Hershey Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 21 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Hershey stock have an average target of 169.29, with a low estimate of 120 and a high estimate of 210. The average target predicts a decrease of -2.07% from the current stock price of 172.86.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$120	$169.29	$165	$210
Change	-30.58%	-2.07%	-4.55%	+21.49%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Hershey stock from 22 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	14	14	14	14	14	16
Sell	2	2	2	3	4	4
Strong Sell	2	3	3	3	3	2
Total	20	19	19	20	21	22

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Andrew Lazar Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $170 → $160	Hold	Maintains	$170 → $160	-7.44%	Feb 10, 2025
Brian Holland DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $164 → $149	Hold	Maintains	$164 → $149	-13.80%	Feb 10, 2025
Matthew Smith Stifel	Stifel	Hold Maintains $170 → $160	Hold	Maintains	$170 → $160	-7.44%	Feb 7, 2025
Thomas Palmer Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Sell → Hold Upgrades $159 → $154	Strong Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$159 → $154	-10.91%	Feb 7, 2025
Nik Modi RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Reiterates $178	Hold	Reiterates	$178	+2.97%	Feb 3, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

11.52B

from 11.20B

2.84%

from 11.20B

Revenue Next Year

11.85B

from 11.52B

2.84%

from 11.52B

EPS This Year

6.57

from 10.92

-39.84%

from 10.92

EPS Next Year

6.92

from 6.57

5.32%

from 6.57

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	8.15B	8.97B	10.42B	11.16B	11.20B	11.52B	11.85B	12.19B
Revenue Growth	2.05%	10.08%	16.14%	7.16%	0.33%	2.84%	2.84%	2.86%
EPS	6.11	7.11	7.96	9.06	10.92	6.57	6.92	7.83
EPS Growth	11.90%	16.37%	11.95%	13.82%	20.53%	-39.84%	5.32%	13.18%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	26.31	24.99	22.08
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	27	26	13

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	12.2B	12.6B	13.1B
Avg	11.5B	11.8B	12.2B
Low	11.0B	11.2B	11.4B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	8.5%	9.6%	10.6%
Avg	2.8%	2.8%	2.9%
Low	-1.7%	-3.1%	-3.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	9.35	9.83	10.87
Avg	6.57	6.92	7.83
Low	5.90	5.10	6.46

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-14.4%	49.6%	57.1%
Avg	-39.8%	5.3%	13.2%
Low	-46.0%	-22.4%	-6.7%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.