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Intrinsiqq is a Netherlands-based company operating in Rotterdam, KvK 73238007.
The Hershey Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on October 24, 1927 as a successor to a business founded in 1894 by Milton S. In this report, the terms Hershey, Company, we, us or our mean The Hershey Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and entities in which it has a controlling financial interest, unless the context indicates otherwise.
$175.08
$2.35 (-1.32%)
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12.33% operating margin is respectable but not wide. ROIC at 10.74%. Suggests the business covers its cost of capital, but doesn't point to a wide moat.
Revenue grew 4.4%, steady but not accelerating. Margins contracted 13.5pp, which offsets some of the top-line progress.
ROIC dropped from 27.08% to 10.74%, capital efficiency is deteriorating. Operating margin contracted 13.5pp YoY, cost discipline may be slipping.
23.9x earnings, 15.9x FCF. Valuation is in a reasonable range. The main question is whether the business can re-accelerate or if current trajectory is already priced in.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$12.16B
▲ +4.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$1.49B
▼ -60.2% YoY
Op. Margin
17.78%
▼ -13.5pp YoY
ROIC
16.52%
▼ -16.3pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$2.23B
▼ -5.3% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$2.66B
▼ -10.0% YoY
Net Debt
$5.21B
Cash & Equiv.
$791M
5Y CAGR: +7.5%
5Y CAGR: +7.7%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 30 Jul 2026, covering the period ending 28 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 31 Jul 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, live as of 3 Sept 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
At a P/E of 23.9 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 15.9, Hershey (HSY) trades around a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $232.04 per share, so at $175.08 the stock looks around fair value (32.5% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Hershey scores 56/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 3.1%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $232.04 per share for HSY, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $174.03. At today's $175.08, that puts the stock about 32.5% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Hershey scores 56 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 17.8% operating margin and a 16.5% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, Hershey pays a regular dividend of about $5.51 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 3.1% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 75.0% of earnings, so the dividend is covered, with less cushion. Hershey has grown the dividend at roughly 12.2% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For HSY's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. HSY currently trades around its estimated intrinsic value and scores 56/100 on quality (mixed). It also yields about 3.1%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.