The Hershey Company (HSY)
NYSE: HSY · Real-Time Price · USD
183.90
+0.67 (0.37%)
At close: Jul 24, 2025, 4:00 PM
185.00
+1.10 (0.60%)
After-hours: Jul 24, 2025, 7:50 PM EDT

Hershey Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 20 analysts that cover Hershey stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $165.37, which forecasts a -10.08% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $132 and the highest is $205.

Price Target: $165.37 (-10.08%)
Analyst Consensus: Hold
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$132$165.37$165$205
Change-28.22%-10.08%-10.28%+11.47%

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

RatingFeb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25
Strong Buy000000
Buy000000
Hold161615151515
Sell433333
Strong Sell222222
Total222120202020

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
Piper Sandler
Piper Sandler
Sell
Maintains
$120$145
SellMaintains$120$145-21.15%Jul 23, 2025
Mizuho
Mizuho
Hold
Maintains
$167$155
HoldMaintains$167$155-15.72%May 28, 2025
Barclays
Barclays
Hold
Maintains
$160$165
HoldMaintains$160$165-10.28%May 5, 2025
DA Davidson
DA Davidson
Hold
Maintains
$162$163
HoldMaintains$162$163-11.36%May 5, 2025
UBS
UBS
Hold
Maintains
$175$170
HoldMaintains$175$170-7.56%May 2, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
11.56B
from 11.20B
Increased by 3.17%
Revenue Next Year
11.91B
from 11.56B
Increased by 3.04%
EPS This Year
6.00
from 10.92
Decreased by -45.10%
EPS Next Year
6.49
from 6.00
Increased by 8.26%
Fiscal YearFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026FY 2027
Period EndingDec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2026Dec 31, 2027
Revenue
8.15B8.97B10.42B11.16B11.20B11.56B11.91B12.20B
Revenue Growth
2.05%10.08%16.14%7.16%0.33%3.17%3.04%2.42%
EPS
6.117.117.969.0610.926.006.497.65
EPS Growth
11.91%16.37%11.96%13.82%20.53%-45.10%8.26%17.91%
Forward PE
-----30.6728.3424.03
No. Analysts
-----262614
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue2025202620272029
High12.3B12.9B13.1B
Avg11.6B11.9B12.2B
Low11.1B11.3B11.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth2025202620272029
High
9.5%
11.9%
9.8%
Avg
3.2%
3.0%
2.4%
Low
-0.5%
-2.3%
-3.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS2025202620272029
High6.519.8311.32
Avg6.006.497.65
Low5.245.126.26

EPS Growth

EPS Growth2025202620272029
High
-40.4%
64.0%
74.4%
Avg
-45.1%
8.3%
17.9%
Low
-52.0%
-14.7%
-3.5%
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.