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The Hershey Company (HSY) stock score

Consumer Defensive · Confectioners · United States

$162.74 ▲ +0.12% today

32.1
Dad Score, out of 100
weak

The Hershey Company (HSY) is a Confectioners company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 32.1 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a weak reading that places the business ahead of 32% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Consumer Defensive it ranks #147 of 232. Its strongest axes are valuation and liquidity; its weakest are quality and price action.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Above average
Quality
Below average
Growth
Average
Price action
Weak
Risk
Weak
Conviction
Below average
Liquidity
Strong
Macro
Below average

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)21.9×
P/E (forward)16.2×
Dividend yield3.54%
Return on capital13.4%
Operating margin23.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.4%
FCF yield4.8%
Net debt / EBITDA1.89×
Piotroski F-Score5 / 9
52-week change-15.4%
Market cap$32.2B
Next earningsNov 5, 2026

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Consumer Defensive peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
WMTWalmart Inc.26.4weak$827.2B
COSTCostco Wholesale Corporation78.5good$408.1B
KOThe Coca-Cola Company29.8weak$368.5B
PGThe Procter & Gamble Company46.1middling$336.8B
PMPhilip Morris International Inc.88.0strong$292.2B
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.51.9middling$172.0B
BUDAnheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV44.9middling$144.6B
ULUnilever PLC34.5weak$128.6B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.