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Hershey is a confectioners business based in the US. Hershey shares (HSY) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $176.47 – an increase of 6.34% over the previous week. Hershey employs 18,540 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $10.8 billion.
| Latest market close | $176.47 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $137.77 - $204.53 |
| 50-day moving average | $165.35 |
| 200-day moving average | $170.96 |
| Wall St. target price | $166.42 |
| PE ratio | 21.6794 |
| Dividend yield | $5.48 (3.3%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $8.14 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $176.47 from 2025-07-03
| 1 week (2025-06-30) | 6.34% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-06-06) | 9.10% |
| 3 months (2025-04-07) | 8.53% |
| 6 months (2025-01-07) | 6.62% |
| 1 year (2024-07-05) | -4.17% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-07-07) | -23.08% |
| 3 years (2022-07-07) | 204.0803 |
| 5 years (2020-07-07) | 53.09% |
Valuing Hershey stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Hershey's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Hershey's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Hershey shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Hershey's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 49.5981. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Hershey's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Hershey's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.8 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Hershey's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $10.8 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 13.91% |
| Gross profit TTM | $4.6 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 10.96% |
| Return on equity TTM | 37.48% |
| Profit margin | 15.32% |
| Book value | $23.12 |
| Market Capitalization | $35.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 65.32% of net profits
Recently Hershey has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Hershey shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Hershey's case, that would currently equate to about $5.48 per share.
Hershey's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Hershey's most recent dividend payout was on 15 June 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 15 May 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Hershey's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 15 June 2004 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Hershey shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Hershey shares which in turn could have impacted Hershey's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Hershey's shares have ranged in value from as little as $137.7734 up to $204.5315. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Hershey's is 0.283. This would suggest that Hershey's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. It offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products, including mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; protein bars; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items comprising spreads, bars, snack bites, mixes, popcorn, and pretzels. The company provides its products primarily under the Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Sour Strips, Whoppers, York, Ice Breakers, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Lily's, SkinnyPop, Pirates Booty, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and ONE Bar brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, and Sofit brands. It markets and sells its products to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, and department stores. The company exports its products in approximately 80 countries worldwide. The Hershey Company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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