NYSE:HSY - Hershey Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Hershey announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.773 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $3.09 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. View Hershey's Dividend History.

Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The company reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $2.07 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.06 billion. Hershey had a net margin of 14.40% and a return on equity of 73.68%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.26 EPS. View Hershey's Earnings History.

Hershey is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hershey.

Hershey issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.13-6.24 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.15. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.15-8.31 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.20 billion.

15 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Hershey's shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Hershey's share price to reach $147.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hershey.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hershey in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 13 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hershey.

Media coverage about HSY stock has been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hershey earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Hershey.

Some companies that are related to Hershey include Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), Tyson Foods (TSN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Kellogg (K), MCCORMICK & CO /SH (MKC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J M Smucker (SJM), Post (POST), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Flowers Foods (FLO), Seaboard (SEB), Lancaster Colony (LANC) and J & J Snack Foods (JJSF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hershey investors own include Walt Disney (DIS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Procter & Gamble (PG), Chevron (CVX), The Coca-Cola (KO), AT&T (T), Boeing (BA), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Intel (INTC).

Hershey's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.69%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.15%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.44%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.17%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.78%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.72%). Company insiders that own Hershey stock include Anthony J Palmer, Damien Atkins, David L Shedlarz, Hershey Trust Co, Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Tr, Jason Reiman, Javier H Idrovo, Kevin R Walling, Michele Buck, Pamela M Arway, Patricia A Little, Steven E Voskuil, Terence L O'day, Todd W Tillemans and West Mary E Stone. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hershey.

HSY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, PGGM Investments, Alliancebernstein L.P., Hexavest Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC and AJO LP. Company insiders that have sold Hershey company stock in the last year include Anthony J Palmer, Hershey Trust Co, Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Tr, Jason Reiman, Javier H Idrovo, Kevin R Walling, Michele Buck, Pamela M Arway, Patricia A Little, Terence L O'day and West Mary E Stone. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hershey.

HSY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Schroder Investment Management Group, Bank of Montreal Can, State Street Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Stifel Financial Corp, Assetmark Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC and Anchor Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Hershey stock in the last two years include Damien Atkins, Steven E Voskuil and Todd W Tillemans. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HSY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $160.32.

Hershey has a market capitalization of $33.54 billion and generates $7.99 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.78 on an earnings per share basis. Hershey employs 16,420 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hershey.

The official website for Hershey is http://www.hersheys.com/.

Hershey's mailing address is 19 East Chocolate Avenue, Hershey PA, 17033. The company can be reached via phone at 717-534-4200.