At the time of writing, Hershey Company [HSY] stock is trading at $170.62, up 1.25%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The HSY shares have gain 3.74% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.39%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Hershey Company [NYSE: HSY] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 24, 2025, when Morgan Stanley initiated its Equal-Weight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $183. Previously, Citigroup upgraded its rating to Neutral on February 07, 2025, and dropped its price target to $154. On January 31, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight and revised its price target to $120 on the stock. Deutsche Bank reiterated its Hold rating and decreased its price target to $148 on January 23, 2025. Mizuho reiterated its recommendation of a Neutral and reduced its price target to $170 on December 23, 2024. In a note dated December 12, 2024, Wells Fargo downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $175 to $160.
For the past year, the stock price of Hershey Company fluctuated between $140.13 and $211.92. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $170.5 within the next 12 months. Hershey Company [NYSE: HSY] shares were valued at $170.62 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -0.07% based on the average HSY price forecast.
Analyzing the HSY fundamentals
According to Hershey Company [NYSE:HSY], the company’s sales were 11.20B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 8.67% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.46% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.25%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.22%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.2%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.17, Equity is 0.52 and Total Capital is 0.31. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.16.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 168.57 points at the first support level, and at 166.52 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 172.11, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 173.60.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Hershey Company [NYSE:HSY] has a current ratio of 0.96. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.64, and the Cash Ratio is 0.19. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.09, the price to book ratio is 7.32 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 15.66.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Voskuil Steven E, SVP, Chief Financial Officer, that happened on Feb 25 ’25 when 3000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Voskuil Steven E completed a deal on Feb 25 ’25 to buy 3000.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP, Chief Accounting Officer McCalman Jennifer sold 278.0 shares on Feb 03 ’25.
