The profile section of the fundamental analysis pages provides a quick overview of a given company, including such features as average volume, number of shares, and market capitalization. Specific data items are as follows:

• average volume - Average trading volume for the last 3 months.
• shares - Shares outstanding (most recent quarter).
• beta - 36 month beta. Beta is a coefficient which measures the volatility of a stock's returns relative to the market (S&P 500).
• dividend - Current Dividend Yield. The current dividend yield is the latest dividend rate divided by the latest closing price. If a company's board has committed to dividend payments in the future, the latest reported dividend rate equals the number of times the company pays dividends per year times the latest dividend, expressed in dollars. If a company's board has not committed to dividend payments in the future, the latest reported dividend rate equals the total dividends paid in the past 12 months.
• earnings - Total earnings (latest 12 mo).
• sales - Total sales (latest 12 mo).
• book - Total book value (most recent quarter)
• market capitalization - Market Capitalization = most recent closing price * shares outstanding.
• cash - Total cash (most recent quarter).