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Hershey Co. (HSY)On Dec 13: 38.66  Up 0.06 (0.16%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:8.78B
Enterprise Value (14-Dec-07)3:11.10B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):28.72
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-08) 1:17.73
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.94
Price/Sales (ttm):1.77
Price/Book (mrq):16.25
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.25
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:9.175
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-07
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.34%
Operating Margin (ttm):18.83%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):12.90%
Return on Equity (ttm):45.76%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):4.94B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):21.494
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-1.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):1.87B
EBITDA (ttm):1.21B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):313.38M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.35
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-66.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):41.57M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.183
Total Debt (mrq):2.37B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):4.399
Current Ratio (mrq):0.901
Book Value Per Share (mrq):2.376
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):812.12M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):733.70M
View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow


TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.16
52-Week Change3:-23.63%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:4.41%
52-Week High (05-Apr-07)3:56.75
52-Week Low (21-Nov-07)3:38.30
50-Day Moving Average3:40.43
200-Day Moving Average3:45.78
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:1,665,410
Average Volume (10 day)3:1,709,190
Shares Outstanding5:227.05M
Float:226.43M
% Held by Insiders1:8.08%
% Held by Institutions1:58.70%
Shares Short (as of 09-Nov-07)3:8.14M
Short Ratio (as of 09-Nov-07)3:4.7
Short % of Float (as of 09-Nov-07)3:3.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.77M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.19
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:1.14
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.90%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.80%
Payout Ratio4:83%
Dividend Date3:14-Dec-07
Ex-Dividend Date4:19-Nov-07
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:16-Jun-04


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-07)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-07)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Sep-07)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-06)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 = Data provided by Thomson; 2 = Data provided by EDGAR Online;
3 = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance;
4 = Data provided by Hemscott Americas;
5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report
and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.

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