The Hershey Company (HSY)
The Hershey Company, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally.
Scored against other Consumer Defensive stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
The Hershey Company is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It's been growing faster than most other everyday-goods companies over the past year.
- Worth watching
- The stock has been sliding and sits near the low end of its range for the year.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 21 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About The Hershey Company
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…
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Confectioners
- Employees
- 17,550
- Headquarters
- Hershey, PA
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 23.3 — lower than 50% of Consumer Defensive peers
P/B 7.5 — lower than 44% of Consumer Defensive peers
P/S 2.8 — lower than 28% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/EBITDA 14.5 — lower than 44% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/Revenue 3.2 — lower than 33% of Consumer Defensive peers
PEG 0.9 — lower than 94% of Consumer Defensive peers
FCF yield 5.1% — higher than 78% of Consumer Defensive peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 38.4% — higher than 56% of Consumer Defensive peers
Operating margin 23.1% — higher than 78% of Consumer Defensive peers
Net margin 12.2% — higher than 72% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROE 32.8% — higher than 69% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROA 9.9% — higher than 72% of Consumer Defensive peers
Free cash flow is 117% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.3 — lower than 44% of Consumer Defensive peers
Current ratio 1.18 — higher than 83% of Consumer Defensive peers
Quick ratio 0.51 — higher than 67% of Consumer Defensive peers
Cash/debt 0.13 — higher than 39% of Consumer Defensive peers
Debt/EBITDA 2.18 — lower than 61% of Consumer Defensive peers
Growth
Revenue growth 6.6% YoY — higher than 78% of Consumer Defensive peers
Earnings growth 631.0% YoY — higher than 100% of Consumer Defensive peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 77.1% — somewhat unusual vs Consumer Defensive peers
Net insider selling, -65.0% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -21.7% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.3% of shares outstanding
7.2% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
18% of the way from its 52-week low to high