The Hershey Company

(NYSE:HSY)

Key Stats & Ratios

Valuation
Market Cap 8.04B
P/E 29.30
P/E (Trailing) 29.27
P/E (Forward)
Price/Sales 1.60
Price/Book 13.26
EPS 1.21
EPS Growth (ttm) -10.00%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends Dec 04
Last Quarter Jun 2008
Profitability
Operating Income
Net Income 283.59M
Profit Margin (ttm) 5.60%
Operating Margin (ttm)
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm) 6.40%
Return on Equity (ttm) 46.20%
EBIT Margin (ttm) 11.10
Memberships
S&P 500, Russel 1000, Fortune 500 Industrial
SEC Filings
Latest Form 10-Q (Quartely)
Latest Form 10-K (Annual)

Financials

Income Statement
Total Enterprise Value 10.24B
Revenue 5.10B
Revenue/Share 22.44
Revenue Growth (ytd) 4.20%
Annual Revenue Growth Rate (3Y) 1.60%
Annual Income Growth Rate (3Y) -19.86%
Earnings Growth (ytd) 43.50%
Gross Operating Profit (ttm) 1.95B
EBITDA 929.86M
Diluted EPS (ttm) 1.21
Balance Sheet
Total Cash 136.27M
Total Cash/Share 0.60
Total Assets 4.43B
Total Liabilities 3.82B
Total Debt/Equity 3.00
Long Term Debt Common Equity Ratio 2.46
Current Ratio 1.00
Leverage Ratio 7.00
Book Value/Share 2.70
Cash Flow
Cash Flow 557.50M
Free Cash Flow -157785000.00
Cash Flow/Share 2.46
Free Cash Flow/Share -0.69

Trading Information

Stock Price History
Beta 0.62
52Wk Change -5.30%
52Wk Change Vs. Mkt 43.00%
52Wk High 44.32
52Wk Low 32.10
10 Day Moving Average 35.08
200 Day Moving Average 36.71
Share Statistics
Average Volume 878.00K
Shares Outstanding 227.12M
Shares Float 226.76M
% Held by Insiders 0.20%
% Held by Institutions 76.10%
Shares Short (As of Dec 10, 2008) 7.35M
Short Ratio 5.90
Short % of Float 3.20%
Dividends & Splits
Dividend Date
Dividend Yield 3.40%
Dividend Amount 1.19