Hershey Co Stock Price Prediction

HSY Stock  USD 177.06  10.13  5.41%   
At this time, the relative strength index (RSI) of Hershey's share price is approaching 41. This usually indicates that the stock is in nutural position, most likellhy at or near its support level. The main point of RSI analysis is to track how fast people are buying or selling Hershey, making its price go up or down.

Oversold Vs Overbought

41

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Hershey's future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Hershey Co, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Hershey's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.13)
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
2.5
EPS Estimate Current Year
9.0488
EPS Estimate Next Year
8.1661
Wall Street Target Price
184.4136
Using Hershey hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Hershey Co from the perspective of Hershey response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Hershey using Hershey's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Hershey using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Hershey's stock price.

Hershey Short Interest

An investor who is long Hershey may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Hershey and may potentially protect profits, hedge Hershey with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
190.6261
Short Percent
0.0572
Short Ratio
3.85
Shares Short Prior Month
6.4 M
50 Day MA
181.016

Hershey Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Hershey's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Hershey. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Hershey can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Hershey Co. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Hershey's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Hershey.

Hershey Implied Volatility

    
  0.13  
Hershey's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Hershey Co stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Hershey's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Hershey stock will not fluctuate a lot when Hershey's options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Hershey to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Hershey because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

Hershey after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 175.45  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Hershey contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Hershey Co will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.008125% per day over the life of the 2024-12-13 option contract. With Hershey trading at USD 177.06, that is roughly USD 0.0144 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Hershey's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Hershey Co options at the current volatility level of 0.13%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Check out Hershey Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Hershey's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
157.66207.33209.36
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
182.73184.75186.78
Details
26 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
219.53241.24267.78
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
2.212.262.29
Details

Hershey After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Hershey at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Hershey or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Hershey, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Hershey Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Hershey's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Hershey's historical news coverage. Hershey's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 173.42 and 177.48, respectively. We have considered Hershey's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
177.06
173.42
Downside
175.45
After-hype Price
177.48
Upside
Hershey is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Hershey is based on 3 months time horizon.

Hershey Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Hershey is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Hershey backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Hershey, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.15 
1.98
  0.25 
 0.00  
9 Events / Month
2 Events / Month
In about 9 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
177.06
175.45
0.15 
117.16  
Notes

Hershey Hype Timeline

On the 11th of December 2024 Hershey is traded for 177.06. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.25, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.0. Hershey is projected to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 175.45 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is about 117.16%. The price jump on the next news is projected to be 0.15%, whereas the daily expected return is currently at -0.15%. The volatility of related hype on Hershey is about 6252.63%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 177.06. The company reported the last year's revenue of 11.16 B. Total Income to common stockholders was 1.86 B with profit before taxes, overhead, and interest of 4.5 B. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next projected press release will be in about 9 days.
Check out Hershey Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.

Hershey Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Hershey's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Hershey's future price movements. Getting to know how Hershey's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Hershey may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.

Hershey Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Hershey price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Hershey using various technical indicators. When you analyze Hershey charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About Hershey Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of Hershey stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Hershey Co, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Hershey based on analysis of Hershey hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Hershey's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Hershey's related companies.
 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.01720.01630.02330.0167
Price To Sales Ratio4.464.573.421.79

Story Coverage note for Hershey

The number of cover stories for Hershey depends on current market conditions and Hershey's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Hershey is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Hershey's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

Hershey Short Properties

Hershey's future price predictability will typically decrease when Hershey's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Hershey Co often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Hershey's investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Hershey's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding205.5 M
Cash And Short Term Investments401.9 M

Additional Tools for Hershey Stock Analysis

When running Hershey's price analysis, check to measure Hershey's market volatility, profitability, liquidity, solvency, efficiency, growth potential, financial leverage, and other vital indicators. We have many different tools that can be utilized to determine how healthy Hershey is operating at the current time. Most of Hershey's value examination focuses on studying past and present price action to predict the probability of Hershey's future price movements. You can analyze the entity against its peers and the financial market as a whole to determine factors that move Hershey's price. Additionally, you may evaluate how the addition of Hershey to your portfolios can decrease your overall portfolio volatility.