Dean Foods Company (DF) Dividend Summary

Dean Foods Company is the nation's leading processor and distributor of fresh milk and other dairy products, and a leader in the specialty foods industry. The company produces a full line of company-branded and private label dairy products such as milk and milk-based beverages, ice cream, coffee creamers, half and half, whipping cream, whipped toppings, sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt, dips, dressings and soy milk.

Last update 11/06/2008

Dividend Yield Summary

	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Dividends	$0	$15	$0	$6.06	$0	$0
Price	$18.25	$25.86	$42.28	$37.66	$32.95	$32.87
Yield	0 %	58 %	0 %	16.09 %	0 %	0 %

Earnings Information

Next Report Date	02/11/2009
Estimated EPS (year)	$1.25
Estimated EPS (quarter)	$0.39
Estimated EPS Growth	8.00%
Payout Ratio	0.00%
Payout change vs. 5 year average	0.00%

Dividend/Split History

Date	Amount Per Share/Split Ratio	Type
2007-04-03	$15.00000	Dividend
2005-06-28	$6.06000	Dividend

Company Profile

DEAN FOODS CO
2515 McKinney Avenue
Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75201, USA
Phone: 214-303-3400
Fax: 214-303-3850
Web: www.deanfoods.com
Email:

Key Information

Sector:	Consumer Staples
Industry:	FOOD
Analysts	8
Fiscal Year End:	December
Next Reported Fiscal Year:	2007
Next Expected Report Date:	2/11/2009
Last Reported Quarter:	9/30/2008

Management

Dir.	Lewis M. Collens
Dir.	Alan Bernon
Exec. V.P.; C.F.O.	Barry A. Fromberg
Sr. V.P.; Chief Acctg. Off.	Ronald L. McCrummen
Chmn.; C.E.O.	Gregg L. Engles

Competitors

SIC Code: 2024

Ticker	Company Name
WBD	WIMM-BILL-DANN
SYUT	SYNUTRA INTL
ADY	AMER DAIRY INC
LWAY	LIFEWAY FOODS
GXYF	GALAXY NUTR FDS
NUVM	NUVIM INC

Dean Foods Company DF (NYSE) Financial Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate	14.57
Trailing 12 Months	16.44
PEG Ratio	1.82

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	100.00%
vs. Previous Quarter	-15.15%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	2.50%
vs. Previous Quarter	2.97%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	4.91
Price/Cash Flow	6.06
Price/Sales	0.22

ROE
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	53.18
03/30/2008	98.05

ROA
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	2.01
03/30/2008	1.85

Current Ratio
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	1.20
03/30/2008	1.52

Quick Ratio
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	0.87
03/30/2008	1.12

Operating Margin
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	1.13
03/30/2008	1.07

Net Margin
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	0.95
03/30/2008	0.80

Pre-Tax Margin
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	1.58
03/30/2008	1.34

Book Value
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	3.72
03/30/2008	3.29

Inventory Turnover
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	24.46
03/30/2008	23.91

Debt-to-Equity
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	7.86
03/30/2008	10.98

Debt-to-Capital
09/30/2008	0.00
06/30/2008	88.72
03/30/2008	91.65

Quick Quote

Updated as of 4:01pm

Last Trade:	12.25
Trade Time:	4:01pm
Change:	0.00
Open:	N/A
High:	N/A
Low:	N/A
Volume:	0

Security Details

Exchange	NYSE
CUSIP
Split Date	06/10/2003
Split Factor	1.5
Shares outstanding	152.35
Beta	0.64

Detailed Quote as of 11/06/2008

Price	$18.25
52 Week High	$28.90
52 Week Low	$17.95
Price Change (4 weeks)	$-17.46
Price Change (12 weeks)	$-26.35
Price Change (YTD)	$-29.43
Price Change (4 weeks) vs. S&P	$-18.24
Price Change (12 weeks) vs. S&P	$-5.57
Price Change (YTD) vs. S&P	$0.00
Average Daily Volume (20 Days)	2,630,800
Market Capitalization	$2,780.41

Price History

Earning Announcement

Last Confirmation Date	2008-10-13
Next Earnings Announcement Date	2008-11-04
Earnings Quarter	Q3
Announcement Status	Confirmed

Investor Conference Call

Date	2008-11-04
Time	09:30:00
URL	Conference Call Information

Last Dividend Payout

Announcement Date	2007-04-03
Record Date	2007-04-03
Pay Date	2007-04-03
Amount Per Share	$15