HSY · Consumer Defensive
What a holder would want to know before buying HSY: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 3% above the lowest point of the past year and 31% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 4% of days and more expensive on 96%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 49% of days.
14% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 48%; the longest took 22 months to get back to its peak. 2 of 3 have recovered so far.
It is in one now: 41% below the May 2023 peak.
The Hershey Company · Consumer Defensive · Confectioners · a large company worth $32.70B
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…
revenue profit
Sales of $11.69B in 2025, with $883.26M of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 12 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 3.4 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $22 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $17 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 3.57% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 14.
23 analysts: 8 say buy, 14 hold, 1 sell. Their average 12-month target is $202.19 (range $170.00–$250.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 56 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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