STAPLES INC (SPLS) [Rocket]

In millions, except per share items	Jan-28-17	Jan-30-16	Jan-31-15	Feb-01-14	Feb-02-13	Jan-28-12	Jan-29-11	Jan-30-10
	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K
Revenues:
North American Delivery	10,636.0	10,731.0	10,664.0					9,640.4
North American Retail	6,662.0	7,169.0	8,055.0					9,364.2
Other	949.0	864.0	965.0
Other								5,270.9
Total revenues	18,247.0	18,764.0	19,684.0	23,114.0	24,380.5	24,664.8	24,135.3	24,275.5
Revenue growth [+]	-2.8%	-4.7%	-14.8%	-5.2%	-1.2%	2.2%	-0.6%	5.2%
North American Delivery	-0.9%	0.6%						8.0%
North American Retail	-7.1%	-11.0%						-1.3%
Other	9.8%	-10.5%
North American Stores & Online				-6.1%	0.7%	1.7%
Cost of goods sold	13,489.0	13,857.0	14,646.0	17,082.0	17,889.2	17,974.9	17,600.0	17,801.5
Gross profit	4,758.0	4,907.0	5,038.0	6,032.0	6,491.3	6,689.9	6,535.2	6,473.9
Gross margin	26.1%	26.2%	25.6%	26.1%	26.6%	27.1%	27.1%	26.7%
Selling, general and administrative	3,845.0	3,993.0	4,096.0	4,735.0	4,884.3	4,991.2	4,832.4	4,907.2
Equity in earnings
Other operating expenses	852.0	96.0	488.0	56.0	78.9	64.9	177.2	100.1
EBITDA [+]	497.0	1,273.0	921.0	1,699.0	2,015.4	2,115.8	2,024.4	2,019.0
EBITDA growth	-61.0%	38.2%	-45.8%	-15.7%	-4.7%	4.5%	0.3%	-3.6%
EBITDA margin	2.7%	6.8%	4.7%	7.4%	8.3%	8.6%	8.4%	8.3%
Depreciation	378.0	388.0	405.0	403.0	408.4	417.2	437.2	452.4
EBITA	119.0	885.0	516.0	1,296.0	1,607.0	1,698.7	1,587.3	1,566.7
EBITA margin	0.7%	4.7%	2.6%	5.6%	6.6%	6.9%	6.6%	6.5%
Amortization of intangibles	58.0	67.0	62.0	55.0	78.9	64.9	61.7	100.1
EBIT [+]	61.0	818.0	454.0	1,241.0	1,528.1	1,633.8	1,525.6	1,466.6
EBIT growth	-92.5%	80.2%	-63.4%	-18.8%	-6.5%	7.1%	4.0%	-5.1%
EBIT margin	0.3%	4.4%	2.3%	5.4%	6.3%	6.6%	6.3%	6.0%
Non-recurring items [+]	325.0	105.0	158.0	64.0	1,018.0		-57.8	84.2
Asset impairment					811.0
Unusual expense	250.0
Interest expense, net [+]	75.0	136.0	46.0	114.0	157.1	166.0	207.0	230.9
Interest expense	81.0	139.0	48.0	119.0	162.5	173.4	214.4	237.0
Interest income	6.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	5.3	7.4	7.4	6.1
Other income (expense), net [+]	-13.0	-13.0	3.0		-87.5	-3.1	-2,742.9	4.5
Gain (loss) on debt retirement	-26.0				-57.0
Other	13.0	-13.0	3.0		-30.5	-3.1	-9.8	4.5
Pre-tax income	-352.0	564.0	253.0	1,063.0	265.4	1,464.6	-1,366.5	1,155.9
Income taxes	107.0	102.0	128.0	356.0	426.3	477.2	467.6	398.8
Tax rate		18.1%	50.6%	33.5%	160.6%	32.6%		34.5%
Minority interest					-0.1	-0.8	6.6	18.4
Net income	-459.0	462.0	125.0	1,327.0	-210.7	1,972.1	1,780.9	738.7
Net margin	-2.5%	2.5%	0.6%	5.7%	-0.9%	8.0%	7.4%	3.0%

Basic EPS [+]	($0.71)	$0.72	$0.20	$2.04	($0.31)	$2.84	$2.49	$1.04
Growth	-198.3%	269.0%	-90.4%	-746.7%	-111.1%	14.0%	139.1%	-9.7%
Diluted EPS [+]	($0.71)	$0.71	$0.19	$2.02	($0.31)	$2.80	$2.45	$1.02
Growth	-199.0%	269.0%	-90.4%	-740.8%	-111.2%	14.2%	139.6%	-9.6%

Dividends per share [+]	$0.48	$0.48	$0.48	$0.48	$0.44	$0.40	$0.36	$0.33
Growth	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%	10.0%	11.1%	9.1%	0.0%

Shares outstanding (basic) [+]	649.0	642.0	641.0	652.0	669.5	695.0	715.6	709.7
Growth	1.1%	0.2%	-1.7%	-2.6%	-3.7%	-2.9%	0.8%	1.6%
Shares outstanding (diluted) [+]	649.0	647.0	646.0	658.0	669.5	704.0	726.2	721.8
Growth	0.3%	0.2%	-1.8%	-1.7%	-4.9%	-3.1%	0.6%	1.4%

EBIT is a non-GAAP figure that excludes all non-recurring expenses: restructuring costs, asset impairments, IPR&D writeoffs, and other unusual charges.