Washington Post (WPO)

344.56 +5.21  +1.54%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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Key Stats

Market Cap 2.626B
Revenue Growth -6.66%
Profit Margin 3.19%
Earnings Yield 4.90%
Dividend Yield 2.90%
Earnings Per Share TTM 16.90
PE Ratio 20.39
Price / Sales Ratio 0.6334
52 Week High 454.97
52 Week Low 308.50
Beta 0.9573
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May 22 Warren Buffett’s Bad Bet on Newspapers Investor Place
May 21 $$ $SPY 3DayCharts: Good: $RSG $JOY $STJ $CRM $NEM Bad: $WPO $LOW $MRK $GCI $JPM $STUDY by stockspot
May 21 Warren Buffett Q1/2012 Fund Portfolio + http://stks.co/3udD $KO $WFC $IBM $AXP $PG $KFT $WMT $COP $USB $JNJ $MCO $DTV $WPO $DVA $MTB $COST by DividendYield
May 18 Buffett Expands Print Media Biz.
May 18 Ken Bennett comments stir up Obama 'birther' buzz
May 18 Warren Buffett’s Shrewd Bet on Newspapers Investor Place
May 18 Oddest Warren Buffett Investment Ever? The Newspaper Business
May 17 [$$] Call It Berkshire Hathaway Ink. The Wall Street Journal
May 17 Buffett buys 63 US papers for $142m Financial Times
May 17 WASHINGTON POST CO Financials
May 14 Today's New Sell Signals (Medium Term) Added!! $MCHP $NUE $GOOG $JEC $NYX $LM $GNW $NDAQ $NBL $MRO $MCD $FCX $WPO $RSG http://stks.co/3p4e by elliottwave
May 09 Anyone want to guess which stock $WPO purchased $30MM of in 1Q12? I'm thinking $BRK.A, the co's investment in $COCO didn't turn out too well by PAAResearch
May 09 $WPO filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3kGj by MarketBrief

Profile

Exchange: NYSE       Sector: Services       Industry: Education & Training Services

The Washington Post Company is an American education and media company, best known for owning the newspaper for which it is named, The Washington Post. The Company also owns Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses. In addition, the Company owns The Slate Group, Express, El Tiempo Latino, The Gazette and Southern Maryland newspapers, The Herald, Post-Newsweek Stations, Cable ONE, a cable TV and Internet service provider with subscribers in midwestern, western and southern states, and Avenue100 Media Solutions, an online lead generation provider. The Company previously owned Newsweek and Newsweek.com, but sold the magazine in 2010 after years of financial losses. It was founded by Stilson Hutchins in 1877 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

1 Year Total Return Performance

This total returns chart shows the returns to an investor from both price appreciation and dividends (dividends are assumed to be reinvested). Washington Post is down 13.48% over the last year vs S&P 500 Total Return up 2.03%, Apollo Group down 16.87%, and Media General down 27.90%.

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Fundamentals

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