The Hershey Company

HSY stock score: 52/100

$175.64 · +4.67% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
48
Fundamental
56
News
33

The reading

The Hershey Company (HSY) scores 52 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 48% of Consumer Defensive stocks and 47% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 48, fundamentals 56.

Among the fundamentals, Fund Ownership at 100 and Revenue Quality (Quarterly) at 100 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Annual) at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 56 and contrarian oscillators 32.

News sentiment is negative at 33; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 34 to 56, and it is up 18 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward HSY’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

56

Pulling it up

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Revenue Quality (Quarterly)100

    Revenue Quality (Quarterly) evaluates recent revenue performance using trailing 12-month data from quarterly reports.

  • PEG Ratio95

    PEG ratio divides the P/E ratio by earnings growth rate.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)0

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)0

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

  • Revenue Growth (Quarterly)1

    Quarterly revenue growth measures sales increase compared to the previous quarter.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

51

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • EMA 50 Cross Up100

    EMA 50 Cross Up detects when price crosses above the 50-period EMA.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Money Flow Index (14)6

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • SMA 200 Cross Up8

    SMA 200 Cross Up tracks when faster moving averages cross above the 200-period SMA.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
33

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly601
Daily513
Weekly372
Monthly462
Quarterly522

Composite score, last 90 days

05010052Jul 24, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 34Jul 25, 2026: 34Jul 26, 2026: 34Jul 27, 2026: 36Jul 28, 2026: 37Jul 29, 2026: 37Jul 30, 2026: 35Jul 31, 2026: 54Aug 2, 2026: 47Aug 3, 2026: 46Aug 4, 2026: 50Aug 5, 2026: 50Aug 6, 2026: 51Aug 7, 2026: 54Aug 8, 2026: 54Aug 9, 2026: 54Aug 10, 2026: 53Aug 11, 2026: 53Aug 12, 2026: 51Aug 13, 2026: 55Aug 14, 2026: 54Aug 15, 2026: 53Aug 16, 2026: 53Aug 17, 2026: 52Aug 18, 2026: 54Aug 19, 2026: 56Aug 20, 2026: 56Aug 22, 2026: 56Aug 23, 2026: 55Aug 24, 2026: 56Aug 25, 2026: 55Aug 26, 2026: 53Aug 27, 2026: 51Aug 28, 2026: 50Aug 29, 2026: 50Aug 30, 2026: 50Aug 31, 2026: 48Sep 1, 2026: 51Sep 2, 2026: 50Sep 3, 2026: 48Sep 4, 2026: 48Sep 5, 2026: 48Sep 6, 2026: 48Sep 7, 2026: 48Sep 8, 2026: 48Sep 9, 2026: 47Sep 10, 2026: 49Sep 11, 2026: 48Sep 12, 2026: 48Sep 13, 2026: 48Sep 14, 2026: 49Sep 15, 2026: 47Sep 16, 2026: 47Sep 17, 2026: 47Sep 18, 2026: 47Sep 19, 2026: 48Sep 20, 2026: 48Sep 21, 2026: 47Sep 22, 2026: 47Sep 23, 2026: 49Sep 24, 2026: 48Sep 25, 2026: 47Sep 26, 2026: 47Sep 27, 2026: 47Sep 28, 2026: 46Sep 29, 2026: 46Sep 30, 2026: 45Oct 1, 2026: 46Oct 2, 2026: 47Oct 3, 2026: 47Oct 4, 2026: 47Oct 5, 2026: 47Oct 6, 2026: 47Oct 7, 2026: 47Oct 8, 2026: 47Oct 9, 2026: 48Oct 10, 2026: 48Oct 11, 2026: 48Oct 12, 2026: 48Oct 13, 2026: 48Oct 14, 2026: 47Oct 15, 2026: 50Oct 16, 2026: 50Oct 17, 2026: 51Oct 18, 2026: 51Oct 19, 2026: 49Oct 20, 2026: 50Oct 21, 2026: 49Oct 22, 2026: 52
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Key facts

Market cap
$35.3B
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Confectioners
Beta
0.09
Risk grade (1–10)
10
Next earnings
Oct 29, 2026

Confectioners peers

CompanyMarket capScore
MDLZ Mondelez International$80.1B56
TR Tootsie Roll Industries$2.7B53

Questions

What is HSY's stock score today?

HSY scores 52/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 48, fundamental 56, and news sentiment 33, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is HSY a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 52 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the HSY score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Consumer Defensive ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.