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Hershey Co. (HSY)At 4:07PM ET: 35.24  Up 2.27 (6.89%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:8.00B
Enterprise Value (16-Oct-08)3:9.39B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):36.44
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-09) 1:18.65
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):3.28
Price/Sales (ttm):1.49
Price/Book (mrq):12.32
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.88
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:8.676
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):29-Jun-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):4.43%
Operating Margin (ttm):15.78%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):11.84%
Return on Equity (ttm):37.63%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.01B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):21.994
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):5.10%
Gross Profit (ttm):1.63B
EBITDA (ttm):1.08B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):221.84M
Diluted EPS (ttm):0.97
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):1066.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):45.43M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.2
Total Debt (mrq):1.95B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):3.21
Current Ratio (mrq):1.061
Book Value Per Share (mrq):2.677
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):805.40M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):696.12M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.15
52-Week Change3:-25.56%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-41.10%
52-Week High (17-Oct-07)3:44.92
52-Week Low (01-Jul-08)3:32.31
50-Day Moving Average3:38.39
200-Day Moving Average3:37.18
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:2,071,740
Average Volume (10 day)3:2,677,890
Shares Outstanding5:227.02M
Float:225.88M
% Held by Insiders1:10.35%
% Held by Institutions1:68.50%
Shares Short (as of 25-Sep-08)3:12.74M
Short Ratio (as of 25-Sep-08)3:4.1
Short % of Float (as of 25-Sep-08)3:5.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:14.86M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.19
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:1.19
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.00%
Payout Ratio4:124%
Dividend Date3:15-Dec-08
Ex-Dividend Date4:21-Nov-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:16-Jun-04


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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 29-Jun-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 29-Jun-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 29-Jun-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-07)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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