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Consumer Defensive

The Hershey Company(HSY)

Live Price

Offline

$177.40

-3.08% today

1Y Change

+3.04%

Window

Jun 25, 2025 โ†’ Jun 18, 2026

Market Cap
$37.65B
Revenue Growth
+4.4%
EPS Growth
-59.9%
Dividend Yield
3.0%

Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ†’ Jun 18, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

Research Snapshot

The Hershey Company (HSY) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $37.65B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $177.40 and up 3.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ†’ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.4%, EPS growth of -59.9%, a dividend yield of 3.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.4%, EPS -59.9%, free cash flow -9.2% with operating margin 14.1% and ROIC 10.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.0%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 34.5 and price/sales 3.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines HSY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.

Benchmark Edge

HSY vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.

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HSY

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Normalized return

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Relative to SPY

HSY Max Drawdown

-26.94%

Trailing 1Y

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Calendar-Year Returns

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Earnings Reports

๐Ÿ“… Last reportedMay 7, 2026
PeriodB/MEPSEPS ฮ”RevenueRev ฮ”Report
โ€”
May 7, 26
โ€”
Est 2.05
โ€”
โ€”
Est 3021572.0B
โ€”
May 7
โ€”
Feb 5, 26
โœ“
1.71
Est 1.40
+22.1%
3091021.0B
Est 2980173.0B
+3.7%
Feb 5
โ€”
Oct 30, 25
โœ“
1.30
Est 1.07
+21.5%
3181418.0B
Est 3117808.4B
+2.0%
Oct 30
โ€”
Jul 30, 25
โœ“
1.21
Est 0.99
+21.9%
2614718.0B
Est 2523759.9B
+3.6%
Jul 30
โ€”
May 1, 25
โœ“
2.09
Est 1.94
+7.7%
2805419.0B
Est 2791275.9B
+0.5%
May 1
โ€”
Feb 6, 25
โœ“
2.69
Est 2.40
+12.1%
2887540.0B
Est 2840335.0B
+1.7%
Feb 6
โ€”
Nov 7, 24
โœ—
2.34
Est 2.56
-8.6%
2987494.0B
Est 3075914.1B
-2.9%
Nov 7
โ€”
Aug 1, 24
โœ—
1.27
Est 1.44
-11.8%
2074480.0B
Est 2303662.7B
-9.9%
Aug 1
โ€”
May 3, 24
โœ“
3.07
Est 2.76
+11.2%
3252749.0B
Est 3112300.9B
+4.5%
May 3
โ€”
Feb 8, 24
โœ“
2.02
Est 1.95
+3.6%
2657111.0B
Est 2716179.1B
-2.2%
Feb 8
โ€”
Oct 26, 23
โœ“
2.60
Est 2.45
+6.1%
3029987.0B
Est 2956940.0B
+2.5%
Oct 26
โ€”
Jul 27, 23
โœ“
2.01
Est 1.91
+5.2%
2490280.0B
Est 2974000.0B
-16.3%
Jul 27
โ€”
Apr 27, 23
โœ“
2.96
Est 2.66
+11.3%
2987614.0B
Est 2907210.0B
+2.8%
Apr 27
โ€”
Feb 2, 23
โœ“
2.02
Est 1.77
+14.1%
2652338.0B
Est 2577179.7B
+2.9%
Feb 2
โ€”
Nov 4, 22
โœ“
2.17
Est 2.10
+3.3%
2728153.0B
Est 2617357.8B
+4.2%
Nov 4
โ€”
Jul 28, 22
โœ“
1.80
Est 1.69
+6.5%
2372582.0B
Est 2238142.4B
+6.0%
Jul 28
โ€”
Apr 28, 22
โœ“
2.53
Est 2.10
+20.5%
2666221.0B
Est 2476688.8B
+7.7%
Apr 28
โ€”
Feb 3, 22
โœ“
1.69
Est 1.62
+4.3%
2326128.0B
Est 2265602.6B
+2.7%
Feb 3
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Oct 28, 21
โœ“
2.10
Est 2.01
+4.5%
2359839.0B
Est 2290030.0B
+3.0%
Oct 28
โ€”
Jul 29, 21
โœ“
1.47
Est 1.43
+2.8%
1989422.0B
Est 1989420.0B
0.0%
Jul 29
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