The Hershey Company (HSY)

HSY on New York Consolidated

36.97USD
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Price Change (% chg)

$-0.23 (-0.62%)
Prev Close
$37.20
Open
$37.07
Day's High
$37.24
Day's Low
$36.75
Volume
201,157
Avg. Vol
2,160,355
52-wk High
$42.25
52-wk Low
$30.27

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About

The Hershey Company is a manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products. The Company’s principal product groups include chocolate and confectionery products; food and beverage enhancers, such as baking ingredients, toppings and beverages, and gum and mint refreshment products. The Company manufactures, markets, sells... (more)

Overall

Beta: 0.25
Market Cap (Mil.): $8,471.19
Shares Outstanding (Mil.): 227.72
Annual Dividend: 1.28
Yield (%): 3.44

Financials

  HSY Industry Sector
P/E (TTM): 19.55 551.18 165.11
EPS (TTM): 39.70 -- --
ROI: 17.00 1.77 2.08
ROE: 78.54 3.74 4.37
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Cadbury shareholders approve Kraft takeover

LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kraft Foods won control of Cadbury on Tuesday as holders of almost 72 percent of the chocolatier's stock accepted the 11.7 billion pound takeover that will create the world's biggest confectioner. | Video

02 Feb 2010

Cadbury shareholders approve Kraft takeover

LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kraft Foods won control of Cadbury on Tuesday as holders of almost 72 percent of the British chocolatier's stock accepted the 11.7 billion pound takeover that will create the world's biggest confectioner. | Video

02 Feb 2010

UPDATE 5-Cadbury shareholders approve Kraft takeover

* Cost savings focus seen leading to job cuts (Adds comment from Mandelson, Moody's)

02 Feb 2010

Cadbury deal near end, Kraft CEO sees sleep

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc CEO Irene Rosenfeld has a simple celebration planned to mark the anticipated completion of the five-month battle for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc.

02 Feb 2010

Cadbury deal near end, Kraft CEO sees sleep

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc CEO Irene Rosenfeld has a simple celebration planned to mark the anticipated completion of the five-month battle for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc.

02 Feb 2010

Hershey defends Cadbury decision

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chocolate maker Hershey Co defended its decision to back away from a Cadbury bid and a bigger stake in the global confectionery market, saying it remained confident about its growth prospects and was raising its dividend.

02 Feb 2010

Hershey defends Cadbury decision, raises dividend

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chocolate maker Hershey Co defended its decision to back away from a Cadbury bid and a bigger stake in the global confectionery market, saying it remained confident about its growth prospects and was raising its dividend.

02 Feb 2010

UPDATE 3-Hershey defends Cadbury decision, raises dividend

* Defends Cadbury decision, raises dividend 7.6 percent

02 Feb 2010

Kraft set for Cadbury deal as workers fret over jobs

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Kraft Foods is set to receive enough acceptances from Cadbury shareholders to seal its 11.7 billion pounds ($18.6 billion) takeover by around 1700 GMT Tuesday and start the tough integration of Cadbury's 45,000 worldwide employees.

02 Feb 2010

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