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HERSHEY CO

HSY

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Signs6 gooddetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$11.69B$11.20B$11.16B$10.42B$8.97B$8.15B
Operating income$1.44B$2.90B$2.56B$2.26B$2.04B$1.78B
Net income$883.3M$2.22B$1.86B$1.64B$1.48B$1.28B
Total assets$13.74B$12.95B$11.90B$10.95B$10.41B$9.13B
Total liabilities$9.10B$8.23B$7.80B$7.65B$7.66B$6.89B
Equity$4.64B$4.71B$4.10B$3.30B$2.76B$2.23B
EPS (diluted)
Shares out.202.8M202.4M204.4M205.0M206.1M208.2M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
12.3%
Net margin
7.6%
Return on equity
19.0%
Return on assets
6.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
13.4%
Liabilities / assets
66.3%
Debt / equity
1.96×
Book value / share
$22.86
Revenue growth (YoY)
4.4%
Net income growth (YoY)
−60.2%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
2.82safe
Accruals / assets
10.1%clean
Piotroski F-Score
4/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
72
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 75

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

6 good
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
0 acquisitions12 disposalsnet 15,453 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerMay 28, 2026Sell3,962$196.63
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerMay 26, 2026Sell1,774$190.73
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerMay 21, 2026Sell255$187.70
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerMay 18, 2026Sell237$186.74
Voskuil Steven EOfficer — SVP, Chief Financial OfficerMay 18, 2026Sell1,500$186.25
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerMay 14, 2026Sell836$189.98
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerMay 11, 2026Sell181$184.74
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerMay 7, 2026Sell93$182.98
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerMay 4, 2026Sell2,176$180.76
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerApr 30, 2026Sell200$182.31
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerApr 27, 2026Sell3,666$186.59
Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hershey School10% ownerApr 23, 2026Sell573$190.74

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 202610.5M5.3+17.5%
Apr 30, 20268.9M4.3-5.4%
Apr 15, 20269.4M5.0+8.8%
Mar 31, 20268.7M4.3+13.7%
Mar 13, 20267.6M5.4-7.5%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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