The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells confectionery products. The company operates through two segments, North America; and International and Other. It offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products comprising mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items, including spreads, meat snacks, bars and snack bites, mixes, popcorn and protein bars, and cookies. The company provides its products primarily under the Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat, Lancaster, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Whoppers, York, Scharffen Berger, Dagoba, Ice Breakers, Breathsavers, Bubble Yum, SkinnyPop, Pirate's Booty, Oatmega, Paqui, ONE, and Krave brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, Nutrine, Maha Lacto, Jumpin, and Sofit brands. It markets and sells its products to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, and department stores. The Hershey Company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Show More...
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Website http://www.thehersheycompany.com
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Sector Consumer Defensive
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Industry Confectioners
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Last Quote 141.62 EUR
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Last Updated 30-05-2025
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Interest Coverage
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2010-12 2011-12 2012-12 2013-12 2014-12 2015-12 2016-12 2017-12 2018-12 2019-12 TTM Earnings Per Share USD 2.21 2.74 2.89 3.61 3.77 2.32 3.34 3.66 5.58 5.46 5.3 Dividends USD 0.32 1.38 1.56 1.81 2.04 2.24 1.81 1.93 2.75 2.99 3.04 Payout Ratio % * 50.1 52.1 50.6 54.0 96.8 47.3 56.4 55.5 48.5 57.4 Shares Mil 230.0 230.0 228.0 227.0 225.0 221.0 215.0 214.0 211.0 211.0 211.0 Book Value Per Share * EUR 2.87 3.18 3.31 4.35 5.75 3.75 3.99 3.27 5.15 7.51 7.37 Free Cash Flow Per Share * EUR 2.16 1.43 2.09 2.63 2.18 2.73 3.3 3.55 4.83 5.84 Return on Assets % 12.83 14.48 14.42 16.23 15.42 9.35 13.25 14.14 17.77 14.51 13.36 Financial Leverage (Average) 4.74 5.2 4.59 3.34 3.87 5.36 7.03 6.07 5.51 4.68 5.3 Return on Equity % 62.83 71.83 70.1 62.12 55.36 41.82 80.73 92.05 101.77 73.28 72.36 Return on Invested Capital % 22.86 25.21 25.46 26.99 25.01 15.85 21.69 22.36 26.68 21.03 19.04 Interest Coverage 9.28 11.16 11.31 14.67 15.91 12.14 12.96 12.1 10.6 10.08 9.77 Current Ratio 1.54 1.74 1.44 1.77 1.16 0.83 0.95 0.96 0.93 1.05 0.99 Quick Ratio 0.98 0.93 0.81 1.13 0.55 0.43 0.46 0.47 0.49 0.53 0.62 Debt/Equity 1.71 2.06 1.48 1.12 1.06 1.56 2.99 2.25 2.33 2.14 2.18