NYSE · HSY

The Hershey Company

$174.30 +$2.16 (+1.25%) 1D After hours
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Key Metrics

$34.92B
Market cap
31.91×
P/E · TTM
$11.99B
Revenue · TTM
$1.09B
Net income
EPS · TTM $5.39
Dividend yield 3.2%
Free cash flow $1.93B
Beta · 1Y -0.09
EBITDA · TTM $2.00B
Gross margin 35.0%

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 18.6 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Jul 15
    From its Feb 27 high, the share price fell 28%.

    Peak close $236.28 on Feb 27; trough close $170.27 on Jul 15. The drawdown is the fact — the chapters around it are the context.

    RECEIPT: PRICE SERIES, PEAK-TO-TROUGH -28%
  • Feb 5
    The stock moved +9.0% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Feb 5

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$34.92B
Enterprise value—
Shares outstanding202.8M
52-wk range$161.43 – $239.48
Avg volume · 20D1.4M
Net cash —
Book value / share$23.34
IndustrySugar & Confectionery Products
ExchangeNYSE
About The Hershey Company
IPO dateSep 19, 1947
Employees19595

Hershey is a leading US confectionery manufacturer (around a $55 billion market, according to Euromonitor), controlling 35% of the domestic chocolate aisle.

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

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The wolf is in training. Composite grades vs sector — profitability, health, value, momentum — arrive with the percentile engine. Methodology will be public.

Valuation

P/E31.91
P/S2.91
P/FCF18.13
EV/EBITDA—
EV/Sales—
Graham №$53.22

Profitability

Gross 35.0%
Operating 12.4%
Net 9.1%
FCF 16.1%
ROE / ROIC 23.2% · —

Financial Health

Current ratio1.24
Quick ratio0.77
Debt / equity1.10
Debt / EBITDA 2.59
Net cash —
Working capital$728.74M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $2.35B
Capex −$423.69M
Free cash flow $1.93B
Buybacks $69.27M
Dividends paid $1.10B
Shareholder yield 3.4%

Piotroski F-Score

4 / 9
Middling fundamentals · 4 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

4.2
Safe zone (> 2.99) · bankruptcy risk negligible

Graham Number vs Price

$53.22 vs $174.30
Trades 3.3× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-03-29 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings