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Hershey Co. (HSY)On Jan 11: 61.09  Up 0.09 (0.15%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:13.75B
Enterprise Value (Jan 12, 2012)3:15.10B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):22.60
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:19.58
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.80
Price/Sales (ttm):2.29
Price/Book (mrq):14.82
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.52
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:11.80
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Oct 2, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):10.38%
Operating Margin (ttm):18.06%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):16.89%
Return on Equity (ttm):68.48%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):6.00B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):26.41
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):5.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.42B
EBITDA (ttm)6:1.28B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):622.34M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.70
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):9.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):292.34M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.30
Total Debt (mrq):1.64B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):171.71
Current Ratio (mrq):1.54
Book Value Per Share (mrq):4.12
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):770.45M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):492.95M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.16
52-Week Change3:22.65%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.68%
52-Week High (Jan 3, 2012)3:62.38
52-Week Low (Jan 31, 2011)3:46.54
50-Day Moving Average3:59.38
200-Day Moving Average3:58.05
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,236,380
Avg Vol (10 day)3:942,429
Shares Outstanding5:225.12M
Float:224.68M
% Held by Insiders1:0.16%
% Held by Institutions1:73.70%
Shares Short (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:5.52M
Short Ratio (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:5.00
Short % of Float (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:3.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:5.72M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.38
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.30%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.38
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.90%
Payout Ratio4:50.00%
Dividend Date3:Dec 14, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Nov 22, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jun 16, 2004

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Oct 2, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Oct 2, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Oct 2, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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