NYSE:HSYHershey Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hershey's stock was trading at $148.77 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HSY stock has decreased by 14.7% and is now trading at $126.97. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hershey in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 15 hold ratings and 3 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, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Hershey.

Hershey will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The company reported $1.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $2.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.09 billion. Hershey had a net margin of 13.94% and a return on equity of 71.52%. Hershey's revenue was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.59 EPS. View Hershey's earnings history.

Hershey announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.773 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $3.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 21st. View Hershey's dividend history.

19 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Hershey's shares. Their forecasts range from $125.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Hershey's stock price to reach $144.12 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Hershey.

News headlines about HSY stock have trended neutral on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hershey earned a media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Hershey.

Hershey saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,930,000 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the June 15th total of 2,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,380,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's shares 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), Chesley Taft & Associates LLC (0.01%) and Fulton Bank N. A. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Hershey stock include Anthony J Palmer, Damien Atkins, 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 Hexavest Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Everence Capital Management Inc., Bath Savings Trust Co, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Orrstown Financial Services Inc., Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA, and Diligent Investors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Hershey company stock in the last year include Hershey Trust Co, Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Tr, Jason Reiman, Kevin R Walling, Michele Buck, Pamela M Arway, 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, Diversified Trust Co, TRUE Private Wealth Advisors, Fulton Bank N. A., Bogart Wealth LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Ellevest Inc., and Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY. 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.

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One share of HSY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $126.97.

Hershey has a market capitalization of $26.41 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.

The official website for Hershey is 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.