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Hershey Foods Corp (HSY)On Jan 21: 55.90  Down 0.30 (0.53%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):13.76B
Enterprise Value (23-Jan-05)³:15.20B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):25.62
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:24.41
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:2.73
Price/Sales (ttm):3.19
Price/Book (mrq):14.70
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.50
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:14.5
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):13.03%
Operating Margin (ttm):19.82%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):15.47%
Return on Equity (ttm):46.47%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):4.34B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):16.71
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:1.30%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.63B
EBITDA (ttm):1.05B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):565.53M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.182
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:13.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):87.39M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.36
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.53B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.629
Current Ratio (mrq):1.162
Book Value Per Share (mrq):3.822
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:867.63M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:635.00M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:-0.211
52-Week Change:49.11%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):45.11%
52-Week High (15-Dec-04):56.75
52-Week Low (26-Jan-04):37.28
50-Day Moving Average:53.22
200-Day Moving Average:60.07
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):584,318
Average Volume (10 day):551,000
Shares Outstanding:246.08M
Float:184.40M
% Held by Insiders:25.07%
% Held by Institutions:43.97%
Shares Short (as of 8-Dec-04):4.21M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Dec-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Dec-04):7.34
Short % of Float (as of 8-Dec-04):2.29%
Shares Short (prior month):4.64M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.88
Dividend Yield:1.57%
Dividend Date:15-Dec-04
Ex-Dividend Date:22-Nov-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:16-Jun-04
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
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fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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