The Hershey Company
General ticker "HSY" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Food Confectioners
- Capitalization: $35.0B (TTM average)
The Hershey Company follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 34.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.7%: low 196.39$, high 203.16$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-11-17, amount 1.37$ (Y2.77%)
- Total employees count: 18540 as of 2024
- US accounted for 87.2% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Operational and conduct risks, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Climate change and natural disasters, Sustainability risks, Strategic risks and growth management
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [120.69$, 189.58$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [125.85$, 195.63$]
Financial Metrics affecting the HSY estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 18.2 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 25.87 > 18.33
- Positive: 6.63 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.33
- Positive: 5.42 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 6.18
- Positive: -4.41 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -2.78
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -1.05 <= -0.18
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 14.64 > 6.04
- Positive: 19.35 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 36.42 <= 42.53
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $10,419.29MM | $11,164.99MM | $11,202.26MM |
| Operating Expenses | $8,158.51MM | $8,604.12MM | $8,304.03MM |
| Operating Income | $2,260.79MM | $2,560.87MM | $2,898.23MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-343.72MM | $-389.00MM | $-424.30MM |
| Interest Expense | $137.56MM | $151.78MM | $165.66MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,917.07MM | $2,171.86MM | $2,473.94MM |
| Taxes | $272.25MM | $310.08MM | $252.70MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $1,644.82MM | $1,861.79MM | $2,221.24MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $3,299.54MM | $4,099.09MM | $4,714.65MM |
| Inventory | $1,173.12MM | $1,341.00MM | $1,254.09MM |
| Assets | $10,948.82MM | $11,902.94MM | $12,946.86MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,327.84MM | $2,323.19MM | $2,531.60MM |
| Capital expenditure | $519.48MM | $771.11MM | $605.94MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-787.38MM | $-1,198.68MM | $-960.31MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-1,415.72MM | $-1,148.25MM | $-1,296.50MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $8.00 | $9.09 | $10.94 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.