The Hershey Company (HSY)

Hershey Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 19 professional analysts, the 12-month price target for Hershey stock ranges from a low of $134 to a high of $205. The average analyst price target of $172.42 forecasts a -2.79% decrease in the stock price over the next year.

Price Target: $172.42 (-2.79%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$134	$172.42	$172	$205
Change	-24.45%	-2.79%	-3.03%	+15.58%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Hershey stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	16	15	15	15	15	15
Sell	3	3	3	3	3	3
Strong Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	21	20	20	20	20	20

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Brian Holland DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $171 → $188	Hold	Maintains	$171 → $188	+5.99%	Aug 4, 2025
Andrew Lazar Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $165 → $190	Hold	Maintains	$165 → $190	+7.12%	Aug 1, 2025
Matthew Smith Stifel	Stifel	Hold Maintains $180 → $185	Hold	Maintains	$180 → $185	+4.30%	Jul 31, 2025
Chris Carey Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell Maintains $135 → $154	Sell	Maintains	$135 → $154	-13.18%	Jul 31, 2025
Michael Lavery Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Sell Maintains $145 → $160	Sell	Maintains	$145 → $160	-9.79%	Jul 31, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

11.57B

Increased by 3.26%

from 11.20B

Revenue Next Year

11.92B

Increased by 3.03%

from 11.57B

EPS This Year

6.00

Decreased by -45.10%

from 10.92

EPS Next Year

6.49

Increased by 8.26%

from 6.00

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	8.15B	8.97B	10.42B	11.16B	11.20B	11.57B	11.92B	12.21B
Revenue Growth	2.05%	10.08%	16.14%	7.16%	0.33%	3.26%	3.03%	2.47%
EPS	6.11	7.11	7.96	9.06	10.92	6.00	6.49	7.65
EPS Growth	11.91%	16.37%	11.96%	13.82%	20.53%	-45.10%	8.26%	17.91%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	29.59	27.33	23.18
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	26	26	14

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2029
High	12.3B	12.9B	13.1B
Avg	11.6B	11.9B	12.2B
Low	11.1B	11.3B	11.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2029
High	9.7%	11.7%	10.2%
Avg	3.3%	3.0%	2.5%
Low	-0.5%	-2.4%	-3.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2029
High	6.51	9.83	11.32
Avg	6.00	6.49	7.65
Low	5.24	5.12	6.26

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2029
High	-40.4%	64.0%	74.4%
Avg	-45.1%	8.3%	17.9%
Low	-52.0%	-14.7%	-3.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.