| Key financials |
$ millions |
% change
from 2008 |
| Revenues |
6,782.7 |
-12.3 |
| Profits |
84.1 |
-30.5 |
| Assets |
4,107.0 |
— |
| Stockholders' equity |
839.0 |
— |
| Market value (3/26/2010) |
1,066.7 |
— |
| Profits as % of |
|
| Revenues |
1.2 |
| Assets |
2.0 |
| Stockholders' equity |
10.0 |
| Earnings per share |
|
| 2009 $ |
1.43 |
| % change from 2008 |
N.A. |
| 1999-2009 annual growth rate % |
N.A. |
| Total return to investors |
% |
| 2009 |
N.A. |
| 1999-2009 annual rate |
N.A. |
| 4 | ConAgra Foods | 178 | 12,980.8 | | 5 | Sara Lee | 180 | 12,881.0 | | 6 | Kellogg | 184 | 12,575.0 | | 7 | Dean Foods | 208 | 11,158.4 | | 8 | Land O'Lakes | 226 | 10,408.5 | | 9 | H.J. Heinz | 233 | 10,148.1 | | 10 | Campbell Soup | 299 | 7,586.0 | | 11 | Dole Food | 331 | 6,782.7 | | 12 | Hormel Foods | 340 | 6,533.7 | | 13 | Hershey | 395 | 5,298.7 |
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