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How The Hershey Company stacks up
HSY · against 53 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Growth
56/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #29 of 54 · scores higher than 47% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score7 peers with a growth score of 50–59, including HSY · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 56?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Its metrics sit close to the Consumer Defensive norm.
- Earnings per share growth is close to the peer norm. Earnings per share growth: -2.9% vs peer median 1.5%
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 3.9% vs peer median 3.7%
- faster revenue growth over the last year: stronger than 72% of peers. Revenue growth: 7.7% vs peer median 2.8%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = HSY, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | HSY | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 54 reported | 7.7% | 3.4% | 85% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 45 reported | -2.9% | 7.4% | 36% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 53 reported | 3.9% | 3.5% | 58% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around HSY| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 503.8B HKD (≈$64.5B) | 94 | 73 | |
| 2 | 18.2B USD | 90 | 43 | |
| 3 | 148.0B DKK (≈$22.2B) | 88 | 56 | |
| 3 | 47.3B USD | 88 | 47 | |
| 5 | 2.19T INR (≈$26.3B) | 87 | 59 | |
| 25 | 28.1B EUR (≈$30.9B) | 59 | 51 | |
| 26 | 861.7B MXN (≈$46.5B) | 58 | 60 | |
| 27 | 379.9B MXN (≈$20.5B) | 57 | 68 | |
| 27 | 48.8B AUD (≈$32.2B) | 57 | 29 | |
| 29 | 33.7B USD | 56 | 51 | |
| 30 | 3.41T JPY (≈$23.2B) | 53 | 58 | |
| 31 | 29.1B AUD (≈$19.2B) | 50 | 37 | |
| 32 | 248.3B CNY (≈$34.8B) | 49 | 29 | |
| 33 | 141.9B CNY (≈$19.9B) | 48 | 33 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score