Investing in the Super Bowl 43 Advertisers (DENN, KO, HRB)

Who are the companies that can afford to advertise during Sunday's Super Bowl 43? The usual Coca-Cola (KO) and PepsiCo (PEP) but also H&R Block (HRB), Dreamworks Animation SKG (DWA), and trading at $1.75 a share is Denny's Corporation (NASDAQ:DENN). 

The companies that are throwing down major coin for a commerical on Sunday are the following:

PINK:AHBIF  NYSE:PEP  NYSE:KO  PINK:AUDVF  PINK:HYMLF  OTC:BRDCY  NYSE:HRB  NYSE:DWA  NYSE:GCI  NYSE:MWW  NASDAQ:DENN

Superbowl XLIII starts Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Tampa Bay, FLorida. Bruce Springteen and E Street will perform LIVE at the event. 

A 30 second spot costs $3 million, here are the stocks, sorted by share price:

Name	Symbol	Last price	Mkt cap	Avg vol	52wk high	52wk low	EPS	P/E	Fw P/E	Beta
Denny's Corporation	DENN	$1.75	167.50M	316,000.00	4.1	1.18	0.35	5.00		2.44
Gannett Co., Inc.	GCI	$5.81	1.33B	5.13M	38.16	5	(7.45)		11.58	1.36
Monster Worldwide, Inc.	MWW	$9.48	1.17B	2.05M	30.18	8.85	1.07	8.90		1.52
H&R Block, Inc.	HRB	$20.74	7.03B	3.50M	27.97	15	1.30	15.94	15.71	0.86
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.	DWA	$21.89	1.96B	875,000.00	32.73	20.3908	1.97	11.07	18.34	0.72
ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV ORD	AHBIF	$25.22*	15.47B		95	14.4148				1.99
Bridgestone Corporation (ADR)	BRDCY	$25.70*	10.03B		41	25.05	8.17	3.15		0.54
The Coca-Cola Company	KO	$42.91	99.30B	11.08M	61.9	40.29	2.57	16.68	20.59	0.57
PepsiCo, Inc.	PEP	$50.39	78.29B	7.04M	75.25	43.78	3.50	14.41	18.65	0.57
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD	HYMLF	$57.64*			57.641	57.641
AUDI AG VORMALS AUDI	AUDVF	$615.00*			615	615

Among them are Anheuser-Busch InBev (AHBIF.PK), the product of the recent merger of Anheuser-Busch and InBev; Coca-Cola (KO) and PepsiCo (PEP); automakers Audi AG (AUDVF.PK) and Hyundai Motors (HYMLF.PK); and tire maker Bridgestone (BRDCY.PK).

Also hawking their products and services during the game will be tax preparer H&R Block (HRB); Dreamworks Animation SKG (DWA), the movie company; CareerBuilder.com, owned by Gannett Company (GCI); Denny's (DENN), the restaurant chain; and Monster Worldwide (MWW), the online job-listing company.