In Hershey’s third quarter, organic sales edged up just 0.8%, with elasticities and shipment timing weighing on volumes (down 10% in aggregate). However, higher prices, cost savings, tariff refunds, and lower commodity costs drove adjusted gross margins up nearly 11 percentage points to 42.7%.
Hershey is pursuing tech-enabled productivity by embedding AI across sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution, targeting $110 million in savings, which is slated to be reinvested in its brands.
Unrelenting pressure on consumer pocketbooks could dent purchases of more indulgent and discretionary categories, such as confectionery and snacking.
Metric | HSY | NSRGY | CPB |
|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 20.78 | 24.70 | 17.24 |
Price/Book Value | 7.17 | 7.47 | 1.75 |
Price/Sales | 2.88 | 2.42 | 0.70 |
Price/Cash Flow | 13.03 | 13.44 | 5.65 |
Metric | HSY | NSRGY | CPB |
|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.57 | 0.38 | 0.29 |
Current Ratio | 1.24 | 0.83 | 0.82 |
Interest Coverage | 11.36 | 5.96 | 2.57 |
Metric | HSY | NSRGY | CPB |
|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 12.64% | 7.99% | 4.28% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 37.34% | 33.92% | 16.51% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 18.28% | 12.26% | 8.11% |
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