Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is -10.89% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $140.13 and a high of $208.03 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HSY stock was last observed hovering at around $161.95 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.69%.
Currently trading at $164.64, the stock is -3.26% and -0.61% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.14 million and changing 1.66% at the moment leaves the stock -3.36% off its SMA200. HSY registered -2.78% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -1.26%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $165.6518 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $170.3583.
The stock witnessed a -1.36% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.48%, and is -7.03% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.88% over the week and 2.43% over the month.
Hershey Company (HSY) has around 18540 employees, a market worth around $33.36B and $10.75B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 20.31 and Fwd P/E is 26.06. Profit margin for the company is 15.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 17.49% and -20.86% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (16.19%).
with sales reaching $2.52B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -36.40% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.18% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 21.29% in year-over-year returns.
1768.0 institutions hold shares in Hershey Company (HSY), with institutional investors hold 121.59% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 147.98M, and float is at 147.29M with Short Float at 6.36%. Institutions hold 121.15% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 19.39 million shares valued at $3.56 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.5751 of the HSY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 12.82 million shares valued at $2.36 billion to account for 6.3304 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 6.64 million shares representing 3.2803 and valued at over $1.22 billion, while CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC holds 2.1127 of the shares totaling 4.28 million with a market value of $786.49 million.
Hershey Company (HSY) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Grover Rohit, the company’s President, International. SEC filings show that Grover Rohit sold 1,333 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 01 ’25 at a price of $175.00 per share for a total of $0.23 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 39402.0 shares.
Hershey Company disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jul 01 ’25 that Turoff James (SVP, GC & Secretary) sold a total of 1,300 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jul 01 ’25 and was made at $175.00 per share for $0.23 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 25321.0 shares of the HSY stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 01 ’25, Buck Michele (Chairman, President and CEO) disposed off 19,290 shares at an average price of $175.00 for $3.38 million. The insider now directly holds 193,624 shares of Hershey Company (HSY).
