At the time of writing, Hershey Company [HSY] stock is trading at $164.27, up 0.83%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The HSY shares have gain 1.43% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.87%, 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 May 28, 2025, when Mizuho reiterated its Neutral rating and also revised its price target to $155 from $167. Previously, Bernstein reaffirmed its Mkt Perform rating on May 02, 2025, and elevated its price target to $155. On March 24, 2025, Morgan Stanley initiated with a Equal-Weight rating and assigned a price target of $183 on the stock. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $154 on February 07, 2025. Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $120 on January 31, 2025. Deutsche Bank reiterated a Hold rating for this stock on January 23, 2025, and downed its price target to $148. In a note dated December 23, 2024, Mizuho reiterated an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $195 to $170.
For the past year, the stock price of Hershey Company fluctuated between $140.13 and $208.03. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $207.58 within the next 12 months. Hershey Company [NYSE: HSY] shares were valued at $164.27 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 26.37% based on the average HSY price forecast.
Analyzing the HSY fundamentals
According to Hershey Company [NYSE:HSY], the company’s sales were 10.75B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -13.75% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.43% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.21%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.12, Equity is 0.37 and Total Capital is 0.21. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.34.
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 162.24 points at the first support level, and at 160.22 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 165.34, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 166.42.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Hershey Company [NYSE:HSY] has a current ratio of 1.59. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.11 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.5. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.09, the price to book ratio is 7.10 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.26.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Grover Rohit, President, International, that happened on Jul 01 ’25 when 1333.0 shares were sold. SVP, GC & Secretary, Turoff James completed a deal on Jul 01 ’25 to sell 1300.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chairman, President and CEO Buck Michele sold 19290.0 shares on Jul 01 ’25.
