Hershey - HSY Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hershey in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" HSY shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HSY, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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18 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Hershey's stock. Their HSY share price forecasts range from $200.00 to $277.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $238.35 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price.
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Hershey's stock was trading at $231.57 at the start of the year. Since then, HSY shares have increased by 2.0% and is now trading at $236.28.
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Hershey saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,350,000 shares, a decline of 16.7% from the December 15th total of 2,820,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 944,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company reported $2.02 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.25. The business earned $2.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.58 billion. Hershey had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 58.19% and a net margin of 15.69%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.69 earnings per share.
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Hershey announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 17th will be given a dividend of $1.036 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $4.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 16th.
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Hershey (NYSE:HSY) pays an annual dividend of $4.14 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.84%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 54.05%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HSY will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.05% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Hershey issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $9.29-$9.46 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.94. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.04-$11.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.01 billion.

208 employees have rated Hershey Chief Executive Officer Michele Buck on Glassdoor.com. Michele Buck has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees.

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

Hershey's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.26%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.17%), DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (0.16%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.13%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.11%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles R Raup, Christopher M Scalia, Hershey Trust Co, Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Tr, James Turoff, Jason Reiman, Jennifer Mccalman, Kristen J Riggs, Michele Buck, Pamela M Arway, Pamela M Arway and Robert Malcolm.
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One share of HSY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $236.28.

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) has a market capitalization of $48.46 billion and generates $8.97 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.48 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.66 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,990 workers across the globe.

Hershey's mailing address is 19 East Chocolate Avenue, Hershey PA, 17033. The official website for the company is www.thehersheycompany.com. The company can be reached via phone at (717) 534-4200, via email at investorrelations@hersheys.com, or via fax at 717-534-7873.