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Hershey Company (The)
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- Russell 1000
What Hershey Company (The) is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 28, 2026: $12.2 billion, up 7.6% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 28, 2026: $2.23 billion, up 35% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 28, 2026: $0.43 billion, down 12% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.98 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 30, 2026): sentiment 0.10 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.40 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 6 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 17, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $113 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,417 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−63 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 4 (4 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Hershey Company (The) is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending38th pct
- Debt raised5th pct
- Buybacks vs capex17th pct
- Hiring filings86th pct
- Deals and private raises49th pct
- Patent publications94th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment42nd pct
- Call confidence19th pct
- Guidance changes95th pct
- Risk factors added64th pct
- Insider open-market trades33rd pct
- + Guidance changes
- − Call confidence
- − Insider open-market trades
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver25th pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →Hershey Company (The)'s borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$5.7B
- Due within a year $0.9B
- Longer term $4.8B
- Default point $3.3B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 28, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2025 | $500M | 4.550% | 2028 (3y) | +28bp | 4.575% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $500M | 4.750% | 2030 (5y) | +42bp | 4.790% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $500M | 4.950% | 2032 (7y) | +52bp | 4.982% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $500M | 5.100% | 2035 (10y) | +62bp | 5.155% |
From the pricing term sheets Hershey Company (The) filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE HERSHEY COMPANY)third_quarter 2026 · $0.3 million
- Oct 6, 2026Patent
- Sep 2, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 21, 2026Patent
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE HERSHEY COMPANY)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jun 23, 2026Patent
- Jun 9, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 28, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 8, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 17, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE HERSHEY COMPANY)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 14, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 17, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE HERSHEY COMPANY)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.7 million
- Dec 16, 2025Patent
- Nov 11, 2025Patent
- Oct 21, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Oct 21, 20258-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- Oct 17, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (THE HERSHEY COMPANY)third_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Aug 27, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 4, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 18, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (THE HERSHEY COMPANY)second_quarter 2025 · $0.3 million
- Jul 8, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 16, 2025Risk event
- May 9, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 8, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (THE HERSHEY COMPANY)first_quarter 2025 · $0.2 million
- Mar 25, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (THE HERSHEY COMPANY)third_quarter 2024 · $0.1 million
- Mar 7, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 28, 2025Risk event
- Feb 25, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 24, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 20, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 18, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Feb 11, 2025Risk event
- Jan 15, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 13, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 15, 2024Risk event
- Feb 20, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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| Smithfield Foods SFD | $15.5B | — | Jun 28, 2026 |
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| Post Holdings POST | $8.4B | $0.6B | Jun 30, 2026 |
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| Pilgrim's Pride PPC | $18.4B | $0.8B | Jun 28, 2026 |