Hershey Co. (HSY): Price and Financial Metrics

HSY POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where HSY ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 92.8% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for HSY is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
• HSY ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 13th percentile.

HSY Stock Summary

• HERSHEY CO's market capitalization of $39,230,931,619 is ahead of 93.42% of US-listed equities.
• HSY's went public 38.03 years ago, making it older than 92.92% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• Of note is the ratio of HERSHEY CO's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.07% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to HERSHEY CO are GWW, PAYX, ROST, CCEP, and GIS.
• Visit HSY's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.thehersheycompany.com.

HSY Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, HSY's price/sales ratio is 247.37% higher, now standing at 3.3.
• Over the past 243 months, HSY's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for HSY.

HSY Growth Metrics

Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 66.52%.
• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 44.67%.
• Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 3.22%.

HSY's revenue has moved up $2,412,213,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows HSY's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	10,419.29	2,327.837	1,644.817
2022-09-30	10,093.08	2,239.361	1,584.077
2022-06-30	9,724.77	2,179.005	1,629.517
2022-03-31	9,341.61	2,129.711	1,615.191
2021-12-31	8,971.337	2,082.884	1,477.512
2021-09-30	8,830.453	2,008.108	1,433.343

HSY's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• HSY has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 95.39% of graded US stocks.
• HSY's asset turnover comes in at 0.968 -- ranking 24th of 59 Food Products stocks.
• K, LNDC, and LANC are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with HSY.

The table below shows HSY's key quality metrics over time.