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: 18,573

Sales by Activity: The Hershey Company

Fiscal Period: December 2021 (USD) 2022 (USD) 2023 (USD) 2024 (USD) 2025 (USD)

North America Confectionery

7.68B 8.54B 9.12B 9.12B 9.48B

International

733M 853M 949M 948M 942M

North America Salty Snacks

555M 1.03B 1.09B 1.14B 1.27B

Geographical breakdown of sales: The Hershey Company

Fiscal Period: December 2021 (USD) 2022 (USD) 2023 (USD) 2024 (USD) 2025 (USD)

United States

7.81B 9.12B 9.75B 9.77B 10.25B

ALL Other Countries

1.16B 1.3B 1.41B 1.43B 1.44B

Executive Committee: The Hershey Company

Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 58 17/08/2025
Director of Finance/CFO 57 12/05/2019
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 52 22/10/2023
Investor Relations Contact - 30/04/2023
Corporate Officer/Principal - 30/04/2025

Composition of the Board of Directors: The Hershey Company

Director TitleAgeSince
Chairman 54 17/08/2025
Director/Board Member 39 05/05/2024
Director/Board Member 62 05/05/2024
Director/Board Member 56 05/05/2025
Director/Board Member 63 05/05/2025
Director/Board Member 67 05/05/2025
Director/Board Member 59 05/05/2025
Director/Board Member 63 05/05/2025
Director/Board Member 57 10/08/2025
Director/Board Member 58 17/08/2025

Shareholders: The Hershey Company

NameStocks%Valuation
BlackRock Advisors LLC
6.641 %
9,843,901 6.641 % 1 727 M $
Vanguard Capital Management LLC
6.494 %
9,626,691 6.494 % 1 689 M $
4.938 %
7,320,055 4.938 % 1 284 M $
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC
4.86 %
7,204,428 4.86 % 1 264 M $
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
2.9 %
4,298,750 2.9 % 754 M $
NameStocks%Valuation
Hershey Trust Co.
100 %
54,612,012 100 % 9 582 M $
Hershey Trust Co.
100 %
54,612,012 100 % 9 582 M $

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
Food: Specialty/Candy
Food: Specialty/Candy
Food: Specialty/Candy
Food: Specialty/Candy

Other Food Processing

Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+0.87%+1.38%-4.99%-29.78% 34.61B
+2.92%+3.78%+12.28%-16.64% 267B
+1.12%+3.59%-14.02%-18.15% 76.84B
-1.04%-1.56%+5.33%+25.67% 52.35B
+0.98%+6.49%+58.18%+5.46% 41.54B
+0.81%+2.93%-8.98%-27.94% 30.58B
+0.02%-6.30%+31.36%+88.18% 30.76B
+2.70%+4.67%+22.17%+30.70% 29.09B
+1.48%+7.21%+63.93%+16.95% 23.58B
-1.26%+4.45%-14.74%-36.06% 20.66B
Average +0.86%+0.85%+15.05%+3.84% 60.7B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.64%+0.72%+11.97%-4.76%
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
23
Last Close Price
170.63USD
Average target price
210.81USD
Spread / Average Target
+23.55%

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