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Profile - H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: (412) 456-5700
Fax: (412) 456-6015
Employees (last reported count): 45,800
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Food Processing
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 ·S&P 500
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 4%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 2,000  shares
 · 3 insider sells; 27.0K shares
  (0.2% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 62% (64% of float)
(1,097 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 6.30M shares (+2.84%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
H.J. Heinz Company manufactures and markets an extensive line of processed food products throughout the world. The Company's principal products include ketchup, condiments and sauces, frozen food, pet food, soups, beans and pasta meals, tuna and other seafood products, infant food and other processed food products. The Company's products are manufactured and packaged and sold to consumers, and foodservice and institutional customers. Many products are prepared from recipes developed in the Company's research laboratories and experimental kitchens. Ingredients are selected, washed, trimmed, inspected and passed on to modern factory kitchens where they are processed, after which the finished product is filled automatically into containers of glass, metal, plastic, paper or fiberboard which are then closed, processed, labeled and cased for market.
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Financial Summary
HNZ and its subsidiaries manufacture and market an extensive line of processed food products throughout the world, including ketchup and sauces/condiments, pet food, baby food, frozen potato products and low calorie products. For the fiscal year ended 5/2/01, revenues rose less than 1% to $9.43 billion. Net income before acct'g change and applicable to Com. fell 44% to $494.9 million. Results reflect volume increases and acquisitions, offset by increased implementation costs of Operation Excel.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

William Johnson, 51
Pres, CEO
$3.1M--  
A. G. Malcolm Ritchie, 46
Chairman and CEO of United Biscuits in the U.K.
1.2M--  
David Williams, 57
Pres and CEO, Heinz Europe, Director
1.3M$320K
Paul Renne, 57
Exec. VP, CFO
888K--  
Richard Wamhoff, 54
Exec. VP- Global Manufacturing/Supply Chain and Frozen Foods
1.4M--  
Dollar amounts are as of 3-May-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:HNZAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 6-Sep-2000
$34.00 
Recent Price$45.18 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$48.00 
Beta0.48 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)987.4K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.17M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+20.1%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+61.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$15.8B
Shares Outstanding349.3M
Float335.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.57 
Dividend Yield3.48%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 10-Nov-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$3.94 
Earnings (ttm)$1.41 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.48 
Sales (ttm)$26.93 
Cash (mrq*)$0.41 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)11.48 
Price/Earnings (ttm)32.13 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.68 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$9.43B
EBITDA (ttm*)$982.4M
Income available to common (ttm)$494.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)10.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsMay 2
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
2-May-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-Apr-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.48%
Return on Equity (ttm)31.71%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.85 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)3.56 
Total Cash (mrq)$144.2M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short3.84M
Percent of Float1.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
4.24M
Short Ratio4.67 
Daily Volume822.0K
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