The Hershey Company (HSY)
Consumer Defensive · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for HSY is $201.97, 18.2% above the last close of $170.83 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $178.81 to $249.55. Rating consensus: Hold.
Snapshot
- P/E23.3x
- P/E vs sector-0.3%
- P/E vs own-30.5%
- Target upside+18.2%
- ConsensusHold
- Market cap$34.32B
- FCF yield+7.4%
- Insiders-$109M
- Earnings in13d
- News
Why it moved
The Hershey Company (HSY) rose 1.3% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Consumer Defensive stocks rose 1.0%. Most of the move came from its sector.
1 story on the day (30-day average 1.1).
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $170.83 · -5.8% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendsideways
- Sector▲ +2.6%
- MAs20▲ 50▼ 100▼ 200▼
- Above MAs1 of 4 above
- MA20×50—
- RSI60
- Support-0.6%
- Resistance+4.5%
- Off 52w high-26.6%
- Off ATH-31.8%
- 52w range$170.83
- Bollingerupper half
- MACD1.46
- ATR+2.0%
- Volume1.4x
Analyst price targets
15 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $170.83 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 2 · Buy 6 · Hold 14 · Sell 1 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +6.6% year over year, free cash flow 11.8% of revenue, operating margin 23.1%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 28, 2026 | $2.79B | 2.26 | $329M | 45.3% | 23.1% | 16.4% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Mar 29, 2026 | $3.1B | 2.13 | $354M | 39.4% | 20.6% | 14.0% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $3.09B | 1.57 | $715M | 37.0% | 14.4% | 10.4% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | $3.18B | 1.36 | $1.15B | 31.6% | 12.9% | 8.7% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | $2.61B | 0.31 | -$46.47M | 30.5% | 7.4% | 2.4% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Mar 30, 2025 | $2.81B | 1.10 | $251M | 33.7% | 13.2% | 8.0% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $2.89B | 3.92 | $807M | 54.0% | 32.5% | 27.6% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 29, 2024 | $2.99B | 2.20 | $567M | 41.3% | 20.5% | 14.9% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $63.91 | +1.4% | -0.8% | +5.4% | 23.5 | $81.57B | |
| 2 |  | $82.61 | -0.4% | -6.2% | -4.9% | 22.6 | $39.81B | |
| 3 |  | $104.54 | -2.5% | -11.7% | +0.6% | 213.3 | $37.88B | |
| 4 |  | $63.63 | +1.5% | -14.8% | +11.7% | 34.4 | $37.58B | |
| 5 |  | $18.91 | +1.3% | -2.4% | -5.4% | 21.7 | $36.32B | |
| 6 |  | $105.57 | +1.4% | -8.6% | +11.1% | 18.0 | $35.11B | |
| 7 | | $170.83 | +1.3% | -26.6% | +18.2% | 23.3 | $34.32B | |
| 8 |  | $134.36 | +0.4% | -12.7% | +2.0% | 17.5 | $29.66B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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