Hansen Natural Corporation

Posted by Editor on July 9, 2009 at 4:32 am.

Hansen Natural Corporation [HANS]
Share Price : $28.27 (09/07/09)
Book Value: $4.72

Company Profile

Hansen Natural Corporation is a holding company which through its wholly owned subsidiaries develops, markets, sells and distributes “alternative” beverage drinks, including energy drinks, fruit juices and natural sodas.

The majority of Hansen’s sales come from it energy drinks, such as Monster Energy, which is already the second-largest energy drink in the U.S behind Red Bull. Hansen’s revenue for the fiscal year 2008 was $1,034 billion. Hansen currently employs about 900 employees.

Financial’s at a Glance

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Revenues $mil 180 349 606 904 1,034
Net Income $mil 20 63 98 149 108
Debt $mil 0 0 0 0 0
Free Cash Flow $mil 19 53 74 131 193
Return on Equity 43.5% 68.2% 55.9% 46.2% 25.2%
Return on Assets 31.4% 51.1% 41.5% 35.0% 16.5%
Gross Margin 46.3% 52.3% 52.3% 51.7% 52.1%

Growth

Over the last five years, Hansen Natural Corporation has grown revenues and earnings at a compounded annual rate of 56.4% and 74.4% respectively.

Competitors Analysis

Hansen Natural [HANS] has a market capitalization of $2.56 billion, Pepsico [PEP] has a $85.39 billion market capitalization and The Coca-Cola Company [KO] has a market capitalization of $112.30 billion.

  HANS PEP KO
Revenues $mil 1,034 43,251 31,944
Net Income $mil 108 5,142 5,807
Cash $mil 257 2,064 4,701
Debt $mil 0 7,858 2,781
Free Cash Flow $mil 193 4,553 5,603
Gross Margin 52.1% 52.9% 64.4%
Return on Equity 25.2% 34.8% 27.5%
Return on Assets 16.5% 14.6% 13.9%

Valuation

We have estimated the intrinsic value of the Hansen Natural Corporation to be about $73 per share and Hansen Natural today (09/07/09) is trading at $28.27, this gives a discount of about 60%, thus representing a nice margin of safety.

Events

Date Event
August 3rd 2009 Q2 2009 – Earnings Release

Research Links

Company Website
2008 Annual Report
Q1 2009 Earnings Conference Call

Disclaimer

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