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Profile - Kraft Foods, Inc. (NYSE:KFT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 22Price hit new 52-week high ($33.01)
Upcoming Events
Oct  5Dividend payment of $0.13
Location
Three Lakes Drive
Northfield, IL 60093
Phone: (847) 646-2000
Fax: (847) 646-6005
Email: ir@kraft.com
Employees (last reported count): 117,000
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Food Processing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 84%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 24 insider buys; 194.0K shares
·Institutional: 9% (56% of float)
(265 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 152.4M shares (+50.00%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Kraft Foods, Inc. is the largest branded food and beverage company headquartered in the United States and the second largest in the world, based on 2000 pro forma revenue of $34.7 billion. The Company's brands are sold in more than 140 countries. The Company conducts its global food business through two units, Kraft Foods North America (the United States, Canada and Mexico) and Kraft Foods International (operations in 63 countries). These two units participate in five core consumer sectors: snacks, beverages, cheese, grocery and convenient meals. The Company also participates in three international ventures that are strong players in their local markets: United Biscuits for biscuits in Europe; Ajinomoto General Foods for coffee in Japan; and Dong Suh Foods for coffee and cereal in Korea. Kraft was spun-off from Philip Morris Companies through an initial public offering of 28,000,000 shares in June 2001. Philip Morris retains approximately 84% ownership of the Company.
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Financial Summary
Kraft Foods, Inc. is engaged in the manufacture and sale of retail packaged foods in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 27% to $17.06 billion. Net income fell 20% to $831 million. Revenues reflect an increase in sales of beverages, desserts and cereals. Earnings were offset by an increase in marketing and administration costs and amortization of goodwill.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Geoffrey Bible, 63
Chairman
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Roger Deromedi, 47
Co-CEO, Director and Pres and Chief Exec. Officer, Kraft Foods Internat
$3.5M
Betsy Holden, 45
Co-CEO, Director and Pres and Chief Exec. Officer, Kraft Foods North Am
2.7M
James Dollive, 49
CFO, Sr. VP
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Ronald Bell, 51
Pres European Union, Kraft Foods International
2.4M
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:KFTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 14-June-2001
$29.50 
Recent Price$32.25 
52-Week High
on 22-Aug-2001
$33.01 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.79M
Stock Performance
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4-Week Change+5.0%
4-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+12.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$56.0B
Shares Outstanding1.74B
Float272.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.52 
Dividend Yield1.61%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$13.26 
Earnings (ttm)$1.22 
Earnings (mrq)$0.33 
Sales (ttm)$20.47 
Cash (mrq)$0.11 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.43 
Price/Earnings (ttm)26.43 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.58 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$30.2B
EBITDA (ttm)$5.19B
Income available to common (ttm)$1.79B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)14.7%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.45%
Return on Equity (ttm)10.48%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.91 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.63 
Total Cash (mrq)$187.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short6.84M
Percent of Float2.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
7.72M
Short Ratio3.80 
Daily Volume1.80M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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