The Hershey Company
General ticker "HSY" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Food Confectioners
- Capitalization: $38.2B (TTM average)
The Hershey Company does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -21.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 174.37$, high 179.48$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-08-14, amount 1.45$ (Y3.27%)
- Total employees count: 20030 (-2.3%) as of 2024
- US accounted for 87.2% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Product quality issues, Supply chain disruptions, Raw material costs, Currency fluctuations, Cybersecurity threats
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [157.25$, 214.55$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [160.57$, 218.91$]
Financial Metrics affecting the HSY estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 29.0 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 7.80 < Operating profit margin, % of 12.12
- Positive: 0.28 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 6.11
- Positive: 0.01 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 1.68
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.51 <= 0.75
- Positive: 2.92 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 8.58
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 6.04
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $11,164.99MM | $11,202.26MM | $11,692.58MM |
| Operating Expenses | $8,604.12MM | $8,304.03MM | $10,275.62MM |
| Operating Income | $2,560.87MM | $2,898.23MM | $1,416.95MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-389.00MM | $-424.30MM | $-202.75MM |
| Interest Expense | $151.78MM | $165.66MM | $190.21MM |
| Income(Loss) | $2,171.86MM | $2,473.94MM | $1,214.21MM |
| Taxes | $310.08MM | $252.70MM | $330.95MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $1,861.79MM | $2,221.24MM | $883.26MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $4,099.09MM | $4,714.65MM | $4,636.75MM |
| Inventory | $1,341.00MM | $1,254.09MM | $1,429.25MM |
| Assets | $11,902.94MM | $12,946.86MM | $13,741.30MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,323.19MM | $2,531.60MM | $2,277.37MM |
| Capital expenditure | $771.11MM | $605.94MM | $528.22MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,198.68MM | $-960.31MM | $-1,278.72MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-1,148.25MM | $-1,296.50MM | $-803.36MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $9.09 | $10.94 | $4.35 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.