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MG Financial/Stock Statistics

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File Description [top]

MG Financial/Stock Statistics (formerly Media General Plus), produced by Media General Financial Services, provides detailed financial and stock price information on nearly 9,000 public companies on a timely basis. It covers all New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange companies, plus all NASDAQ National Market System companies and select small cap companies. The data include daily, monthy, and yearly information on stock prices and volume; balance sheet and income statement data extending back five years; numerous ratios; and industry comparative data for each company. Industry records for 686 industries with industry to market comparisons are also included.

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Subject Coverage [top]

Stock price and volume information-including price change, moving averages, relative price data, betas, daily price history for a full-year, and monthly price history for past 60 months Income statement (annual) for five years--including sales, income, dividends, price/earnings ratios, and detailed earnings per share (EPS) data Income statement (quarterly) for latest fifteen quarters, including sales, income, earnings per share, dividends per share, and shares outstanding Balance sheet for five years-including current assets and liabilities, total assets, long-term debt, and preferred and common equity Ratios and indicators-betas, P/E ratios, trends vs. industry, trends vs. S&P 500, dividend yield, cash flow/share, five-year growth rates (sales, EPS, and dividends), valuation, profitability, operating ratios, and more (e.g., return on assets, price/book, effective tax rate, debt/equity) Complete records for industry groups, based on 4-digit SIC codes, including annual and quarterly income statements, balance sheet, and ratios and indicators with industry to market comparisons

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Dates Covered:	Current 5 years
File Size:	7,270 records as of January 2006
Update Frequency:	Weekly reloads

Database Content [top]

Numeric Data

Document Types Indexed [top]

Geographic Coverage [top]

US Only

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None

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ERA Available
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REPORT Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
PUBCO	United States Public Company
TICKERDI	Company Directories with Ticker Symbols
USFIN	U.S. Company Financial Sources

Contact [top]

MG Financial/Stock Statistics is provided by Media General Financial Services. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

Media General Financial Services
Horace Dowdy, Research Director
P.O. Box 85333
Richmond, VA 23293-0001

Telephone:	804-649-6946
800 Line:	800-446-7922

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Database copyrighted by MEDIA GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. While all reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of this information, MEDIA GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. makes no warranties, representations, or guarantees regarding its accuracy or timeliness, and each subscriber to or user of the Database understands that MEDIA GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. shall have no liability of any kind to such subscribers or user, or to any other party, for any inaccuracies in or untimeliness of the information contained in the Database.

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SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 546:MG Financial/Stock Statistics`
	`(c) 1997 Media General Financial Svcs. All rts. reserv.`

	`00000940`
/CO, CO=	`Mega Computer Group`
	`1234 MEGA ST.`
CY=, ST=, ZP=	`NEW YORK NY 10504`

EX=, TS=	`Exchange: NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Ticker: MCG`
ME=	`Membership: DOW S&P`

SC=, /DE	`SIC Code: 3571 (ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS)`
	`Number of Companies in Industry: 52`
SF=	`This is a(n) COMPANY Record`

	`PRICE COMPARISONS AS OF: 05/23/97`

	`COMPANY INDUSTRY`
C1=	`Last Week: 2% 16%`
C2=	`Last 52 Weeks: 59% 36%`
C3=	`Year-to-Date: 14% 41%`

	`CHANGE VS. S&P 500`
C4=	`Last Week: 0% 13%`
C5=	`Last 52 Weeks: 28% 9%`
C6=	`Year-to-Date: 0% 23%`

	`PRICE STATISTICS (End of Previous Week)`
CP=	`Latest Close Price: $173.38`
MA=	`200-Day Moving Average Price: $141.79`
MB=	`10-Week Moving Average Price: $149.71`

PA=	`Latest Close as % of 200 Day Moving Average: 122%`
PM=	`Price Momentum: 146`
SV=	`Latest Split: 06/01/79 .250`

UB=	`60 Month Beta: 1.26`
DB=	`36 Month Beta: 1.39`

	`MARKET VALUE AND VOLUME (End of Previous Week)`
MV=	`Market Value of Common Stock (MIL): $172,188`
PE=	`Current P/E Ratio: 17.3`
PJ=	`Current Price/Sales: 1.2`
PQ=	`Current Price/Book: 4.1`
PW=	`Current Price/Cash Flow: 8.5`
VW=	`Latest Week's Total Volume (00): 122,630`
	`VOLUME INDICATORS (End of Previous Week)`
VA=	`20-Day Volume Moving Average (00): 33,038`
AM=	`Avg Daily Vol as % of 20-Day Moving Average: 74.2%`
DV=	`Dollar Volume last 4 weeks (000s): $11,538,818`
VP=	`Weekly Volume as % of Shares Outstanding: 1.2%`
SI=	`Short Interest Ratio as of 04/08/97: 1.4`
IZ=	`Insider Transactions: 0`

	`PRELIMINARY REPORT:`
PD=	`Latest Annual Data: 12/31/96`
PV=	`Latest Quarterly Data: 03/31/97`
FY=	`Fiscal Year End: 12/96`
LA=	`Latest Annual Sales (MIL): $75,947`
LE=	`Latest Annual Income from Ttl Oper (MIL): 5,429`
LP=	`Latest Annual EPS from Total Operations: 10.24`
UP=	`Date Annual Updated: 04/15/97`
QP=	`Quarterly Updated: 05/17/97`

IS	`INCOME STATEMENT ($MIL)`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
SA=	`Sales 75,947.0 71,940.0 64,052.0 62,716.0 64,523.0`
CG=	`Cost of Goods 40,396.0 35,971.0 34,571.0 33,858.0 28,810.0`
SY=	`Selling and General 21,943.0 22,776.0 20,279.0 32,785.0 26,048.0`
OE=	`Other Oper Expense .0 .0 .0 .0 .0`
DA=	`Depreciation 5,012.0 5,602.0 4,197.0 4,710.0 6,259.0`
OI=	`Other Income Net 707.0 947.0 1,377.0 1,113.0 -11,072.0`
OF=	`Fixed Charges 716.0 725.0 1,227.0 1,273.0 1,360.0`
IB=	`Pretax Income 8,587.0 7,813.0 5,155.0 -8,797.0 -9,026.0`
PT=	`Income Taxes 3,158.0 3,635.0 2,134.0 -810.0 -2,161.0`
MI=	`Minority Interest .0 .0 .0 .0 .0`
IX=	`Inc from Cont Op 5,429.0 4,178.0 3,021.0 -7,987.0 -6,865.0`
XI=	`Inc From Disc Op .0 .0 .0 .0 .0`
NI=	`Inc From Total Op 5,429.0 4,178.0 3,021.0 -7,987.0 -6,865.0`

EI	`EARNINGS INFORMATION ($/Share)`
K2=	`EPS-Cont Op (Prim) 10.24 7.23 5.02 -14.02 -12.03`
K3=	`EPS-Disc Op (Prim) .00 .00 .00 .00 .00`
ES=	`EPS-Ttl Op (Prim) 10.24 7.23 5.02 -14.02 -12.03`
K4=	`EPS-Cont Op (Dil) 10.02 7.05 5.02 -14.02 -12.03`
K5=	`EPS-Disc Op (Dil) .00 .00 .00 .00 .00`
K6=	`EPS-Ttl Op (Dil) 10.02 7.05 5.02 -14.02 -12.03`
DL=	`Common Dividend/Sh 1.30 1.00 1.00 1.58 4.84`
DP=	`Dividend Payout 13 14 20 NC NC`
CW=	`Cash Flow per Share 20.51 17.74 12.14 -5.72 -1.06`
OS=	`Shares Outst (000s) 507,981 547,774 587,711 581,386 571,436`

PH=	`High Price 166.000 114.625 76.375 59.875 100.375`
PL=	`Low Price 83.125 70.250 51.375 40.625 48.750`
FP=	`Close Price 151.500 91.375 73.500 56.500 50.375`
PK=	`Average P E (Ratio) 12.2 12.8 12.7 NE NE`

BS	`BALANCE SHEET ($MIL)`
	`ASSETS`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
CH=	`Cash & Equivalents 7,687.0 7,259.0 7,922.0 5,861.0 4,446.0`
RE=	`Receivables 23,167.0 23,402.0 21,533.0 19,412.0 21,604.0`
IV=	`Inventories 5,870.0 6,323.0 6,334.0 7,565.0 8,385.0`
OC=	`Other Curr Assets 3,971.0 3,707.0 5,549.0 6,364.0 5,257.0`
CA=	`Current Assets 40,695.0 40,691.0 41,338.0 39,202.0 39,692.0`
DZ=	`Accumulated Depr 24,486.0 27,402.0 28,156.0 29,983.0 31,191.0`
PF=	`Net Fixed Assets 17,407.0 16,579.0 16,664.0 17,521.0 21,595.0`
IW=	`Intangibles .0 .0 427.0 646.0 .0`
NC=	`Oth Non-Curr Assets 23,030.0 23,022.0 22,662.0 23,744.0 25,418.0`
TA=	`Total Assets 81,132.0 80,292.0 81,091.0 81,113.0 86,705.0`

	`LIABILITIES`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
NP=	`Short Term Debt 17,724.0 16,080.0 13,348.0 17,086.0 19,614.0`
OL=	`Other Curr Liab 16,276.0 15,568.0 15,878.0 16,064.0 17,123.0`
LI=	`Total Current Liab 34,000.0 31,648.0 29,226.0 33,150.0 36,737.0`
LD=	`Long Term Debt 9,872.0 10,060.0 12,548.0 15,245.0 12,853.0`
IC=	`Income Taxes (Def) 1,627.0 1,807.0 1,881.0 1,803.0 2,030.0`
NL=	`Oth Non-Curr Liab 14,005.0 14,354.0 14,023.0 11,177.0 7,461.0`
ML=	`Minority Interest .0 .0 .0 .0 .0`
TL=	`Total Liabilities 59,504.0 57,869.0 57,678.0 61,375.0 59,081.0`
PS=	`Pref Stock Equity 253.0 253.0 1,081.0 1,091.0 .0`
SN=	`Common Stock Equity 21,375.0 22,170.0 22,332.0 18,647.0 27,624.0`
RT=	`Retained Earnings 11,189.0 11,630.0 12,352.0 10,009.0 19,124.0`
SE=	`Shareholders Equity 21,628.0 22,423.0 23,413.0 19,738.0 27,624.0`

SZ	`OTHER FINANCIALS ($MIL)`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
PI=	`Preferred Dividend 20.0 62.0 84.0 47.0 .0`
FF=	`Capital Expenditure 5,883.0 4,744.0 3,078.0 3,154.0 4,751.0`
CF=	`Cash Flow 10,421.0 9,718.0 7,134.0 -3,324.0 -606.0`
WK=	`Working Capital 6,695.0 9,043.0 12,112.0 6,052.0 2,955.0`

QS	`QUARTERLY STATEMENT`
	`Sales Income Primary Dividends Shares`
	`Date (MIL) (MIL) EPS per Share Outst (000)`
QN=, QI=	`97Q1 (03/97) 17,308.0 1,195.0 1.19 .35 993,151`
K7=,DI=,QO=	`96Q4 (12/96) 23,143.0 2,023.0 3.88 .35 507,981`
	`96Q3 (09/96) 18,062.0 1,285.0 2.45 .35 517,546`
	`96Q2 (06/96) 18,183.0 1,347.0 2.51 .35 527,494`
	`96Q1 (03/96) 16,559.0 774.0 1.41 .25 539,671`
	`95Q4 (12/95) 21,920.0 1,711.0 3.09 .25 547,774`
	`95Q3 (09/95) 16,754.0 -538.0 -.90 .25 558,315`
	`95Q2 (06/95) 17,531.0 1,716.0 2.97 .25 568,723`
	`95Q1 (03/95) 15,735.0 1,289.0 2.12 .25 582,925`
	`94Q4 (12/94) 19,896.0 1,231.0 2.06 .25 587,711`
	`94Q3 (09/94) 15,431.0 710.0 1.18 .25 587,172`
	`94Q2 (06/94) 15,351.0 689.0 1.14 .25 584,864`
	`94Q1 (03/94) 13,373.0 392.0 .64 .25 583,126`
	`93Q4 (12/93) 19,396.0 382.0 .62 .25 581,386`
	`93Q3 (09/93) 14,743.0 -48.0 -.12 .25 577,721`
	`93Q2 (06/93) 15,519.0 -8,036.0 -14.10 .54 571,045`
	`DIVIDENDS`
DX=	`Reported Ex-Div Date: 05/07/97`
DS=	`Indicated Annual Cash Dividend Rate: $1.60`
DY=	`Dividend Yield: .9%`
	`Dividend Payment Method: CASH`
	`5 YEAR GROWTH RATES �SM`
SG=	`Sales Growth Rate: 3%`
EG=	`EPS Growth Rate: NC`
DG=	`Dividend Growth Rate: -26%`

	`12 MONTHS PERFORMANCE`
YL=	`Sales or Revenue (MIL): $76,696`
YN=	`Income from Total Operations (MIL): 5,850`
YE=	`EPS from Total Operations: 10.03`

	`ANNUAL RATIOS`

	`PROFITABILITY`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
XN=	`Profit Marg-PreTax% 11.3 10.9 8.0 -14.0 -14.0`
RS=	`Profit Marg-PosTax% 7.1 5.8 4.7 -12.7 -10.6`
RQ=	`Return on Stk Eq % 25.4 18.8 13.5 -42.8 -24.9`
RK=	`Return on Inv Cap % 17.2 12.9 8.4 -22.8 -17.0`
RA=	`Return on Assets % 6.7 5.2 3.7 -9.8 -7.9`

	`VALUATION RATIOS`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
PZ=	`Price/Sales Ratio 1.0 .7 .7 .5 .4`
PX=	`Price/Earning Ratio 14.8 12.6 14.6 NE NE`
PB=	`Price/Book Ratio 3.6 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.0`

	`OPERATING RATIOS`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
TR=	`Effective Tax Rate% 36.8 46.5 41.4 9.2 23.9`
JA=	`Asset Turnover .9 .9 .8 .7 .7`
VT=	`Inventory Turnover 6.6 5.7 5.0 4.2 3.2`
BD=	`Receiv/Day Sales 109.8 117.1 121.0 111.4 120.5`

	`FINANCIAL RATIOS`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
CR=	`Current Ratio 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.1`
QR=	`Quick Ratio .9 1.0 1.0 .8 .7`
AQ=	`Leverage Ratio 3.8 3.6 3.6 4.3 3.1`
DQ=	`Debt/Equity .5 .5 .6 .8 .5`
TI=	`Interest Coverage 13.0 11.8 5.2 -5.9 -5.6`

CI	`COMPARISON TO INDUSTRY -- 52 COMPANIES, SIC 3571 (ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS)`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
	`Sales (Co) 75,947.0 71,940.0 64,052.0 62,716.0 64,523.0`
	`Sales (Ind) 231,947.3 213,945.2 183,558.9 166,912.5 160,033.2`
IR=	`Sales (C/I)% 32.7 33.6 34.9 37.6 40.3`

	`Earnings (Co) 5,429.0 4,178.0 3,021.0 -7,987.0 -6,865.0`
	`Earnings (Ind) 9,411.9 8,219.8 4,509.5 -7,716.8 -7,629.6`
IE=	`Earnings (C/I)% 57.7 50.8 67.0 NC NC`

	`EPS (Co) 10.24 7.23 5.02 -14.02 -12.03`
	`EPS (Ind) 2.28 2.11 1.23 -2.64 -2.85`
IP=	`EPS (C/I)% 449.1 342.7 408.1 NC NC`
	`Price (Co) 151.50 91.38 73.50 56.50 50.38`
	`Price (Ind) 53.00 47.67 36.71 29.69 28.85`
IY=	`Price (C/I)% 285.9 191.7 200.2 190.3 174.6`

	`P/E Ratio (Co) 14.8 12.6 14.6 NE NE`
	`P/E Ratio (Ind) 23.2 22.6 29.8 NE NE`
PP=	`P/E Ratio (C/I)% 63.8 55.8 49.0 NC NC`

	`Price/Book (Co) 3.6 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.0`
	`Price/Book (Ind) 3.0 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.4`
I1=	`Price/Book (C/I)% 120.0 85.2 90.5 100.0 71.4`

	`Debt/Equity (Co) .5 .5 .6 .8 .5`
	`Debt/Equity (Ind) .4 .4 .5 .6 .4`
I2=	`Debt/Equity (C/I)% 125.0 125.0 120.0 133.3 125.0`

	`Curr. Ratio (Co) 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.1`
	`Curr. Ratio (Ind) 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6`
I3=	`Curr. Ratio (C/I)% 63.2 68.4 73.7 70.6 68.8`

	`PreTax Prof (Co)% 11.3 10.9 8.0 -14.0 -14.0`
	`PreTax Prof (Ind)% 6.5 6.8 4.7 -4.4 -4.8`
I4=	`PreTax Prof (C/I)% 173.8 160.3 170.2 NC NC`

	`PosTax Prof (Co)% 7.1 5.8 4.7 -12.7 -10.6`
	`PosTax Prof (Ind)% 4.1 3.8 2.5 -4.6 -4.8`
I5=	`PosTax Prof (C/I)% 173.2 152.6 188.0 NC NC`

	`Return on Eq (Co)% 25.4 18.8 13.5 -42.8 -24.9`
	`Return on Eq (Ind)% 15.2 13.4 8.0 -15.3 -12.9`
I6=	`Return on Eq (C/I)% 167.1 140.3 168.8 NC NC`

	`Eff Tax Rate (Co)% 36.8 46.5 41.4 9.2 23.9`
	`Eff Tax Rate (Ind)% 37.6 43.6 47.6 -5.2 5.4`
I7=	`Eff Tax Rate (C/I)% 97.9 106.7 87.0 NC 442.6`

	`Lev. Ratio (Co) 3.8 3.6 3.6 4.3 3.1`
	`Lev. Ratio (Ind) 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.4 2.9`
I8=	`Lev. Ratio (C/I)% 115.2 112.5 112.5 126.5 106.9`

	`Asset Turnov (Co) .9 .9 .8 .7 .7`
	`Asset Turnov (Ind) 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 .9`
I9=	`Asset Turnov (C/I)% 75.0 81.8 80.0 70.0 77.8`

	`MONTHLY ACTIVITY (60 MONTHS)`
	`Date High Low Close Vol(00)`
	`04/30/97 161.125 127.125 160.500 37,099`
	`03/31/97 149.750 130.000 137.250 34,833`
	`02/28/97 157.375 137.125 143.750 40,749`
	`.`
	`.`
	`.`
	`06/30/92 98.625 88.250 97.875 16,631`
	`05/29/92 94.375 90.125 90.750 14,127`
	`DAILY ACTIVITY`

	`Date Price Volume(00)`
	`05/23/97 173.375 17,290`
	`05/22/97 172.500 18,074`
	`05/21/97 175.125 31,703`
	`.`
	`.`
	`.`
	`05/28/96 108.250 17,235`
	`05/24/96 108.750 14,030`
	`05/23/96 109.250 26,037`

	`Industry Record`

/DE, NT=	`ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS`

SC=	`SIC Code: 3571 (ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS)`
	`Number of Companies in Industry: 52`
SF=	`This is a(n) INDUSTRY Record`

	`INDUSTRY MARKET`
C1=	`Last Week: 16% 2%`
C2=	`Last 52 Weeks: 36% 5%`
C3=	`Year-to-Date: 41% 6%`

	`CHANGE VS. S&P 500`
C4=	`Last Week: 13% 0%`
C5=	`Last 52 Weeks: 9% -16%`
C6=	`Year-to-Date: 23% -7%`

	`PRICE STATISTICS (End of Previous Week)`
CP=	`Latest Close Price: $74.68`
MA=	`200-Day Moving Average Price: $52.74`
MB=	`10-Week Moving Average Price: $55.58`
PA=	`Latest Close as % of 200 Day Moving Average: 142%`

UB=	`60 Month Beta: 1.58`
DB=	`36 Month Beta: 1.70`

	`MARKET VALUE AND VOLUME (End of Previous Week)`
MV=	`Market Value of Common Stock (MIL): $303,747`
PE=	`Current P/E Ratio: 30.1`
PJ=	`Current Price/Sales: 1.1`
PQ=	`Current Price/Book: 4.2`
PW=	`Current Price/Cash Flow: 12.9`
VW=	`Latest Week's Total Volume (00): 1,583,339`

	`VOLUME INDICATORS (End of Previous Week)`
VA=	`20-Day Volume Moving Average (00): 303,339`
AM=	`Avg Daily Vol as % of 20-Day Moving Average: 104.4%`
DV=	`Dollar Volume last 4 weeks (000s): $32,699`
VP=	`Weekly Volume as % of Shares Outstanding: 3.9%`

	`INCOME STATEMENT ($MIL)`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
SA=	`Sales 231,947.3 213,945.2 183,558.9 166,912.5 160,033.2`
CG=	`Cost of Goods 144,241.7 127,800.2 110,419.1 93,327.1 82,810.7`
SY=	`Selling and General 59,770.6 59,897.5 54,383.9 69,337.8 59,976.0`
OE=	`Other Oper Expense .0 .0 .0 .0 .0`
DA=	`Depreciation 11,069.3 11,450.5 9,538.7 10,068.2 11,418.7`
OI=	`Other Income Net 527.2 2,140.0 2,033.7 1,169.4 -10,821.1`
OF=	`Fixed Charges 2,262.3 2,375.5 2,668.6 2,725.0 2,818.8`
IB=	`Pretax Income 15,097.4 14,564.0 8,599.3 -7,331.4 -7,744.9`
PT=	`Income Taxes 5,667.8 6,346.9 4,089.8 383.5 -433.0`
MI=	`Minority Interest 33.8 -2.4 -16.6 -44.7 -67.7`
XI=	`Inc from Cont Op 9,429.6 8,217.1 4,509.5 -7,714.9 -7,311.9`
XI=	`Inc From Disc Op -17.7 2.7 .0 -1.9 -317.7`
NI=	`Inc From Total Op 9,411.9 8,219.8 4,509.5 -7,716.8 -7,629.6`

	`EARNINGS INFORMATION ($/Share)`
K2=	`EPS-Cont Op (Prim) 2.29 2.11 1.23 -2.64 -2.74`
K3=	`EPS-Disc Op (Prim) -.01 .00 .00 .00 -.11`
ES=	`EPS-Ttl Op (Prim) 2.28 2.11 1.23 -2.64 -2.85`
K4=	`EPS-Cont Op (Dil) 2.25 2.08 1.22 -2.65 -2.74`
K5=	`EPS-Disc Op (Dil) -.01 .00 .00 .00 -.11`
K6=	`EPS-Ttl Op (Dil) 2.24 2.08 1.22 -2.65 -2.85`
KL=	`Common Dividend/Sh .32 .28 .29 .43 1.13`
DP=	`Dividend Payout 14 13 24 -16 -40`
CW=	`Cash Flow per Share 5.77 5.66 4.20 .72 1.32`
OS=	`Shares Outst (000s) 3,513,655 3,433,515 3,284,456 3,027,990 2,780,910`

PH=	`High Price 59.989 55.025 40.345 35.380 44.918`
PL=	`Low Price 35.638 35.511 24.627 21.856 22.351`
FP=	`Close Price 52.995 47.674 36.709 29.689 28.847`
PK=	`Average P E (Ratio) 21.0 21.5 26.4 NE NE`

	`BALANCE SHEET ($MIL)`
	`ASSETS`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
CH=	`Cash & Equivalents 23,363.6 20,236.4 18,705.7 15,244.1 12,580.4`
RE=	`Receivables 54,948.5 54,393.2 49,060.2 42,514.3 43,230.2`
IV=	`Inventories 28,180.8 31,047.7 26,373.8 26,089.3 25,030.9`
OC=	`Other Curr Assets 13,902.4 11,295.3 11,519.9 11,471.5 11,508.8`
CA=	`Current Assets 120,395.0 116,972.6 105,659.4 95,318.5 92,350.1`
DZ=	`Accumulated Depr 55,820.4 60,586.9 58,173.7 57,040.0 55,487.3`
PF=	`Net Fixed Assets 41,505.4 40,872.4 39,073.1 38,999.1 42,834.5`
IW=	`Intangibles 1,717.4 1,696.2 2,006.1 1,932.7 1,461.4`
NC=	`Oth Non-Curr Assets 38,596.6 38,383.6 35,177.2 35,624.6 35,955.6`
TA=	`Total Assets 202,214.2 197,924.6 181,916.0 171,875.3 172,601.4`
	`LIABILITIES`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
NP=	`Short Term Debt 23,606.9 25,169.3 20,400.4 23,477.2 25,700.8`
OL=	`Other Curr Liab 38,942.1 36,491.8 34,552.8 32,173.1 32,559.0`
LI=	`Total Current Liab 62,549.0 61,661.1 54,953.2 55,650.3 58,259.8`
LD=	`Long Term Debt 27,361.8 26,155.1 27,008.3 28,540.0 23,208.0`
IC=	`Income Taxes (Def) 2,756.0 3,368.7 3,159.8 3,169.3 3,252.0`
NL=	`Oth Non-Curr Liab 20,271.2 20,723.4 19,567.9 16,002.6 11,910.7`
ML=	`Minority Interest 471.9 537.6 457.3 415.9 395.5`
TL=	`Total Liabilities 113,409.9 112,445.9 105,146.5 103,778.1 97,026.0`
PS=	`Pref Stock Equity 1,934.6 1,994.9 2,750.5 2,700.5 2,179.6`
SN=	`Common Stock Equity 62,122.2 61,254.9 56,196.7 50,470.3 59,263.5`
RT=	`Retained Earnings 33,193.5 32,206.7 28,887.0 26,573.4 37,613.2`
SE=	`Shareholders Equity 64,056.8 63,249.8 58,947.2 53,170.8 61,443.1`

	`OTHER FINANCIALS ($MIL)`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
PI=	`Preferred Dividend 218.7 252.6 241.9 173.8 127.3`
FF=	`Capital Expenditure 13,257.5 12,031.3 8,345.9 8,624.7 11,245.0`
CF=	`Cash Flow 20,262.5 19,417.7 13,806.3 2,177.6 3,661.8`
WK=	`Working Capital 57,846.0 55,311.5 50,706.2 39,668.2 34,090.3`
	`DIVIDENDS`
DY=	`Dividend Yield: .7%`

	`5 YEAR GROWTH RATES`
YL=	`Sales Growth Rate: 9%`
EG=	`EPS Growth Rate: NC`
DG=	`Dividend Growth Rate: -25%`

	`12 MONTHS PERFORMANCE`
YL=	`Sales or Revenue (MIL): $234,711`
YN=	`Income from Total Operations (MIL): 10,398`
YE=	`EPS from Total Operations: 2.48`

	`ANNUAL RATIOS`

	`PROFITABILITY`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
XN=	`Profit Marg-PreTax% 6.5 6.8 4.7 -4.4 -4.8`
RS=	`Profit Marg-PosTax% 4.1 3.8 2.5 -4.6 -4.8`
RQ=	`Return on Stk Eq % 15.2 13.4 8.0 -15.3 -12.9`
RK=	`Return on Inv Cap % 10.3 9.2 5.2 NC NC`
RA=	`Return on Assets % 4.7 4.2 2.5 -4.5 -4.4`

	`VALUATION RATIOS`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
PZ=	`Price/Sales Ratio .8 .8 .7 .5 .5`
PX=	`Price/Earning Ratio 23.2 22.6 29.8 NE NE`
PB=	`Price/Book Ratio 3.0 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.4`

	`OPERATING RATIOS`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
TR=	`Effective Tax Rate% 37.6 43.6 47.6 -5.2 5.4`
JA=	`Asset Turnover 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 .9`
VT=	`Inventory Turnover 4.9 4.5 4.2 3.7 3.3`
BD=	`Receiv/Day Sales 85.3 91.5 96.2 91.7 97.2`

	`FINANCIAL RATIOS`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
CR=	`Current Ratio 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6`
QR=	`Quick Ratio 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0`
AQ=	`Leverage Ratio 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.4 2.9`
DQ=	`Debt/Equity .4 .4 .5 .6 .4`
TI=	`Interest Coverage 7.7 7.1 4.2 -1.7 -1.7`
	`COMPARISON TO MARKET -- 52 COMPANIES, SIC 3571 (ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS)`
	`Date 12/96 12/95 12/94 12/93 12/92`
	`Sales (Ind) $Mil 231,947.3 213,945.2 183,558.9 166,912.5 160,033.2`
	`Sales (Mkt) $Bil 8,780.2 8,008.2 6,973.4 6,128.8 5,938.5`
IR=	`Sales (I/M)% 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7`

	`Earnings (Ind) $Mil 9,411.9 8,219.8 4,509.5 -7,716.8 -7,629.6`
	`Earnings (Mkt) $Bil 485.0 415.1 349.9 251.5 219.5`
IE=	`Earnings (I/M)% 1.9 2.0 1.3 NC NC`

	`EPS (Ind) 2.28 2.11 1.23 -2.64 -2.85`
	`EPS (Mkt) 1.50 1.45 1.40 1.18 1.03`
IP=	`EPS (I/M)% 152.0 145.5 87.9 NC NC`

	`Price (Ind) 52.00 47.67 36.71 29.69 28.85`
	`Price (Mkt) 33.12 31.42 24.80 26.39 24.80`
IY=	`Price (I/M)% 160.0 151.8 148.0 112.5 116.3`

	`P/E Ratio (Ind) 23.2 22.6 29.8 NE NE`
	`P/E Ratio (Mkt) 22.1 21.7 17.7 22.4 24.1`
PP=	`P/E Ratio (I/M)% 105.0 104.1 168.4 NC NC`

	`Price/Book (Ind) 3.0 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.4`
	`Price/Book (Mkt) 2.2 2.2 1.8 2.3 2.2`
I1=	`Price/Book (I/M)% 136.4 122.7 116.7 78.3 63.6`

	`Debt/Equity (Ind) .4 .4 .5 .6 .4`
	`Debt/Equity (Mkt) .8 .8 .8 .9 .8`
I2=	`Debt/Equity (I/M)% 50.0 50.0 62.5 66.7 50.0`

	`Curr. Ratio (Ind) 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6`
	`Curr. Ratio (Mkt) 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4`
I3=	`Curr. Ratio (I/M)% 135.7 135.7 126.7 113.3 114.3`

	`PreTax Prof (Ind)% 6.5 6.8 4.7 -4.4 -4.8`
	`PreTax Prof (Mkt)% 8.7 8.2 7.9 6.6 6.1`
I4=	`PreTax Prof (I/M)% 74.7 82.9 59.5 NC NC`

	`PosTax Prof (Ind)% 4.1 3.8 2.5 -4.6 -4.8`
	`PosTax Prof (Mkt)% 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.1 3.7`
I5=	`PosTax Prof (I/M)% 74.5 73.1 50.0 NC NC`

	`Return on Eq (Ind)% 15.2 13.4 8.0 -15.3 -12.9`
	`Return on Eq (Mkt)% 12.8 12.4 12.5 10.3 9.4`
I6=	`Return on Eq (I/M)% 118.8 108.1 64.0 NC NC`

	`Eff Tax Rate (Ind)% 37.6 43.6 47.6 -5.2 5.4`
	`Eff Tax Rate (Mkt)% 37.0 37.1 36.5 37.9 38.5`
I7=	`Eff Tax Rate (I/M)% 101.6 117.5 130.4 NC 14.0`

	`Lev. Ratio (Ind) 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.4 2.9`
	`Lev. Ratio (Mkt) 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2`
I8=	`Lev. Ratio (I/M)% 64.7 61.5 61.5 64.2 55.8`

	`Asset Turnov (Ind) 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 .9`
	`Asset Turnov (Mkt) .5 .5 .5 .5 .5`
I9=	`Asset Turnov (I/M)% 240.0 220.0 200.0 200.0`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S COMPUTERS
None	None	None	Basic Document	Word
/CO	CO	CO (27)	Company Name¹	Word	S MEGA(W)COMPUTER/CO
/DE	DE	None	SIC Description	Word	S COMPUTERS/DE

¹Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	A1	A1 (27)	Address
AM=	AM	AM (13)	Average Daily Volume as % of 20-Day Moving Average²	Numeric	S AM=60:80
None	AN	AN (13)	DIALOG Accession Number
AQ=	AQ	AQ (13)	Leverage Ratio (Assets/Equity)²	Numeric	S AQ=3:5
None	B1	None	Daily History (1st Month Prior)
None	B2	None	Daily History (2nd Month Prior)
None	B3	None	Daily History (3rd Month Prior)
None	B4	None	Daily History (4th Month Prior)
None	B5	None	Daily History (5th Month Prior)
None	B6	None	Daily History (6th Month Prior)
None	B7	None	Daily History (7th Month Prior)
None	B8	None	Daily History (8th Month Prior)
None	B9	None	Daily History (9th Month Prior)
None	BA	None	Daily History (10th month Prior)
None	BB	None	Daily History (11th Month Prior)
None	BC	None	Daily History (12th month prior)
BD=	BD	BD (13)	Receivables/Day Sales²	Numeric	S BD=100:110
None	BH	None	Daily History (Current Month)
None	BM	None	Monthly Price History
None	BP	None	Daily Price History
None	BS	None	Balance Sheet
C1=	C1	C1 (13)	Price Change Last Week²	Numeric	S C1=.02
C2=	C2	C2 (13)	Price Change Last 52 Weeks²	Numeric	S C2=.59
C3=	C3	C3 (13)	Price Change Year-To-Date²	Numeric	S C3=.14
C4=	C4	C4 (13)	Change vs S&P 500 Last Week²	Numeric	S C4=0
C5=	C5	C5 (13)	Change vs S&P 500 Last 52 Weeks²	Numeric	S C5=2:6
C6=	C6	C6 (13)	Change vs S&P 500 Year-To-Date²	Numeric	S C6=0
CA=	CA	CA (13)	Total Current Assets	Numeric
CF=	CF	CF (13)	Cash Flow²	Numeric	S CF=10B:12B
CG=	CG	CG (13)	Cost of Goods²	Numeric	S CG=40B:45B
CH=	CH	CH (13)	Cash²	Numeric	S CH=7B:8B
None	CI	None	Comparison to Industry
CO=	CO	CO (27)	Company Name¹	Phrase	S CO=MEGA COMPUTER?
CP=	CP	CP (13)	Close Price (Latest Week)²	Numeric	S CP=170:180
CR=	CR	CR (13)	Current Ratio²	Numeric	S CR=1:1.5
CW=	CW<