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The Hershey Company (HSY) Gets a Hold from RBC Capital

Tipranks - Thu Jun 11, 9:00PM CDT

RBC Capital analyst Nik Modi maintained a Hold rating on The Hershey Company yesterday and set a price target of $212.00.

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Modi covers the Consumer Defensive sector, focusing on stocks such as Church & Dwight, The Hershey Company, and Coca-Cola. According to TipRanks, Modi has an average return of -2.5% and a 48.60% success rate on recommended stocks.

In addition to RBC Capital, The Hershey Company also received a Hold from Bernstein’s Alexia Burland Howard in a report issued on June 4. However, on June 5, TD Cowen maintained a Buy rating on The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY).

Based on The Hershey Company’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 29, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $3.1 billion and a net profit of $435.11 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $2.81 billion and had a net profit of $224.2 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 141 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of HSY in relation to earlier this year. Earlier this month, Hershey Trust Co Trustee In Trust For Milton Hersh, a Major Shareholder at HSY sold 20,000.00 shares for a total of $3,674,616.40.

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