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Hershey Company

NYSE: HSY Confectioners
$165.35
▲ $5.07 (+3.16%) today
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HSY at a Glance

Valuation
Market cap
$32.2B
P/E ratio
21.9
Profitability
Revenue (TTM)
$12.2B
Profit margin
12.2%
EPS (TTM)
$7.32
Price
52-week range
$156 – $236
24/7 target
$200.06
Street target
$193.48
Earnings
Q3 2026 EPS
$2.64
vs. $2.11 est.
+24.9%

Headquartered in Hershey, PA Fiscal year ends December NYSE: HSY thehersheycompany.com

About Hershey Company

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) makes and markets confectionery and salty snack products. It reports three segments.

- **North America Confectionery:** its largest segment, covering chocolate, non-chocolate candy, mint and gum brands such as Hershey's and Reese's, as well as the Sour Strips brand acquired from Actual Candy, LLC.
- **North America Salty Snacks:** includes better-for-you snack brands, including LesserEvil, acquired in 2025, plus some private label production that the company is deliberately reducing.
- **International:** covers confectionery sales outside North America.

Hershey sells through U.S. retail channels including multi-outlet and convenience stores. Results depend heavily on commodity inputs such as cocoa, which it hedges with derivatives, and on pricing actions. The company is running a multi-year Advancing Agility & Automation Initiative to cut supply chain and administrative costs while investing in technology, capabilities and consumer marketing. Updated

Revenue by Segment · Q3 2026
  1. North America Confectionery81%
  2. North America Salty Snacks12%
  3. International7%

Latest Activity

HSYHershey Company
Q3 2026
EPS
$2.64
est $2.11+24.9%
Revenue
$3.28B
est $3.25B+0.8%

Hershey raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $8.58 to $8.74 after a fifth straight quarter of topping estimates, helped by tariff refunds and lower commodity costs. The catch: roughly 10 points of volume declines nearly erased 11 points of price realization.

Quarterly EPS — reported vs estimate

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The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) makes and markets confectionery and salty snack products.

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