NYSE:HSY - Hershey Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Hershey announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 21st will be given a dividend of $0.722 per share on Friday, December 14th. This represents a $2.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 20th. View Hershey's Dividend History.

Hershey declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 25th. The company reported $1.55 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.55. The business had revenue of $2.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.08 billion. Hershey had a return on equity of 102.30% and a net margin of 13.20%. View Hershey's Earnings History.

Hershey is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Hershey.

Hershey updated its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.33-5.43 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.36.

16 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Hershey's stock. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $124.00. On average, they expect Hershey's share price to reach $102.9333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hershey.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hershey in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hershey.

Media headlines about HSY stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hershey earned a media sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Hershey's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.05%), FMR LLC (2.67%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.04%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.95%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.94%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.94%). 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, Patricia A Little, Terence L O'day and Todd W Tillemans. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hershey.

HSY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Panagora Asset Management Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Alliancebernstein L.P., Marathon Asset Management LLP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Deutsche Bank AG and First Quadrant L P CA. Company insiders that have sold Hershey company stock in the last year include David L Shedlarz, Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Tr, Kevin R Walling, Michele Buck and Patricia A Little. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hershey.

HSY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, American Century Companies Inc., FMR LLC, Unigestion Holding SA, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, First Trust Advisors LP and Soros Fund Management LLC. 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 $109.15.

Hershey has a market capitalization of $22.64 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.

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

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.