Rural/Metro Corporation

Key Ratios

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Price & Volume
Recent Price $	1.98
52 Week High $	3.85
52 Week Low $	1.51
Average Vol (Mil) (RTMA)	0.558
Beta	0.99

Share Related Items
Market Cap. (Mil) $	49.152
Shares Out (Mil)	24.824
Float (Mil)	24.600

Dividend Information
Yield %	N/A
Annual Dividend	0.00
Payout Ratio (TTM) %	0.00

Financial Strength
Quick Ratio (MRQ)	1.42
Current Ratio (MRQ)	1.52
LT Debt/Equity (MRQ)	N/A
Total Debt/Equity (MRQ)	N/A

Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings (TTM)	11.31
Price/Sales (TTM)	0.10
Price/Book (MRQ)	N/A
Price/Cash Flow (TTM)	2.85

Per Share Data
Earnings (TTM) $	0.18
Sales (TTM) $	19.53
Book Value (MRQ) $	-4.44
Cash Flow (TTM) $	0.69
Cash (MRQ) $	0.64

Mgmt Effectiveness
Return on Equity (TTM)	N/A
Return on Assets (TTM)	1.74
Return on Investment (TTM)	2.58

Profitability
Gross Margin (TTM) %	38.21
Operating Margin (TTM) %	8.53
Profit Margin (TTM) %	1.06

Historical financial information is provided by Reuters. Rural/Metro Corporation makes no representations or warranties with respect to the information contained herein and takes no responsibility for supplementing, updating, or correcting any such information.

Mil = Millions RTMA = Rolling Three Month Average
TTM = Trailing Twelve Months MRQ = Most Recent Quarter
Asterisk (*) indicates numbers are derived from Earnings Announcements
Pricing and volume data as of Oct 3, 2008.