The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) stock closed at 254.41 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 0.44% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 747.70K shares and market capitalization of 51.91B. Is a component of S&P 500, Russell 1000 indices and it is traded on NYSE exchange. The company belongs in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, Consumer Defensive sector and employs 16880 people. The Hershey Company CEO is Michele G. Buck.

The one-year performance of The Hershey Company stock is 16.92%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 9.86%. HSY stock has a five-year performance of 157.08%. Its 52-week range is between 201.42 and 254.85, which gives HSY stock a 52-week price range ratio of 99.18%

The Hershey Company currently has a PE ratio of 29.50, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 15.01, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 4.26, a price to cashflow ratio of 20.80, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 16.83%, a ROC of 21.83% and a ROE of 60.64%. The company’s profit margin is 16.07%, its EBITDA margin is 23.70%, and its revenue ttm is $7.77 Billion , which makes it $52.85 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from The Hershey Company, there were 4 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $2.64 for the next earnings report. The Hershey Company’s next earnings report date is 27th Apr 2023.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for The Hershey Company is Moderate Buy (2.5), with a target price of $240.67, which is -5.40% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for The Hershey Company stock is Sell (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

The Hershey Company has a dividend yield of 1.84% with a dividend per share of $4.14 and a payout ratio of 46.00%.

The Hershey Company has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 11.09, ATR14 : 3.30, CCI20 : 152.28, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.17, MACD : 4.26, Money Flow Index : 78.55, ROC : 4.09, RSI : 75.30, STOCH (14,3) : 95.86, STOCH RSI : 1.00, UO : 64.18, Williams %R : -4.14), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of The Hershey Company in the last 12-months were: Anthony J. Palmer (Sold 2 500 shares of value $594 002 ), Charles R. Raup (Sold 9 072 shares of value $2 081 495 ), Christopher M. Scalia (Sold 1 650 shares of value $396 000 ), Jason Reiman (Option Excercise at a value of $298 482), Jason Reiman (Sold 10 929 shares of value $2 587 255 ), Jennifer L. McCalman (Sold 447 shares of value $105 991 ), Kristen Riggs (Sold 2 580 shares of value $593 400 ), Michele G. Buck (Option Excercise at a value of $3 152 416), Michele G. Buck (Sold 119 551 shares of value $27 312 382 ), Pamela M. Arway (Sold 939 shares of value $208 719 ), Robert M. Malcolm (Sold 2 200 shares of value $521 931 ), Rohit Grover (Option Excercise at a value of $427 339), Rohit Grover (Sold 4 390 shares of value $1 096 592 )