HSY: Hershey Company Company Profile & Statistics

About

The Hershey Company is the manufacturer of chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery. In addition, Hershey manufactures pantry items like baking ingredients, toppings and beverages; gum and mint refreshment products; snack bites and mixes, as well as spreads. Hershey reports its operations through three reportable segments. These are North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks and International. North America Confectionery segment consists of chocolate and nonchocolate confectionery. The unit includes business in chocolate and nonchocolate confectionery, gum and refreshment products, protein bars, spreads, snack bites and mixes. North America Salty Snacks segment is responsible for salty snacking products in the United States which includes ready-to-eat popcorn, baked and trans-fat free snacks, pretzels as well as other snacks. International unit is a combination of all other operating segments. Under the unit, it operates and manufactures products across Mexico, Brazil, India and Malaysia.

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CEO

Michele G. Buck

Headquarters

19 East Chocolate Avenue
Hershey, PA 17033, UNITED STATES

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Share holders

23,332

Employees

20,505

Hershey Company Statistics

Valuation Measures

Market Capitalization²

34.60B

Enterprise Value

39.27B

Enterprise Value/EBITDA(ttm)

13.68

Price to Earnings Ratio(ttm)

21.05

Price to Sales(ttm)

3.38

Price to Book(mrq)

8.81

Price to Cash(ytd)

15.65

Profitability

Gross Margin(ttm)

43.81%

Operating Margin(ttm)

16.18%

Profit Margin(ttm)

15.33%

Return on Equity(ttm)

43.24%

Return on Invested Capital(ttm)

22.97%

Return on Assets(ttm)

14.40%

Income Statement

Revenue(ttm)

10.97B

Revenue Per Share(ttm)

54.22

Gross Profit(ttm)

4.87B

EBITDA(ttm)³

2.87B

Net Income Available to Common(ttm)

1.77B

Diluted EPS(ttm)

8.68

Share Statistics

Beta (5Y Monthly)

0.37

52-Week Change

-7.68%

S&P 500 52-Week Change

26.66%

S&P 500 Member

Yes

Stock Optionable

Yes

Total Shares Outstanding¹

202.35M

Dividend Yield

2.99%

Float⁴

201.77M

% Held by Insiders

0.29%

% Held by Institutions

57.96%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash(mrq)

614.95M

Total Cash Per Share(mrq)

3.04

Total Debt(mrq)

5.29B

Total Debt/Equity(mrq)

125.81%

Current Ratio(mrq)

0.85%

Quick Ratio(mrq)

0.54%

Book Value Per Share(mrq)

20.78

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow Per Share(ytd)

7.83

Free Cash Flow(ytd)

1.12B

Table Key

mrq = Most Recent Quarter

ttm = Trailing Twelve Months

ytd = Year To Date

Footnotes

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research or calculated by FXEmpire. All numbers are rounded to the closest decimal.

1 Total Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report.
2 Market Cap is calculated using total shares outstanding and the most recent share price.
3 EBITDA is calculated using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting.
4 The float is a measure of the number of shares available for trading by the public. It's calculated by taking the number of issued and outstanding shares minus any restricted stock, which might not be publicly traded.

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