A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) stock price down -1.25% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $157.28. HSY’s price has ranged from $156.10 to $211.92 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 8.86%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -5.58%. With a float of $147.25 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $147.73 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 20505 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 43.48%, operating margin of 21.6%, and the pretax margin is 18.87%.
Hershey Company (HSY) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Confectioners Industry. The insider ownership of Hershey Company is 27.23%, while institutional ownership is 61.96%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jan 13 ’25, was worth 159,170. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 03 ’24, when Company’s SVP, Chief Financial Officer sold 1,000 for $180.00, making the entire transaction worth $180,000. This insider now owns 30,228 shares in total.
Hershey Company (HSY) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -5.58% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -6.86% during the next five years compared to 10.17% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Hershey Company’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.86. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 19.00.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.68, a number that is poised to hit 2.38 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.79 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Hershey Company (HSY)
Looking closely at Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), its last 5-days average volume was 2.42 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.91 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 8.55%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.58.
During the past 100 days, Hershey Company’s (HSY) raw stochastic average was set at 1.59%, which indicates a significant decrease from 4.77% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 15.58% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 28.15% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $173.96, while its 200-day Moving Average is $188.03. However, in the short run, Hershey Company’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $156.90. Second resistance stands at $158.49. The third major resistance level sits at $159.71. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $154.09, it is likely to go to the next support level at $152.87. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $151.28.
Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 31.43 billion, the company has a total of 202,355K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 11,165 M while annual income is 1,862 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 2,987 M while its latest quarter income was 446,300 K.
