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HVN financials summarized for the period since listing on the ASX with up to a 10 year history for comparison purposes. Financials cover positions, performance, dividends, ratios, company, market and sector returns…more

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the ASX All Ordinaries Index (XAO)
HVN's Sector Index, Consumer Discretionary (XDJ)

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Year End	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999
Positions
Shares Issued (m)	1,059	1,058	1,058	1,057	1,056	1,056	1,018	1,018	204
Book Value ($ps)	1.59	1.27	1.20	1.09	0.91	0.76	0.58	0.53	0.39
Net Tangible Assets (cps)	1.57	1.24	1.19	1.08	0.90	0.75	0.59	0.54	1.98

Performance
Sales ($ps)	2.10	2.04	1.81	1.64	1.29	1.06	0.64	0.48	0.31
Earnings (cps)	24.60	19.19	16.20	16.65	14.31	12.32	10.24	10.84	8.52

Dividends
Cash Assets (cps)	11.00	8.00	6.50	7.50	5.00	4.50	3.97	3.47	2.97
Dividend Franking (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	n.a.
Payout Ratio (%)	44.72	41.69	40.12	45.05	34.94	36.53	38.77	32.01	34.86

Ratios
Price/Earnings (PE) Average	16.91	16.56	17.73	16.98	17.82	29.22	38.33	27.01	33.21
Return on Equity (%)	15.38	15.01	13.45	15.20	15.63	15.92	17.49	20.22	21.61
Net Tangible Assets (YE%pscp)	0.30	0.31	0.48	0.38	0.36	0.25	0.14	0.14	0.74
Book Value (YE%pscp)	0.30	0.32	0.48	0.39	0.36	0.25	0.13	0.14	0.15
Sales (YE%pscp)	0.40	0.52	0.72	0.58	0.52	0.35	0.15	0.13	0.12

Returns
Company (HVN) (%)	36	61	-9	14	-16	-28	16	45	74
Market (XAO) (%) Benchmark	6	37	-33	-7	-15	-23	7	28	60
Index (XDJ) (%) Benchmark	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

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