HSY Hershey Company (The)
Consumer Staples · S&P 500
Next earnings: not announced yet
What 26 analyst firms say about Hershey Company (The): their latest ratings, price targets and how far the stock is from them. How it works
Analyst window: Latest analyst report within last 1 year
Analyst view · last 1Y
23 rated views · 27 analyst/firm records · 26 firms
Radar score
- S&P 500 · Top Picks · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8011
- S&P 500 · Safest consensus · 6MBelow the Radar threshold of 8025
Recent analyst activity · last 90 days
Our tracked history has 32 reports on HSY from 16 analyst firms in the last 90 days (26 firms in the past year).
Comparing each firm's latest target with its previous one: 14 lowered it.
Ratings, latest available report against the previous one: 0 upgrades and 1 downgrade.
Latest observed target change: Barclays lowered its target from $178.00 (set 16 Oct 2026) to $171.00 on 2 Nov 2026.
Last 1 year. Latest opinion per identifiable analyst within the last 1 year. BUY / HOLD / SELL each count one current analyst vote; unnamed firm records are a fallback.
| Firm | Analyst | Latest rating | Report date | Latest target (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argus | Taylor Conrad | Hold | 8 Jun 2026 | — |
| Bank of America Securities | Peter Galbo | Hold | 30 Oct 2026 | 170.00 USD |
| Barclays | Andrew Lazar | Hold | 16 Oct 2026 | 178.00 USD |
| Bernstein | Alexia J Howard | Hold | 31 Jul 2026 | Conflicting reports · excluded |
| BNP Paribas Exane | Max Gumport | Buy | 27 Oct 2026 | Conflicting reports · excluded |
| BTIG | Rob Dickerson | Hold | 13 Apr 2026 | — |
| CFRA | Arun Sundaram | Hold | 1 Jun 2026 | 212.00 USD |
| DA Davidson | Brian Holland | ConflictConflicting reports · excluded | 31 Jul 2026 | 190.00 USD |
| DA Davidson | Matt Curtis | — | 30 Oct 2026 | 170.00 USD |
| Deutsche Bank | Steve Powers | Hold | 31 Jul 2026 | 191.00 USD |
| Evercore ISI | David Palmer | Buy | 30 Sep 2026 | Conflicting reports · excluded |
| Goldman Sachs | Leah Jordan | Buy | 30 Oct 2026 | 194.00 USD |
| HSBC | Unnamed analyst | — | 1 May 2026 | 238.00 USD |
| Jefferies | Scott Marks | Hold | 30 Oct 2026 | 170.00 USD |
| JPMorgan | Thomas Palmer | Hold | 30 Oct 2026 | 166.00 USD |
| Mizuho | John Baumgartner | Hold | 20 May 2026 | 185.00 USD |
| Morgan Stanley | Megan Clapp | Buy | 23 Apr 2026 | 227.00 USD |
| Piper Sandler | Michael S Lavery | Buy | 29 Oct 2026 | 200.00 USD · 30 Jul 2026 |
| RBC Capital Markets | Nik Modi | Hold | 27 Oct 2026 | 206.00 USD |
| Redburn | Bingqing Zhu | Sell | 5 Aug 2026 | 170.00 USD |
| Stephens | Jim Salera | Buy | 18 Sep 2026 | 250.00 USD |
| Stifel | Matthew Smith | Hold | 22 Jul 2026 | 180.00 USD |
| TD Cowen | Robert Moskow | Hold | 30 Oct 2026 | 173.00 USD |
| UBS | Peter Grom | Hold | 20 Oct 2026 | 198.00 USD |
| Weiss Ratings | Unnamed analyst | — | 23 Oct 2026 | — |
| Wells Fargo | Chris Carey | Hold | 30 Oct 2026 | 160.00 USD |
| Data feed RESEARCH | Research Team | Hold | 7 Apr 2026 | 173.00 USD |
Partial coverage · checked 6 Nov (6 Nov 2026, 03:56 ET). Some research records could not be refreshed. Cached records retained. Prices stream live during the US session; otherwise stored prices delayed about 15 minutes. A summary of analyst opinion, not investment advice.