NYSE:HSYHershey Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hershey's stock was trading at $148.77 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HSY stock has decreased by 5.1% and is now trading at $141.11. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

18 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 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Hershey.

Hershey is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Hershey.

Hershey will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The company reported $1.28 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $2.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.06 billion. Hershey had a return on equity of 73.68% and a net margin of 14.40%. Hershey's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.26 earnings per share. View Hershey's earnings history.

Hershey declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. View Hershey's dividend history.

Hershey updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.13-6.24 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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.

18 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Hershey's shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Hershey's stock price to reach $145.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Hershey.

Media stories about HSY stock have trended very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutHershey.

Hershey saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,120,000 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the February 13th total of 2,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 886,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Hershey's Current Options Chain.

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

Hershey's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.01%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.01%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.01%), Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY (0.00%) and IBM Retirement Fund (0.00%). 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 American National Bank, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Bath Savings Trust Co, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, and Fulton Bank N.A.. 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 activity for Hershey.

HSY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IBM Retirement Fund, and Cox Capital Mgt 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 activity 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 $141.11.

Hershey has a market capitalization of $29.60 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 16,140 workers across the globe. View additional information about Hershey.

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

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