The Hershey Company (HSY)

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 $164.05, which forecasts a -7.04% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $120 and the highest is $205.

Price Target: $164.05 (-7.04%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$120	$164.05	$165	$205
Change	-32.00%	-7.04%	-6.50%	+16.17%

* Price targets were last updated on May 28, 2025.

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

Rating	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	16	16	15	15	15	15
Sell	4	3	3	3	3	3
Strong Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	22	21	20	20	20	20

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
John Baumgartner Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Maintains $167 → $155	Hold	Maintains	$167 → $155	-12.17%	May 28, 2025
Andrew Lazar Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $160 → $165	Hold	Maintains	$160 → $165	-6.50%	May 5, 2025
Brian Holland DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $162 → $163	Hold	Maintains	$162 → $163	-7.63%	May 5, 2025
Peter Grom UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $175 → $170	Hold	Maintains	$175 → $170	-3.67%	May 2, 2025
Nik Modi RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $178 → $175	Hold	Maintains	$178 → $175	-0.83%	May 2, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

11.55B

Increased by 3.10%

from 11.20B

Revenue Next Year

11.90B

Increased by 3.05%

from 11.55B

EPS This Year

6.04

Decreased by -44.73%

from 10.92

EPS Next Year

6.57

Increased by 8.84%

from 6.04

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	11.55B	11.90B	12.20B
Revenue Growth	2.05%	10.08%	16.14%	7.16%	0.33%	3.10%	3.05%	2.49%
EPS	6.11	7.11	7.96	9.06	10.92	6.04	6.57	7.71
EPS Growth	11.91%	16.37%	11.96%	13.82%	20.53%	-44.73%	8.84%	17.41%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	29.24	26.87	22.88
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	27	27	15

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2029
High	12.1B	12.7B	13.1B
Avg	11.6B	11.9B	12.2B
Low	11.1B	11.3B	11.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2029
High	8.0%	10.3%	9.9%
Avg	3.1%	3.0%	2.5%
Low	-0.5%	-2.2%	-3.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2029
High	6.51	9.83	11.32
Avg	6.04	6.57	7.71
Low	5.24	5.51	6.26

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2029
High	-40.4%	63.0%	72.3%
Avg	-44.7%	8.8%	17.4%
Low	-52.0%	-8.7%	-4.7%

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.