HSY (HSY) Stock

About HSY

HSY is led by CEO Kirk C. Tanner, employs 18,540 people, headquartered in Hershey, US, publicly traded since 1980.

HSY stock trades at $176.53 with a market capitalization of $35.80B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.12, price-to-book of 8.07, price-to-sales of 3.09. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $161.43 and $239.48, and currently trades 26.3% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 3.13%.

On profitability, HSY generates a return on equity (ROE) of 32.20% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 20.13%, an operating margin of 14.08%, a net profit margin of 12.24%.

In its most recent fiscal year, HSY reported annual revenue of $11.7B, net profit of $883.0M, revenue has compounded at 7.5% a year over the last five years, profit at -7.1% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.23, a current ratio of 1.19, total assets of $13.7B, $926.0M in cash and equivalents.

HSY has a beta of 0.10 (less volatile than the overall market).