Hershey Co
General ticker "HSY" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Food Products
- Capitalization: $36.0B
Hershey Co does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -22.0%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 166.81$, high 171.47$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends: last record date 2024-11-18, amount 1.37$ (Y3.24%)
- US accounted for 87.3% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2023-12-31
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to 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 2023-12-31 to 2025-12-30
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-30 estimated range: [154.70$, 223.01$]
- 2024-12-30 to 2025-12-30 estimated range: [155.65$, 225.89$]
Financial Metrics affecting the HSY estimates:
- Positive: Non-GAAP EPS, $ of 9.59 > 2.29
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 22.94 > 19.51
- Positive: 3.85 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 4.03
- Negative: Interest expense per share, $ of 0.79 > 0.74
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.60 <= 1.08
Short-term HSY quotes
Long-term HSY plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $8,971.34MM | $10,419.29MM | $11,164.99MM |
| Operating Expenses | $6,927.61MM | $8,158.51MM | $8,604.12MM |
| Operating Income | $2,043.72MM | $2,260.79MM | $2,560.87MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-246.50MM | $-343.72MM | $-389.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $127.42MM | $137.56MM | $161.51MM |
| R&D Expense | $40.11MM | $46.94MM | $50.03MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,797.22MM | $1,917.07MM | $2,171.86MM |
| Taxes | $314.40MM | $272.25MM | $310.08MM |
| Profit(Loss) | $1,482.82MM | $1,644.82MM | $1,861.79MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $2,757.23MM | $3,299.54MM | $4,099.09MM |
| Inventory | $988.51MM | $1,173.12MM | $1,341.00MM |
| Assets | $10,412.23MM | $10,948.82MM | $11,902.94MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,082.88MM | $2,327.84MM | $2,323.19MM |
| Capital expenditure | $495.88MM | $519.48MM | $771.11MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-2,222.83MM | $-787.38MM | $-1,198.68MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-681.14MM | $-1,415.72MM | $-1,148.25MM |
| Earnings Per Share* | $7.15 | $8.00 | $9.09 |
* EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.