HSY: The Hershey Company Company Profile & Statistics

The Hershey Company Profile

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

Kirk Tanner

Headquarters

19 East Chocolate Avenue
Hershey, PA 17033, UNITED STATES

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Share holders

22,085

Employees

19,595

The Hershey Company Statistics

Valuation Measures

Market Capitalization²

36.41B

Enterprise Value

40.89B

Enterprise Value/EBITDA(ttm)

18.34

Price to Earnings Ratio(ttm)

33.41

Price to Sales(ttm)

3.65

Price to Book(mrq)

9.22

Price to Cash(ytd)

23.93

Profitability

Gross Margin(ttm)

33.44%

Operating Margin(ttm)

10.98%

Profit Margin(ttm)

7.36%

Return on Equity(ttm)

27.90%

Return on Invested Capital(ttm)

9.35%

Return on Assets(ttm)

9.35%

Income Statement

Revenue(ttm)

11.99B

Revenue Per Share(ttm)

59.12

Gross Profit(ttm)

4.20B

EBITDA(ttm)³

2.23B

Net Income Available to Common(ttm)

1.09B

Diluted EPS(ttm)

4.34

Share Statistics

Beta (5Y Monthly)

0.18

52-Week Change

7.26%

S&P 500 52-Week Change

18.52%

S&P 500 Member

Yes

Stock Optionable

Yes

Total Shares Outstanding¹

202.84M

Dividend Yield

2.75%

Float⁴

202.00M

% Held by Insiders

0.34%

% Held by Institutions

57.96%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash(mrq)

876.98M

Total Cash Per Share(mrq)

4.32

Total Debt(mrq)

5.36B

Total Debt/Equity(mrq)

116.53%

Current Ratio(mrq)

1.19%

Quick Ratio(mrq)

0.72%

Book Value Per Share(mrq)

22.86

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow Per Share(ytd)

11.20

Free Cash Flow(ytd)

1.82B

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.

HSY

The Hershey Company