| Questar Corporation, (STR:NYSE) is a $4
billion enterprise-value integrated natural gas-holding company.
Its largest business in terms of net income is Market Resources,
consisting of gas and oil exploration and production and other
non-regulated activities. Questar also has complementary regulated
businesses, including interstate gas transmission and storage
and retail gas distribution.
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Approximate Employees: 2,200
FYE 12/31
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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Net Revenues ($000)
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1,463,188
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1,200,667
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1,439,350
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1,266,153
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Net Income ($000)
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173,616
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155,596
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158,186
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149,477
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Net Income Percent Change (%)
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11.58
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na
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5.83
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54.34
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Profit Margin (%)
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11.87
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12.96
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10.99
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11.81
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Shareholders Equity ($000)
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1,261,265
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1,138,761
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1,080,781
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952,635
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Avg. Return Shareholders Equity (%)
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15.2
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14.0
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15.6
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16.2
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Shareholders Equity/Share
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14.98
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13.89
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13.24
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11.77
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Earnings per share
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2.06**
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1.88*
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1.94
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1.85
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Dividends per share
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0.76
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0.70
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0.68
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0.68
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Shares Outstanding (000)
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84,190
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82,053
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81,658
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80,915
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Company reported for the third quarter ended 9/30/04
earnings of $36,941,000 or $0.43 per diluted share on
revenues of $360,225,000 vs. earnings of $28,691,000 or
$0.34 per diluted share on revenues of $273,503,000 for
the same period last year.
Company reported for the nine months ended 9/30/04 earnings
of $155,630,000 or $1.82 per diluted share on revenues
of $1,293,356,000 vs. earnings of $113,585,000 or $1.35
per diluted share on revenues of $1,013,976,000 for the
same period last year.
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* Includes $15.3 million, or $0.19
per share, write-down from a change in goodwill accounting
and $0.33 per share gain from asset sales.
**Includes an $0.18 per share charge
related to an adverse court ruling on recovery of certain
gas-processing charges and $0.07 per share charge for
new accounting rule.
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| COMPANY CONTACT:
R. Curtis Burnett, Vice President Public Affairs; 801-324-5647 |
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