The Hershey Company (HSY) Analyst Ratings & Price Targets

The Hershey Company

HSY · NYSE

Analyst Consensus

Hold

22 analysts

$174

Current

—

Low

$200

Average

—

High

Average target implies +15.00% versus the current price.

Analyst Ratings Synthesis

Consensus is Hold from 22 analysts, with a mean target of $200. The supplied consensus has no low or high target, so it cannot show where targets cluster or how wide dispersion is; it also names no most- or least-bullish analyst. No attributable analyst revisions were supplied for the week, leaving the direction of target changes undocumented. The substantive disagreement is therefore not identifiable from the evidence. What is visible is a tension in the operating read-through: the second-quarter beat, pricing, productivity and margin recovery support the bullish case, while tougher comparisons, consumer pressure and salty-snacks supply-chain costs temper it. The consensus data do not establish which view dominates.

Rating Actions

No individual rating actions have been captured for HSYyet. Consensus figures above come from Nasdaq's aggregate feed.

Rating actions are extracted from published reporting. Each row links to its source.

Research Reports

Links to freely available third-party research. Outlook labels are our classification of each article's stance, not a rating of our own.

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Symbol: HSY
Type: Stock
Sector: Consumer Staples
Industry: Sugar & Confectionery Products
Exchange: NYSE

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company with a purpose to make more moments of goodness and a vision to lead next generation snacking. Hershey brings together more than 20,000 employees worldwide to deliver delicious, high-quality products across more than 85 brands in approximately 65 countries, generating more than $11.7 billion in annual revenues. Hershey brings its full portfolio to market as ONE Hershey, spanning confection, salty and functional snacking categories with beloved brands like Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, KIT KAT, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers and Ice Breakers; salty snacks including SkinnyPop, LesserEvil, Pirate's Booty and Dot's Homestyle Pretzels; and a protein portfolio including ONE Brands and Fulfil. For more than 130 years, Hershey has operated fairly, ethically and sustainably.

Key Issues

Bullish view

Pricing, productivity initiatives and margin recovery helped Hershey beat second-quarter estimates, suggesting the company can offset cost pressure while improving profitability.

Bearish view

The earnings improvement may depend heavily on pricing, while consumer pressure and tougher comparisons could limit volume growth and make margin gains harder to repeat.

Analyst Consensus

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Hold

22 analysts

$174

Current

—

Low

$200

Average

—

High

Average target implies +15.00% versus the current price.

Earnings History

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