Hershey Company (The)
S&P 500
$173.32
-0.59%
Delayed · cached 15 min
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✓Strengths
- Low debt: debt-to-equity of 0.05.
- Comfortable interest cover: operating profit covers interest about 6.4 times.
- Return on equity is healthy at 19.1%.
- Return on capital employed is moderate at 13.2%.
- Net profit margin is 7.6%.
!Watch-points
No notable watch-points flagged by the automated checks.
These points are generated automatically from the company’s reported figures to highlight what stands out. They are descriptive observations for educational purposes only — not advice or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.
Forensic Checks
Altman Z-ScoreDistress zone
1.81
In Altman’s study, scores in this range were associated with a higher incidence of financial distress.
Computed without the market-value term.
Piotroski F-ScoreModerate
4 / 7
The F-Score adds one point for each of several year-on-year signs of improving profitability, lower leverage and better efficiency. Higher is generally stronger.
Based on 7 of the 9 signals — the rest need data not available for this stock.
These are well-known academic screening models, shown for educational context only. They describe historical financial patterns and are not predictions, advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.
Key Ratios
Market Cap$34.82B
Current Price$ 173.32
High / Low$ 239.48 / 161.43
Stock P/E23.709988
Book Value$ 21.07
Dividend Yield3.24%
ROCE13.15%
ROE19.05%
Debt to Equity0.05
Current Ratio1.19
P/B Ratio7.632217
Debt$218.55M
PAT Margin7.55%
Cash PAT$1.39B
ICR6.41