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Today's multi-factor rank: 387 of 466 · see the ranking

The Hershey Company (HSY): Quantitative Analysis

The Hershey Company (HSY) — Consumer Defensive — Confectioners. HSY is in the S&P 500 today. Model factor scores and market data, recalculated every trading day.

So far in 2026, HSY has returned −4.3% against +12.2% for the S&P 500 (SPY): total return, dividends included on both sides, from Dec 31, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026.

HSY ranks 387 of 466 on today's multifactor score, and 22 of the 31 Consumer Defensive companies that score. Its strongest factor is quality (Z -0.02, ranked 226 of 473); its weakest is value (Z -0.53, ranked 393 of 494). Each factor ranks only the companies with data for it, and the multifactor score only those with all four: that is why the totals differ.

Factor scores

The Z-Score is how many standard deviations the company sits from the index average: 0 is average, positive is better than average, negative is worse.

FactorZ-ScoreRank
Multifactor-0.293387 of 466 ↑9
Momentum-0.510345 of 497 ↑29
Value-0.532393 of 494 ↓2
Quality-0.024226 of 473 =
Growth-0.105215 of 494 =

Market data

MetricValue
Price$169.79
Market Cap34.12B
P/E22.98
Revenue (last 12 months)12.16B
Price / book7.48
Book value per share$22.71
52-week range$161.43 – $239.48
Dividend yield3.45%
Beta0.10
Average volume1,646,571
Shares outstanding146.31M
Short interest (% of float)7.33% (as of Aug 31, 2026)

When does HSY report earnings? 12 of its last 12, before the open →

What are HSY insiders doing? 240 transactions filed with the SEC, of them 3 buys and 147 sells, the last one on Sep 16, 2026 →

Data as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: point-in-time SEC fundamentals and closing prices. Method and formulas are on the home page.

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