| Ticker Symbol: | SAFM |
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| Exchange: | NASD |
| Contact Info: | 127 Flynt Road Laurel MS 39443 601 649-4030 |
| CEO/President: | Joe F. Sanderson Jr. |
| Industry: | Food - Meat Products / Standard Industry Code: 2015 |
| Description: | Snderson Farms Inc. is a fully-integrated poultry processing company engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh and frozen chicken products. The company sells ice pack, chill pack and frozen chicken, in whole, cut-up and boneless form, primarily under the Sanderson Farms7 brand name to retailers, distributors, and fast food operators principally in the southeastern, southwestern and western United States. |
| Shares Outstanding: | 20,280 (000) | Market Value: | 486,430 ($000) |
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| Percentage of Inst.Shareholders: | 90.14% | Number of Inst.Shareholders: | 6.94% |
| Last Quarter Sales: | 466.92 ($Mil.) | Last Quarter Net Income: | -3.64 ($Mil.) |
| Last Quarter EPS: | -0.09 | P/E Ratio: | 14 |
| Most Recent Earnings: | -0.09 on 08/26/08 | Earnings Per Share: | 1.60 |
| Most Recent Split: | 3-2 on 02/27/04 | Annual Dividend Rate: | .56 |
| Most Recent Dividend: | 0.140 on 10/03/08 | Annual Dividend Yield: | 2.34% |


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