Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) established initial surge of 1.63% at $184.45, before settling in for the price of $181.50 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, HSY posted a 52-week range of $171.67-$211.92.
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The company of the Consumer Defensive sector’s yearbook sales growth during the past 5- year span was recorded 7.59%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 10.17%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -5.07%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $149.78 million, simultaneously with a float of $147.19 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $37.32 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $188.28, while the 200-day Moving Average is $192.22.
Hershey Company (HSY) Ownership Facts and Figures
Sometimes it is also beneficial to study the sentiment of large-scale investors towards the stock of the Hershey Company industry. Hershey Company’s current insider ownership accounts for 27.24%, in contrast to 60.20% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Nov 04 ’24, this organization’s VP, Chief Accounting Officer sold 278 shares at the rate of 179.28, making the entire transaction reach 49,840 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 2,960.
Hershey Company (HSY) Earnings and Revenue Records
Hershey Company’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -5.07% and is forecasted to reach 8.30 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will decrease by -3.07% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 10.17% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Hershey Company (HSY). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.54. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 3.65. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $21.25, and its Beta score is 0.37. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.40. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 22.57.
In the same vein, HSY’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 8.68, a figure that is expected to reach 2.38 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 8.30 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Hershey Company (HSY)
Now, what If we examine the latest scores posted by [Hershey Company, HSY]. During the last 5-days, its volume was better the volume of 1.7 million it reported in year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 88.15% While, its Average True Range was 3.91.
Raw Stochastic average of Hershey Company (HSY) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 37.48%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 96.60% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 21.52% that was higher than 16.91% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
