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The Hershey Company (HSY) Company Bio

Hershey Company sells chocolate and sugar confectionery products, pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, sundae syrups, and beverages, snack items, including spreads, and gum and mint refreshment products comprising chewing gums and bubble gums. The company was founded in 1894 and is based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

HSY Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation

Below please find a table outlining a discounted cash flow forecast for HSY, in which we model out valuation assuming a variety of terminal growth rates. To summarize, we found that Hershey Co ranked in the 40st percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that all scenearios modelled for this stock suggest it is overvalued. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Hershey Co ended up being:

• Interest coverage, a measure of earnings relative to interest payments, is 11.5; that's higher than 74.51% of US stocks in the Consumer Defensive sector that have positive free cash flow.
• HSY's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 3%; for context, that number is higher than 38.62% of tickers in our DCF set.

SMPL, CAG, LFVN, USNA, and CHD can be thought of as valuation peers to HSY, in the sense that they are in the Consumer Defensive sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.