Hershey Valuation

Is HSYD undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HSYD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HSYD ($8.42) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($11.5)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HSYD is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HSYD?

Key metric: As HSYD is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HSYD. This is calculated by dividing HSYD's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HSYD's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.8x
EarningsUS$1.77b
Market CapUS$35.52b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HSYD's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HSYD vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.4x
MOLI Molinos Rio de la Plata
25.7xn/aAR$825.1b
GIS General Mills
15.2x3.6%US$36.4b
603288 Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food
40.4x10.2%CN¥246.1b
KHC Kraft Heinz
28.2x28.4%US$38.7b
HSYD Hershey
19.8x2.7%US$35.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HSYD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.8x) compared to the peer average (27.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HSYD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Food Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HSYD 19.8xIndustry Avg. 9.8xNo. of Companies14PE0816243240+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HSYD is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.8x) compared to the South American Food industry average (9.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HSYD's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HSYD PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate HSYD's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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