Valuation: The Hershey Company

Capitalization 37.72B 32.04B 29.33B 27.68B 51.63B 3,562B 52.09B 348B 136B 1,711B 142B 139B 5,907B P/E ratio 2026 *
23.2x
P/E ratio 2027 * 19.1x
Enterprise value 41.87B 35.57B 32.56B 30.73B 57.32B 3,954B 57.82B 386B 151B 1,899B 157B 154B 6,558B EV / Sales 2026 *
3.42x
EV / Sales 2027 * 3.3x
Free-Float
88.51%
Yield 2026 *
3.1%
Yield 2027 * 3.23%
1 day-0.60%
1 week+1.97%
Current month+0.11%
1 month-11.81%
3 months-19.35%
6 months+8.99%
Current year+2.18%
1 week 180.4
Extreme 180.4
187.76
1 month 180.18
Extreme 180.18
201.37
Current year 178.65
Extreme 178.65
239.48
1 year 150.04
Extreme 150.04
239.48
3 years 140.13
Extreme 140.13
275.62
5 years 140.13
Extreme 140.13
276.88
10 years 89.1
Extreme 89.101
276.88
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 57 18/08/2025
Director of Finance/CFO 57 13/05/2019
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 52 23/10/2023
Director TitleAgeSince
Chairman 54 18/08/2025
Director/Board Member 39 06/05/2024
Director/Board Member 62 06/05/2024
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-0.60%+1.97%+8.80%-32.16% 37.72B
-0.01%-2.00%-11.61%-33.46% 256B
+0.39%+0.29%-7.26%-20.98% 79.01B
-0.76%-5.90%-15.55%+6.78% 47.32B
+0.17%+3.63%+60.02%+3.52% 37.43B
-0.19%-0.94%+145.24%+386.40% 36.91B
+1.45%+3.03%+55.34%+104.60% 30.73B
+0.42%+1.67%+27.57%+34.94% 30.26B
+1.35%+6.54%-14.64%-41.39% 28.41B
+0.96%+0.26%+61.53%+39.91% 24.24B
Average +0.32%+0.89%+30.94%+44.82% 60.83B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.14%-0.40%+11.94%+12.06%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 12.26B 10.41B 9.53B 8.99B 16.78B 1,157B 16.92B 113B 44.06B 556B 45.98B 45.01B 1,919B 12.59B 10.7B 9.79B 9.24B 17.24B 1,189B 17.39B 116B 45.28B 571B 47.25B 46.26B 1,972B
Net income 1.67B 1.42B 1.3B 1.23B 2.29B 158B 2.31B 15.45B 6.02B 75.97B 6.28B 6.15B 262B 1.99B 1.69B 1.55B 1.46B 2.72B 188B 2.75B 18.36B 7.16B 90.3B 7.47B 7.31B 312B
Net Debt 4.15B 3.53B 3.23B 3.05B 5.69B 392B 5.74B 38.32B 14.94B 188B 15.59B 15.26B 651B 3.79B 3.22B 2.94B 2.78B 5.18B 358B 5.23B 34.91B 13.61B 172B 14.2B 13.9B 593B
Logo The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company specializes in producing and selling chocolate-based products and candies. The group is involved in producing and selling snacks, beverages, garnishing and cooking products, chewing gum, etc. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - chocolate-based products and confectionery (81.4%): Hershey, Reese, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat®, Payday, Rolo®, Twizzlers, Whoppers, York and other brands; - snacks (10.1%): SkinnyPop, Pirate's Booty, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels and other brands. The remaining net sales (8.5%) are from international activities. At the end of 2024, the group has 13 production sites in the United States (10), Mexico (2) and Malaysia. The United States accounts for 87.2% of net sales.
Employees
18,573
Date Price Change Volume
08/05/26 185.94 $ -0.60% 1,587,775
07/05/26 187.06 $ +0.35% 1,833,366
06/05/26 186.41 $ +0.81% 2,400,092
05/05/26 184.91 $ +1.59% 1,702,226
04/05/26 182.01 $ -0.18% 1,714,619
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
25
Last Close Price
185.94USD
Average target price
217.39USD
Spread / Average Target
+16.91%

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