Hershey Foods Corp. (HSY)

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$ 167.85
   
  • Change Today:
    $-4.20
  • 52 Week High: $203.25
  • 52 Week Low: $144.74
  • Currency: US Dollars
  • Shares Issued: 202,383m
  • Volume: 552,393
  • Market Cap: $33,969,998m
  • RiskGrade: 80
  • Beta: 0.05

HSY Overview

Hershey Foods is North America’s leading manufacturer of chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery and chocolate-related grocery products. The company manufactures confectionery products and markets them under more than 50 brands, including Hershey's chocolate bars, Hershey's Kisses brand chocolates, Reese's peanut butter cups, Jolly Rancher and Twizzlers sweets, Hershey's cocoa, and Hershey's syrup. The group is also a market leader in the gum and mint business, with brands such as Ice Breakers, Breath Savers and Bubble Yum.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.2%
Div Cover 2.0
Op Mrgn 25.9%
ROCE 47.2%
Latest F'cast
P/E 15.3
PEG 0.7
Pr/Revenue 3108.3
Pr/Book 7385.5
Latest F'cast
Revenue 0.3%
PBT 13.9%
EPS 20.5%
DPS 23.0%

HSY Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-20 8,149.72 1,495.00 630.00¢ 24.2 2.0 +12% 315.40¢ 2.1%
31-Dec-21 8,971.34 1,797.22 734.00¢ 26.4 1.6 +16% 341.00¢ 1.8%
31-Dec-22 10,419.29 1,917.07 822.00¢ 28.2 2.3 +12% 387.40¢ 1.7%
31-Dec-23 11,164.99 2,171.86 931.00¢ 20.0 1.5 +13% 445.60¢ 2.4%
31-Dec-24 11,202.26 2,473.94 1,122.00¢ 15.1 0.8 +20% 548.00¢ 3.2%

HSY Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-25 11,435.87 1,768.24 597.54¢ 28.8 n/a -47% 553.49¢ 0.0%
31-Dec-26 11,783.88 1,894.30 650.36¢ 26.5 3.0 +9% 580.77¢ 0.0%
31-Dec-27 12,076.85 2,124.60 763.57¢ 22.5 1.3 +17% 605.85¢ 0.0%

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HSY ShareCast News

Hershey to buy Amplify Snack Brands in $1.6bn deal 18-Dec-2017 ShareCast

HSY Top Newspaper Links

Hershey's suing marijuana candy maker in Colorado 10-Jun-2014 The Independent
Hershey strikes deal with UK grocers 09-Dec-2010 The Independent
Kraft Stands Firm on Its Cadbury Offer 16-Dec-2009 New York Times

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HSY Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $ 167.85
Change Today $ -4.20
% Change -2.44 %
52 Week High $203.25
52 Week Low $144.74
Volume 552,393
Shares Issued 202,383m
Market Cap $33,969,998m
Beta 0.05
RiskGrade 80

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