVry Inc. Earnings: Two Straight Quarters of Profit Drops

    4:28 p.m. Jan. 26, 2012

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  12. 2 Stocks Calm Prior to the Earnings Release Storm

    11:51 a.m. Jan. 25, 2012

    - Wall St. Cheat Sheet

  13. AP's Curley to Retire

    6:06 p.m. Jan. 23, 2012

    - WSJ.com

  14. DeVry Inc. Second Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek

    12:25 p.m. Jan. 23, 2012

    - Wall St. Cheat Sheet

  15. 5 High Growth Stocks That Pay Dividends

    4:11 a.m. Jan. 22, 2012

    - Seeking Alpha

  16. WSJ Names New Digital Editor

    12:08 a.m. Jan. 22, 2012

    - WSJ.com

  17. Thomson Reuters Creates Magazine for Davos Forum

    4:31 p.m. Jan. 20, 2012

    - WSJ.com

  18. WashPost's Narisetti Takes Over WSJ.com

    3:17 p.m. Jan. 20, 2012

    - AllThingsD.com

  19. WashPost's Narsetti Takes Over WSJ.com

    2:32 p.m. Jan. 20, 2012

    - AllThingsD.com

  20. Consumer Business Review: Starbucks in India, Nike in Greece

    5:42 p.m. Jan. 19, 2012

    - Wall St. Cheat Sheet

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At a Glance

The Washington Post Co.

1150 15th Street Northwest

Washington, District of Columbia 20071

Phone

1 2023346000

Industry

Publishing

Sector

Consumer Services

Fiscal Year-end

12/2011

View SEC Filings

Revenue

$4.72B

Net Income

$306.92M

2010 Sales Growth

3.4%

Employees

20,000

Annual Report for WPO

Key Competitors

Company Last % Change
DeVry Inc. 38.56 -0.72%
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ITT Educational Services Inc. 73.67 -0.69%
Career Education Corp. 11.03 -3.25%
Bridgepoint Education Inc. 26.53 -0.04%
Strayer Education Inc. 115.04 -2.72%
TAL Education Group ADS 11.00 -0.36%
American Public Education Inc. 40.65 -3.03%
Washington Post Co. Cl B 389.02 +0.18%
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