The Hershey Company

HSY · NYSE · Stock · Consumer Defensive
$163.91
+0.53% today
Delayed price,

What The Hershey does

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. The company offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products, including mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; protein bars; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items comprising spreads, bars, snack bites, mixes, popcorn, and pretzels. It provides its products primarily under the Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Sour Strips, Whoppers, York, Ice Breakers, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Lily's, SkinnyPop, Pirates Booty, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and ONE Bar brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, and Sofit brands. The company markets and sells its products to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, and department stores. It exports its products in approximately 65 countries worldwide. The Hershey Company was founded in 1894 and is based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Key facts

Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Confectioners
Market cap
$32.93B
P/E (ttm)
22.4
Forward P/E
16.6
Dividend yield
3.56%
Beta
0.09
Profit margin
12.2%
Employees
17,550
Headquarters
Hershey, PA, United States
Exchange
NYSE

Performance

1 Month
-3.5%
3 Months
-4.4%
6 Months
-14.9%
1 Year
-12.7%
5 Years
-7.7%
$156.1652-week range$239.48
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-32.2%
23 Feb 2026 → 28 Sept 2026
Fell from $236.28 to $160.19 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+39.3%
27 Oct 2025 → 23 Feb 2026
Ran from $169.63 to $236.28 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

● Trend: Below long-term trend
Price sits below its 200-day average, but the shorter-term averages are not cleanly aligned above/below it.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$152.84 (-6.8%)$163.91$175.78 (+7.2%)
3 Months$145.22 (-11.4%)$163.91$185.00 (+12.9%)
6 Months$138.12 (-15.7%)$163.91$194.52 (+18.7%)
12 Months$128.66 (-21.5%)$163.91$208.81 (+27.4%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 24.2%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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Acquired 282 shares — Kraus Maria T, Director · 2026-10-05
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Acquired 282 shares — OZAN KEVIN M, Director · 2026-10-05
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