Kraft Foods Inc. manufactures and markets packaged retail food products, consisting principally of beverages, cheese, snacks, convenient meals and various packaged grocery products. The Company conducts its global business through two subsidiaries: Kraft Foods North America, Inc. (KFNA) and Kraft Foods International, Inc. (KFI). KFNA manages its operations by product category, while KFI manages its operations by geographic region. KFNA's segments are cheese, meals and enhancers; biscuits, snacks and confectionery; beverages, desserts and cereals, and Oscar Mayer and pizza. KFNA's foodservice business within the United States and its businesses in Canada and Mexico are included in the cheese, meals and enhancers segment. KFI's segments are Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Latin America and Asia Pacific.

 
 

Number of Employees

109,000  

Fiscal Year Ending Date

12/31/02  

Sales (in millions)

$29,723.00  

1-Yr. Sales Change

1.67% 

 

Stock Data

Market Capitalization (in millions)

52,730.32  

Percent Owned by Institutions

13.23% 

Shares Outstanding (in millions)

1,727.73  

Number of Institutional Shareholders

956  

Public Float (in millions)*

282.00  

Percent Owned by Insiders

83.68% 

Latest Dividend

0.18  

Last Stock Split

n.a.    

Date of Last Dividend

10/6/03  

Date of Last Split

n.a.    

Dividend Yield

2.36  

P/E Ratio
(without extraordinary items)

14.92  

 

P/E Ratio
(with extraordinary items)

14.92  

*Shares outstanding, minus shares controlled by insiders, restricted stock and shares held by 5% owners

 

Short Interest

Total for current month

10,840,000  

Short Interest Ratio**

6.05  

Total for previous month

9,517,000  

Short Interest as % of Public Float

3.84