Business description: The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company specializes in producing and selling chocolate-based products and candies. The group is involved in producing and selling snacks, beverages, garnishing and cooking products, chewing gum, etc. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:

- chocolate-based products and confectionery (81.4%): Hershey, Reese, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat®, Payday, Rolo®, Twizzlers, Whoppers, York and other brands;

- snacks (10.1%): SkinnyPop, Pirate's Booty, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels and other brands.

The remaining net sales (8.5%) are from international activities.

At the end of 2024, the group has 13 production sites in the United States (10), Mexico (2) and Malaysia.

The United States accounts for 87.2% of net sales.

Number of employees: 19,285

Sales by Activity: The Hershey Company

Fiscal Period: December20202021202220232024

North America Confectionery

- 7.68B 8.54B 9.12B 9.12B

International

- 733M 853M 949M 948M

North America

7.42B - - - -

International and Other

733M - - - -

North America Salty Snacks

- 555M 1.03B 1.09B 1.14B
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Geographical breakdown of sales: The Hershey Company

Fiscal Period: December20202021202220232024

United States

7.04B 7.81B 9.12B 9.75B 9.77B

ALL Other Countries

1.11B 1.16B 1.3B 1.41B 1.43B
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Executive Committee: The Hershey Company

Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 57 2025-08-17
Director of Finance/CFO 56 2019-05-12
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 52 2023-10-22
Investor Relations Contact - -
Human Resources Officer 54 2025-08-17
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Composition of the Board of Directors: The Hershey Company

Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 68 2013-08-08
Chairman 53 2025-08-17
Director/Board Member 38 2024-05-05
Director/Board Member 61 2024-05-05
Director/Board Member 55 2025-05-05
Director/Board Member 62 2025-05-05
Director/Board Member 66 2025-05-05
Director/Board Member 58 2025-05-05
Director/Board Member 62 2025-05-05
Director/Board Member 56 2025-08-10
Composition of the Board of Directors

Shareholders: The Hershey Company

NameEquities%Valuation
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co.
12.74 %
18,875,564 12.74 % 3 202 M $
BlackRock Advisors LLC
6.666 %
9,872,813 6.666 % 1 675 M $
Capital Research & Management Co. (International Investors)
6.034 %
8,936,771 6.034 % 1 516 M $
4.897 %
7,253,041 4.897 % 1 230 M $
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
3.505 %
5,191,189 3.505 % 881 M $
NameEquities%Valuation
Hershey Trust Co.
100 %
54,612,012 100 % 9 264 M $
Hershey Trust Co.
100 %
54,612,012 100 % 9 264 M $
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Company details: The Hershey Company

The Hershey Co.

19 East Chocolate Avenue

17033-9524, Hershey

+717 534 4200

http://www.thehersheycompany.com
address The Hershey Company(HSY)

Group companies: The Hershey Company

NameCategory and Sector
Hershey International LLC
Hershey International LLC
Food: Specialty/Candy
Food: Specialty/Candy
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Other Food Processing

Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-0.09%-3.07%+4.35%-21.61% 36.97B
-0.57%-1.27%+4.04%-29.36% 252B
-1.60%-4.63%-12.66%-18.41% 70.85B
+0.08%-1.06%+17.45%+49.90% 57.25B
-1.21%-3.53%+221.14%+456.36% 30.16B
-0.01%-0.60%+2.97%+13.78% 28.93B
-1.02%-4.59%-21.00%-38.25% 28.81B
-0.59%-2.85%+14.76%-35.05% 28.36B
+0.36%-1.08%+10.02%+25.22% 26.71B
-0.11%-3.00%-29.40%-46.21% 24.5B
Average -0.48%-2.57%+21.17%+35.64% 58.44B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.57%-2.16%+12.66%+8.50%
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Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
25
Last Close Price
182.30USD
Average target price
189.70USD
Spread / Average Target
+4.06%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

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