What does the company do?
H. J. Heinz Company and its subsidiaries manufacture and market a line of processed food products throughout the world. The Company’s principal products include ketchup, condiments and sauces, frozen food, soups, beans and pasta meals, infant food and other processed food products. The Company operates in five segments: North American Consumer Products, Europe, Asia/Pacific, U.S. Foodservice and Rest of World. The Company’s products are manufactured and packaged to provide foods for consumers, as well as foodservice and institutional customers. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009 (fiscal 2009), the Company acquired Benedicta, a sauce business in France; Golden Circle Limited, a fruit and juice business in Australia; La Bonne Cuisine, a chilled dip business in New Zealand, and Papillon, a South African producer of chilled product.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- HJ Heinz one-year sales: 10.03 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Food - Major Diversified group: -64.20% - HJ Heinz one-year income: 906.14 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Food - Major Diversified group: -47.61%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 10.03 Bil | 28.02 Bil | | Income | 906.14 Mil | 1.73 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- HJ Heinz one-year sales growth: -4.50%.
Difference from the average for the Food - Major Diversified group: 0.30 pct. pts. - HJ Heinz one-year income growth: -6.90%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -4.50% | -4.80% | | Income Growth | -6.90% | 22.60% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- HJ Heinz one-year net profit margin: 9.1%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 1.1 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Food - Major Diversified group: 2.6 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 9.1% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 8.0% | | Industry | 6.5% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- HJ Heinz debt/equity ratio: 3.26.
Difference from the average for the Food - Major Diversified group: 158.73%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 3.26 | 1.26 |
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