The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells confectionery products. The company operates through two segments, North America; and International and Other. It offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products comprising mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items, including spreads, meat snacks, bars and snack bites, mixes, popcorn and protein bars, and cookies. 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, Lancaster, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Whoppers, York, Scharffen Berger, Dagoba, Ice Breakers, Breathsavers, and Bubble Yum brands, as well as under the Golden Monkey, Munching Monkey, Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, Nutrine, Maha Lacto, Jumpin, Sofit, SkinnyPop, Oatmega, Paqui, and Tyrrells 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 Hershey Company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Stock Exchange NYSE
Industry Sugar & confectionery products
Sub-IndustryPackaged Foods & Meats
SectorConsumer Staples
SymbolNYSE:HSY
CUSIP42786610
Phone717-534-4200
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio3.05
Current Ratio0.94
Quick Ratio0.58
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio21.83
Forward P/E Ratio19.38
P/E Growth2.21
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$7.52 billion
Price / Sales2.89
Cash Flow$7.0536 per share
Price / Cash14.73
Book Value$4.42 per share
Price / Book23.51
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.76
Net Income$782.98 million
Net Margins13.40%
Return on Equity108.82%
Return on Assets16.04%
Miscellaneous
Employees16,910
Outstanding Shares209,250,000
Market Cap$21.74 billion
