Stock · HSY · Consumer Defensive
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1985 · Revenue 12 mo. $12.2B
Price as of 11/06/2026
The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally.
The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. The company offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products, including mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; protein bars; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items comprising spreads, bars, snack bites, mixes, popcorn, and pretzels. It provides its products primarily under the Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Sour Strips, Whoppers, York, Ice Breakers, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Lily's, SkinnyPop, Pirates Booty, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and ONE Bar brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, and Sofit brands. The company 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. It exports its products in approximately 65 countries worldwide. The Hershey Company was founded in 1894 and is based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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Summary
40.8 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.6B (2025), it supports €17.4B. The remaining €13.6B of the market value assume it grows 8.1% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
8.1%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 13.7×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 16.4× to 20.3×, median 17.6×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
3 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 19.05% | 12.35% | Rank 71 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 31.97% | 20.14% | Rank 74 |
| EBIT margin | 12.12% | 9.44% | Rank 64 |
| FCF margin | 14.96% | 6.71% | Rank 87 |
| Gross margin | 33.27% | 35.78% | Rank 42 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 4.38% | 2.12% | Rank 65 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −18.28% | 5.20% | Rank 17 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −6.58% | 6.07% | Rank 18 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 4.52% | 3.77% | Rank 65 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.44% | 4.25% | Rank 19 |
| FCF yield | 5.05% | 5.05% | Rank 50 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 3.34 | 1.51 | Rank 19 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 27.59 | 16.74 | Rank 20 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −3.38% | 3.24% | Rank 37 |
| Share price, 6 months | −3.74% | 11.30% | Rank 19 |
| Share price, 3 months | 2.79% | 9.00% | Rank 24 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −24.63% | −7.96% | Rank 10 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −0.86% | −0.99% | Rank 47 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −0.11% | −0.62% | Rank 39 |
| Dividend streak in years | 25 | 5 | Rank 90 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −2.08% | 0.22% | Rank 23 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 33.74% | 41.95% | Rank 39 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.29 | 1.96 | Rank 39 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.17 | 0.67 | Rank 35 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 27.90% | 25.82% | Rank 35 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7.4 | 16.2% | $714.0M | 215M | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 7.5 | 17.5% | $991.8M | 214M | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 7.8 | 20.8% | $1.3B | 211M | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 8.0 | 20.0% | $1.4B | 211M | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 8.1 | 21.9% | $1.3B | 209M | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 9.0 | 22.8% | $1.6B | 208M | 5.0 |
| 2022 | 10.4 | 21.7% | $1.8B | 207M | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 11.2 | 22.9% | $1.6B | 206M | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 11.2 | 25.9% | $1.9B | 203M | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 11.7 | 12.1% | $1.7B | 203M | 4.5 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Hershey Co mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Hershey Co is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Hershey Co.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 41.0 | 22.8 |
| P/B ratio | 7.8 | 2.6 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 19.0% | 12.3% |
| Equity ratio | 33.7% | 42.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.17 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 3.2% | 2.6% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| HSY | Hershey Cothis page | |
| MDLZ | Mondelez International Inc | Low3.6 |
| LISP.SW | Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Part | locked |
| LISN.SW | Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG N | locked |
| ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | locked |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | locked |
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