Khadija Saeed

April 10, 2026, 7:57 PM EDT. Hershey (HSY) shares fell 1.21% to $162.91, underperforming the broader S&P 500 which declined 0.4%. Over the past month, HSY dropped 3.23%, trailing the Consumer Staples sector loss of 1.24%. Investors await Hershey's earnings report on July 30, 2025, with expected earnings per share (EPS) of $1, down 21.26% year-over-year, while revenue is projected to rise 21.35% to $2.52 billion. Full-year estimates project EPS of $5.88, down 37.25%, and revenue of $11.5 billion, up 2.64%. Analyst sentiment is cautious, reflected in Hershey's Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell), with a slight 1.13% drop in consensus EPS estimates in the past month. Valuation shows a premium Forward Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.05 versus the industry average of 22.77, and a high Price/Earnings to Growth (PEG) ratio of 6.09 against the industry's 4.5, signaling tempered growth expectations amid sector weakness.