Fundamental Data for MDP

Meredith Corp. has two business segments: publishing and broadcasting. The publishing segment includes magazine and book publishing, integrated marketing, interactive media, brand licensing, and other related operations. The broadcasting segment includes the operations of network-affiliated television stations and syndicated television program marketing and development. Virtually all of the company''s revenues are generated and assets reside within the UnitedStates.

# Employees: 3280

Address: 1716 Locust Street,Des Moines,IA,USA

Phone: 515 284-3000

Fax: 515 284-2700

Website: www.meredith.com

Email: jim.jacobson@meredith.com

Sector: Consumer Staples

Industry: PUBLSHG-PRDCALS

Executive Officers

William T. Kerr (Chmn.)

Stephen M. Lacy (Presi.; C.E.O.; Dir.)

James R. Craigie (Dir.)

John S. Zieser (Chief Devept. Off.; Gen. Consl.; Sec.)

Herbert M. Baum (Dir.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: 8/27/2009

Annual Dividend: $0.90

Current Dividend Yield: $3.24

Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.22

Indicated Dividend: $0.47

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 1/21/2010

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.36

Mean EPS (Year): $1.80

Mean Estimate(Long Term): $15.00

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 15.370

Number of Estimates: 6

Shares Performance

Period	MDP	Compare to S&P
YTD	62.09 %	34.15 %
4 Weeks	-11.34 %	-12.30 %
12 Weeks	-1.03 %	-6.70 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 357854

Shares Outstanding: 45M

Market Cap: $1.26B

52 Week High: $31.77

52 Week Low: $10.88

P/E Ratio: 14.380

PEG Ratio: 1.020

Split: On 3/18/1997 MDP split by factor of 2.000

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: -38.18 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: -17.07 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -3.88 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -10.26 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $2.01

Cash Flow/Share: $7.84

Change in Payout Ratio: 0.200

Price/Sales: 0.910