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Dean Foods



Dean Foods is a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under DF on the NYSE. The Company is a publicly traded company with good stock performance results. Dean Foods Company is one of the leading food and beverage companies in the United States. Its Dairy Group division is the largest processor and distributor of milk and other dairy products in the country.



 


Dean Foods Company announced that the Company earned 0.49 dollars per diluted share from continuing operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2005, compared with 0.55 dollars per diluted share from continuing operations in the fourth quarter of 2004. Net income from continuing operations for the fourth quarter totaled 70.7 million dollars, compared with 85.2 million dollars in the prior year fourth quarter.



 


On an adjusted basis, diluted earnings per share were 0.54 dollars, a decrease of 2 percent from 0.55 dollars in last year's fourth quarter. Adjusted net income for the fourth quarter was 78.0 million dollars compared with adjusted net income of 84.8 million dollars in the fourth quarter of 2004, a decrease of 8 percent. Net sales for the fourth quarter totaled 2.7 billion dollars, an increase of 4 percent over the fourth quarter of 2004, due to strong sales growth at the Dairy Group and WhiteWave Foods.


The consolidated operating income from continuing operations in the fourth quarter totaled 160.0 million dollars versus 177.4 dollars million in the fourth quarter of 2004. The operating margin for the fourth quarter was 5.94 percent, as compared to 6.85 percent in the fourth quarter of the prior year. Adjusted fourth quarter operating income totaled 171.9 million dollars, a decrease of 3 percent from 176.9 million dollars in the fourth quarter of 2004. The adjusted fourth quarter operating margin was 6.38 percent, down 45 basis points versus the fourth quarter of the prior year. The companies long-term debt at December 31, 2005 was approximately 3.4 billion dollars, including 108 million dollars due within one year that is reported as part of current liabilities. At the end of the year, approximately 630 million dollars of the Company's senior credit facility was available for future borrowings.




With products sold under more than 50 familiar local and regional brands and a wide array of private labels. The company’s WhiteWave Foods subsidiary is the nation’s leading organic foods company.








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