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Hershey

NYQ:HSY US4278661081
41
  • Value
    16
  • Growth
    97
  • Safety
    Safety
    60
  • Combined
    61
  • Sentiment
    31
  • 360° View
    360° View
    41
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Company Description

The Hershey Company is a snacks company. It operates in the confectionery and salty snacks industries, with brands like Hershey's, Reese's, and SkinnyPop. Its main markets are the United States and Canada. In the last fiscal year, the company had 18,540 employees, a market cap of $33,006 million, profits of $5,313 million, and revenue of $11,202 million.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 41 (better than 41% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Hershey are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half above average for Hershey. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 97, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. This means that growth is higher than for 97% of competitors in the same industry. In addition, the consolidated Safety Rank has a safer rank of 60 which means that the company has a financing structure that is safer than 60% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the consolidated Value Rank has a less desirable rank of 16 which means that the share price of Hershey is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is higher than for 84% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 31, which means that professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 69% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Price vs. Sales (P/S)
Weakest Rank Growth
Country USA
Industry Packaged Foods & Meats
Size X-Large
Website thehersheycompany.com
Index
S&P US Consumer
S&P US Food & Beverage
S&P 500
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Last update: 9-Apr-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
16 26 26 23
Growth
97 33 15 84
Safety
Safety
60 50 33 24
Sentiment
31 15 70 62
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41 8 14 47
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
24 11 36 33
Opinions Change
50 8 39 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 38 70 41
Market Pulse
9 64 95 98
Sentiment
31 15 70 62
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
16 26 26 23
Growth
97 33 15 84
Safety Safety
60 50 33 24
Combined
61 19 4 39
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
3 17 13 15
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
23 16 45 37
Price vs. Book (P/B)
7 14 10 11
Dividend Yield
67 70 70 56
Value
16 26 26 23
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
65 48 39 40
Profit Growth
90 10 50 55
Capital Growth
50 65 20 84
Stock Returns
83 43 27 91
Growth
97 33 15 84
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
48 31 18 6
Refinancing
43 24 18 15
Liquidity
77 82 86 83
Safety Safety
60 50 33 24

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The company has high growth and safe financing but is expensive (low Value Rank) and has low market sentiment. This is a warning that the stock may be too expensive. This is for an experienced growth investor willing to risk overpaying, but only after conducting thorough research on future growth potential.

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