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Earnings release · HSY

Hershey Reports Third-Quarter 2026 Financial Results

Hershey Co. · Filed · SEC Form 8-K, Item 2.02

Hershey company page Original on SEC.gov ↗

Revenue $3,275.5 million +3% vs a year ago
EPS $2.88 +111.8% vs a year ago
Guidance revisedoutlook statement
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Why it matters

Revenue rose 3% year on year to $3,275.5 million, and EPS grew 111.8% to $2.88. Growth in both sales and earnings is the combination investors usually look for first. The company revised its guidance; the original release shows which items moved and by how much.

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What the company states

Revenue

$3,275.5 million +3% vs a year ago

…Consolidated net sales of $3,275.5 million, an increase of 3.0%.…
EPS

$2.88 +111.8% vs a year ago

…Reported net income of $580.8 million, or $2.88 per share-diluted, an increase of 111.8%.…
Guidance

Guidance revised

…today announced net sales and earnings for the third quarter ended September 27, 2026 and updated its 2026 sales and earnings outlook.…

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Revenue growth (YoY)

Oct 29, 2026 +3%

EPS growth (YoY)

Oct 29, 2026 +111.8%

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Hershey: The Forensic Case That Consensus Errors Have Created A Mispricing

Hershey trades at 19x forward earnings versus a 10-year median of 26x, while consensus prices in three demonstrably wrong assumptions about cocoa, GLP-1s, and Salty Snacks. The forensic case points to $235 in 12 months and $275+ longer term. Option 2 — Contrarian hook The market thinks GLP-1s will hurt chocolate demand — peer-reviewed Cornell data shows the opposite. Combined with the cocoa hedge lag and an unmodeled Salty Snacks asset, Hershey's mispricing is measurable, falsifiable, and worth 25%+ upside.

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