Hershey Foods Corp. (HSY)

Sector:

Food Products

Index:

S&P 500

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$ 67.72
   
  • Change Today:
    $-0.28
  • 52 Week High: $69.00
  • 52 Week Low: $53.92
  • Currency: US Dollars
  • Shares Issued: 163.02m
  • Volume: 1,023,623
  • Market Cap: $11,040m
  • RiskGrade: 81
  • Beta: 0.37

HSY Overview

Hershey Foods is North America’s leading manufacturer of chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery and chocolate-related grocery products. The company manufactures confectionery products and markets them under more than 50 brands, including Hershey's chocolate bars, Hershey's Kisses brand chocolates, Reese's peanut butter cups, Jolly Rancher and Twizzlers sweets, Hershey's cocoa, and Hershey's syrup. The group is also a market leader in the gum and mint business, with brands such as Ice Breakers, Breath Savers and Bubble Yum.

1 Day Chart (25-05-2012)

6 Month Chart

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.0%
Div Cover 2.1
Op Mrgn 17.4%
ROCE 45.2%
Latest F'cast
P/E 23.8
PEG 1.0
Pr/Revenue 1.8
Pr/Book 12.7
Latest F'cast
Revenue 7.2%
PBT 19.0%
EPS 24.5%
DPS 7.8%

HSY Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 4,946.72 340.24 96.00¢ 41.0 n/a -79% 113.50¢ 2.9%
31-Dec-08 5,132.77 492.02 141.00¢ 24.6 0.5 +47% 119.00¢ 3.4%
31-Dec-09 5,298.67 671.13 197.00¢ 18.2 0.5 +40% 119.00¢ 3.3%
31-Dec-10 5,671.01 808.86 229.00¢ 20.6 1.3 +16% 128.00¢ 2.7%
31-Dec-11 6,080.79 962.84 285.00¢ 21.7 0.9 +24% 138.00¢ 2.2%

HSY Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 6,587.31 1,119.38 321.17¢ 21.1 1.7 +13% 148.91¢ 2.2%
31-Dec-13 6,912.32 1,227.34 354.25¢ 19.1 1.9 +10% 161.73¢ 2.4%

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HSY ShareCast News

US broker round-up 12-Mar-2012 ShareCast
Crunchie time approaching for Cadbury bid 23-Nov-2009 ShareCast
Hershey and Ferrero confirm Cadbury interest 18-Nov-2009 ShareCast

HSY Top Newspaper Links

Hershey strikes deal with UK grocers 09-Dec-2010 The Independent
Kraft Stands Firm on Its Cadbury Offer 16-Dec-2009 New York Times
Cadbury's War of Independence 15-Dec-2009 Sun

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Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

HSY Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $ 67.72
Change Today $ -0.28
% Change -0.41 %
52 Week High $69.00
52 Week Low $53.92
Volume 1,023,623
Shares Issued 163.02m
Market Cap $11,040m
Beta 0.37
RiskGrade 81

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 1
Neutral 10
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 17
buy
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Trades for 25-May-2012

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