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HSY Hershey Co

NYSE USD Consumer Defensive

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Market cap
37B
P/E ratio
25.44
Analyst target
205.5238
Dividend yield
3.0%
Beta
0.1

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5 years, 4 months ago

The Hershey Company is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 12.7% above its 200 day moving average.

From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 97.7% cheaper than other stocks from the Consumer Defensive sector with a price to sales ratio of 4.1.

The Hershey Company's total revenue rose by 5.7% to $2B since the same quarter in the previous year.

Its net income has increased by 40.6% to $291M since the same quarter in the previous year.

Finally, its free cash flow fell by 34.0% to $455M since the same quarter in the previous year.

Based on the above factors, The Hershey Company gets an overall score of 4/5.