Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.77M but it saw 2865574 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 31.17B USD, the company’s current market price of $153.86 came rising about 1.70 while comparing to the previous closing price of $151.29. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $208.03 and as low as $140.13.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Bernstein which reiterated the stock as “Mkt Perform” in its note to investors issued on May 02, 2025, recommending a price target of between $147 and $155 for it. Citigroup issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $159 and $154.
Over the week, HSY’s stock price is moving -6.01% down while it is -7.65% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -9.15% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -26.06%.
Currently, Hershey Company’s total number of outstanding shares is 147.98M with 0.36% of that held by the insiders while 121.13% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 16.19% and return on equity (ROE) at 37.48%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 18.98 while having a 23.99 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.27. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 6.65 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.90. Its return on asset (ROA) is 12.50% on average.
