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VARIAN MED SYS INC (NYSE)
VAR	47.25	-0.14	(-0.30%)	Vol. 285,654	12:47 ET

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto, California is the world's leading supplier of equipment and software for treating cancer. The company is also a premier supplier of components including X-ray tubes and flat-panel detectors for medical, scientific, and industrial imaging. Varian Medical Systems employs approximately three thousand nine hundtre people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America and Europe and in its 55 sales and support offices around the world.

General Information

VARIAN MEDICAL

3100 Hansen Way Palo Alto, CA 94304-1030 Phone: 650 493-4000 Fax: 650 424-6822 Web: www.varian.com Email: spencer.sias@varian.com

Industry	MED INSTRUMENTS
Sector:	Medical

Fiscal Year End	September
Last Reported Quarter	09/30/09
Next EPS Date	01/28/2010

Price and Volume Information

Zacks Rank
Yesterday's Close	47.39
52 Week High	47.78
52 Week Low	27.10
Beta	0.76
20 Day Moving Average	1,071,258.63
Target Price Consensus	47.6

% Price Change
4 Week	10.54
12 Week	13.10
YTD	35.24

% Price Change Relative to S&P 500
4 Week	6.32
12 Week	2.09
YTD	7.73

Share Information
Shares Outstanding (millions)	125.53
Market Capitalization (millions)	5,948.87
Short Ratio	9.92
Last Split Date	08/02/2004

Dividend Information
Dividend Yield	0.00%
Annual Dividend	$0.00
Payout Ratio	0.00
Change in Payout Ratio	0.00
Last Dividend Payout / Amount	NA / $0.00

EPS Information
Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate	0.56
Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate	2.71
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate	14.50
Next EPS Report Date	01/28/2010

Consensus Recommendations
Current (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)	2.20
30 Days Ago	2.20
60 Days Ago	2.20
90 Days Ago	2.33

Fundamental Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate:	17.47
Trailing 12 Months:	17.82
PEG Ratio	1.20

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	14.71%
vs. Previous Quarter	14.71%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	8.32%
vs. Previous Quarter:	25.93%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	4.53
Price/Cash Flow	17.82
Price / Sales	2.69

ROE
09/30/09	28.15
06/30/09	29.05
03/31/09	29.91

ROA
09/30/09	15.53
06/30/09	15.67
03/31/09	15.47

Current Ratio
09/30/09	1.99
06/30/09	1.97
03/31/09	1.92

Quick Ratio
09/30/09	1.60
06/30/09	1.50
03/31/09	1.47

Operating Margin
09/30/09	14.97
06/30/09	14.85
03/31/09	14.31

Net Margin
09/30/09	21.43
06/30/09	21.67
03/31/09	21.10

Pre-Tax Margin
09/30/09	21.43
06/30/09	21.67
03/31/09	21.10

Book Value
09/30/09	10.45
06/30/09	9.80
03/31/09	9.06

Inventory Turnover
09/30/09	3.72
06/30/09	3.68
03/31/09	3.86

Debt-to-Equity
09/30/09	0.02
06/30/09	0.02
03/31/09	0.03

Debt to Capital
09/30/09	1.75
06/30/09	1.87
03/31/09	2.57


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