Buy This Gold Stock Before the New Year
America is about to see a massive shift in how regular people buy and store gold. Next year, the world's largest gold buyer is expected to launch a new way for everyday Americans to invest in gold with a simple tap on their phone - and it could go live in 2026. When it does, a tiny gold stock trading around $1.60 could explode.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 148,160,000 |
| Shares Float | 145,400,000 |
| Shares Short | 9,950,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 36% |
| Institution Holdings | 89.08% |
About Hershey Company
The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. It offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products, including mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; protein bars; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items comprising spreads, bars, snack bites, mixes, popcorn, and pretzels. 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, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Sour Strips, Whoppers, York, Ice Breakers, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Lily's, SkinnyPop, Pirates Booty, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and ONE Bar brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, 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 company exports its products in approximately 80 countries worldwide. The Hershey Company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
General
| Name | Hershey Company |
| Ticker | HSY |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Industry | Confectioners |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 18,540 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 187.65 |
| Market Cap | 38,186,500,000 |
| PE Ratio | 28.17 |
| PEG Ratio | 48.57 |
| EBITDA | 2,450,479,104 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 5.98 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 1.60 |
| Profit Margin | 11.84% |
| Operating Margin | 15.42 |
| Return on Assets | 0.09 |
| Return on Equity | 0.31 |
| Revenue | 11.5B |
| Earnings Per Share | 6.68 |
| Revenue Per Share | 56.66 |
| Gross Profit | 4,334,865,920 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.07 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 28.17 |
| Forward PE | 28.49 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 3.32 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 8.36 |
Dividend
Hershey Company pays out a dividend of $5.42 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.88%.
HSY's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on December 15, 2025.
They pay out 50.20% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Dec 15, 2025 | $1.37 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $1.37 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $1.37 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $1.37 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $1.37 |
| Sep 16, 2024 | $1.37 |
| Jun 14, 2024 | $1.37 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | $1.37 |
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