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Hershey Foods Corp (HSY)At 4:04PM ET: 61.91  Down 0.41 (0.66%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):15.23B
Enterprise Value (17-Feb-05)³:16.59B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):26.80
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-06)¹:24.18
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)±:2.69
Price/Sales (ttm):3.46
Price/Book (mrq):14.13
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:3.75
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:18.39
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Dec-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):13.34%
Operating Margin (ttm):20.37%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):16.04%
Return on Equity (ttm):49.70%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):4.43B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):17.253
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:1.30%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.63B
EBITDA (ttm):902.18M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):590.88M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.31
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:13.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):54.84M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.22
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.31B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):1.205
Current Ratio (mrq):0.92
Book Value Per Share (mrq):4.412
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:-0.266
52-Week Change:56.49%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):49.61%
52-Week High (15-Feb-05):62.39
52-Week Low (18-Feb-04):39.31
50-Day Moving Average:56.45
200-Day Moving Average:56.79
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):686,409
Average Volume (10 day):971,000
Shares Outstanding:246.08M
Float:184.40M
% Held by Insiders:25.07%
% Held by Institutions:43.81%
Shares Short (as of 10-Jan-05):3.53M
Daily Volume (as of 10-Jan-05):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 10-Jan-05):5.763
Short % of Float (as of 10-Jan-05):1.91%
Shares Short (prior month):4.21M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.88
Dividend Yield:1.41%
Dividend Date:15-Mar-05
Ex-Dividend Date:23-Feb-05
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 31-Dec-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-04)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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