The Hershey Company, commonly known as Hershey's, is an American multinational company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. It also manufactures baked products, such as cookies and cakes, and sells beverages like milkshakes, and many more that are produced globally. Its headquarters are in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
| Revenue (TTM) | $11.99B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $4.20B |
| EBITDA | $2.26B |
| Operating Margin | 21.30% |
| Return on Equity | 23.20% |
| Return on Assets | 7.84% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $59.06 |
| Book Value | $23.34 |
| Price-to-Book | 7.72 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 3.10 |
| EV/Revenue | 3.449 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.55 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 93.60% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 10.60% |
| Shares Outstanding | $148.23M |
| Float | $146.32M |
| % Insiders | 0.31% |
| % Institutions | 87.65% |
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New Consumer Insights from Hershey and Morning Consult Reveal Halloween Anticipation is Building Earlier, Creating New Moments for Treats, Traditions and Community HERSHEY, Pa., July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Halloween anticipation is starting long before October.
Looking beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for Hershey (HSY), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended June 2026.
HSY prepares to report Q2 results with expected sales and earnings growth, as pricing, product innovation and snack expansion offset shifting demand trends.
Hershey (HSY) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
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Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY, XETRA:HSY) is expected to begin recovering margins in the second quarter as higher-cost cocoa inventory from last year cycles through, but Jefferies maintained a ‘Hold' rating, citing continued weakness in consumer demand and limited evidence of a recovery in sales volumes. Jefferies wrote that the second quarter "should be the first with meaningful year-over-year gross margin expansion," forecasting roughly 300 basis points of improvement as peak-cost inventory laps.
Hershey (HSY) closed the most recent trading day at $171.46, moving 2.16% from the previous trading session.
Hershey now offers an attractive risk-reward profile after a period of underperformance and carries a 3.3% yield. HSY is demonstrating net sales growth and gross margin recovery, driven by pricing and supply chain productivity. Management guides for acceleration in H2 2026, with innovation and expansion into premium chocolate and protein as key growth drivers.
In the latest trading session, Hershey (HSY) closed at $171.65, marking a -1.58% move from the previous day.
HERSHEY, Pa., July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) announced today that it will release its second-quarter sales and earnings results on Thursday, July 30, 2026, and hold a conference call with analysts at 8:30 a.m.
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