Seeing Is Believing
HSY is currently covered by 15 analysts with an average price target of $256.75. This is a potential upside of $25.25 (10.91%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $231.5.
Hershey Co's activity chart (see below) currently has 514 price targets and 374 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of HSY is 83.33% HOLD, 13.33% SELL and 3.33% BUY.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 86.74% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 412.38 days.
Highest price target for HSY is $243, Lowest price target is $165, average price target is $205.25.
Most recent stock forecast was given by ANDREW LAZAR from BARCLAYS on 09-Feb-2026. First documented stock forecast 25-Jan-2006.
Currently out of the existing stock ratings of HSY, 50 are a HOLD (83.33%), 8 are a SELL (13.33%), 2 are a BUY (3.33%).
Analyst name
Rating
Current price target
Potential Upside
Previous price target
Date of last PT
Price targets met ratio
Average potential upside
Average Days to Hit Target
Performance score
Hold Since 28-Apr-2023
$240
$18.23 (8.22%)
$188
17 days ago
(09-Feb-2026)
11/13 (84.62%)
$10.96 (4.79%)
398
Hold Since 31-Jan-2025
$243
$21.23 (9.57%)
$207
20 days ago
(06-Feb-2026)
10/11 (90.91%)
$12.98 (5.64%)
175
Hold Since 21-Nov-2023
$185
$-36.77 (-16.58%)
$175
23 days ago
(03-Feb-2026)
15/16 (93.75%)
$-15.16 (-7.57%)
323
Hold Since 07-Oct-2024
$210
$-11.77 (-5.31%)
$190
1 months 12 days ago
(14-Jan-2026)
9/9 (100%)
$12.18 (6.16%)
119
Buy Since 07-Jan-2026
$213
$-8.77 (-3.95%)
$193
1 months 19 days ago
(07-Jan-2026)
26/32 (81.25%)
$34.1 (19.06%)
154
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