NYSE:HSY - Hershey Stock Price, Price Target & More

Hershey trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HSY."

Hershey announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.656 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $2.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 24th. View Hershey's Dividend History.

Hershey announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The company reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.01. The business earned $1.97 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.94 billion. Hershey had a net margin of 13.25% and a return on equity of 113.86%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.31 EPS. View Hershey's Earnings History.

Hershey is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Hershey.

Hershey updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.33-5.43 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.36. The company issued revenue guidance of lower end of $7.89-8.04 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.96 billion.

16 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Hershey's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate Hershey's stock price to reach $102.4375 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Hershey.

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News coverage about HSY stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Hershey earned a media sentiment score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company an impact score of 47.95 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Hershey's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.49%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.02%), Northern Trust Corp (0.95%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.46%), American Century Companies Inc. (0.45%) and Newport Trust Co (0.42%). Company insiders that own Hershey stock include D Michael Wege, David L Shedlarz, Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Tr, Javier H Idrovo, Kevin R Walling, Leslie M Turner, Michele Buck and Terence L O'day. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hershey.

HSY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Korea Investment CORP, Rothschild Asset Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Newport Trust Co and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Hershey company stock in the last year include D Michael Wege, David L Shedlarz, Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Tr, Javier H Idrovo and Michele Buck. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hershey.

HSY stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schroder Investment Management Group, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Van ECK Associates Corp, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Victory Capital Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hershey.

Shares of HSY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HSY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $91.91.

Hershey has a market capitalization of $19.24 billion and generates $7.52 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $782.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.76 on an earnings per share basis. Hershey employs 16,910 workers across the globe.

Hershey's mailing address is 100 CRYSTAL A DRIVE P O BOX 810-EXTERNAL RPTG & COMPLIANCE, HERSHEY PA, 17033. The company can be reached via phone at 717-534-4200.