NYSE:HSY - Hershey Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Hershey declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.773 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $3.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 21st. View Hershey's Dividend History.

Hershey Co (NYSE:HSY) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The company reported $1.61 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.60 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $2.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.12 billion. Hershey had a net margin of 16.18% and a return on equity of 77.39%. The business's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.55 earnings per share. View Hershey's Earnings History.

Hershey is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hershey.

Hershey will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.68-5.74 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.76. The company issued revenue guidance of approx $7.99 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.95 billion.

15 analysts 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 share price to reach $145.71 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%. 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.

News headlines about HSY stock have trended positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hershey earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Hershey.

Hershey saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 3,110,000 shares, a decline of 9.6% from the November 28th total of 3,440,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 910,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Hershey's Current Options Chain.

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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), Boeing (BA), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Hershey's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.13%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.09%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.09%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE (0.04%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). Company insiders that own Hershey stock include Anthony J Palmer, Damien Atkins, David L Shedlarz, Hershey Trust Co, Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Tr, 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 PGGM Investments, Hexavest Inc., Marathon Asset Management LLP, DNB Asset Management AS, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Boston Trust Walden Corp, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. 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, 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 Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Tompkins Financial Corp and DAVENPORT & Co 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 $152.44.

Hershey has a market capitalization of $31.89 billion and generates $7.79 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.18 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.36 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.