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The Hershey Company
HSY
NYSE·Consumer Defensive·Food Confectioners·Mkt cap $36.2B
$182.14
▲ +1.94%
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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.
View research view52-Week Range
$160.07 - $239.48
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Price action
Price chart
Up 0.9% over the trailing year
Total returns
Price performance
Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.
Why we rate it this way
The thesis at a glance
Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.
Bull Case
4 reasons
- Iconic brand portfolio
- Extensive distribution network
- Manufacturing scale and efficiency
- Strong marketing and brand loyalty
Bear Case
2 risks
- Low volatility (beta 0.1).
- Significant premium - growth priced in
Growth
Stable outlook
Expanding healthy snack product lines
Value
Significant premium - growth priced in
Momentum
Weak
-13.3% over 3m
Quality
Stable
Strong fundamentals
Dividend
Solid
3.16% yield
Smart-money signal
Who's buying HSY right now
Insider Form 4s, 13F institutional filings, and Congressional disclosures - at a glance.
Earnings track record
Latest print - beat on both lines
AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.
Next: Apr 23, 2026
APR 30, 2026
Reported EPS of $2.35 vs $2.04 consensus (+15.2% surprise). Revenue of $3.1B vs $3.0B expected (+2.5%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.
EPS surprise · last 4Q
1 of 1 beats
Q2 26
+15.2%
Next: Apr 23, 2026
Revenue trend · last 8Q
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+9%
-14%
+26%
+6%
+7%
+11%
Q2 24
Q3 24
Q4 24
Q1 25
Q2 25
Q3 25
Q4 25
Q1 26
$2.1B
$3.0B
$2.9B
$2.8B
$2.6B
$3.2B
$3.1B
$3.1B
Margins · last 8Q
Gross
39.4%
Operating
20.6%
Profit
14.0%
Wall Street consensus
14 analysts · 29% Buy
Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.
Buy
29%
Hold
71%
Sell
0%
Median Price Target
$222.50
▲ +22.2% vs $182.14
Latest: Evercore · $255.00 · May 27, 2026
7 analysts covering
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How HSY stacks vs Food Confectioners
Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.
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