HSY: Key Statistics for HERSHEY FOODS CP

Market Cap (intraday):	12.43B
Enterprise Value (16-Aug-04)³:	13.34B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	23.01
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	21.64
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	2.34
Price/Sales (ttm):	2.87
Price/Book (mrq):	9.40
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	3.12
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	13.08

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	30-Jun-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	12.87%
Operating Margin (ttm):	19.48%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	15.47%
Return on Equity (ttm):	43.34%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	4.28B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	16.299
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	1.30%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	1.63B
EBITDA (ttm):	1.02B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	550.27M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	2.097
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	13.40%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	19.48M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	0.08
Total Debt (mrq)²:	1.07B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.814
Current Ratio (mrq):	1.838
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	5.077

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	692.55M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	450.17M

View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	-0.216
52-Week Change:	30.78%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	21.68%
52-Week High (30-Jul-04):	48.44
52-Week Low (28-Aug-03):	34.80
50-Day Moving Average:	55.04
200-Day Moving Average:	74.40

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	732,318
Average Volume (10 day):	640,000
Shares Outstanding:	257.55M
Float:	195.70M
% Held by Insiders:	24.02%
% Held by Institutions:	41.21%
Shares Short (as of 8-Jul-04):	4.67M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Jul-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Jul-04):	7.907
Short % of Float (as of 8-Jul-04):	2.39%
Shares Short (prior month):	4.89M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	0.88
Dividend Yield:	1.84%
Dividend Date:	15-Sep-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	23-Aug-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	2:1
Last Split Date:	16-Jun-04

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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