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The Hershey Company

The past year gave good returns for The Hershey Company investors

The stock gained over the past 12 months at around 15 percent. Over the past 5 years The Hershey Company' stock rose at around 68 percent in value. The Hershey Company's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite similar and moved between 6,64 billion dollars and 7,39 billion dollars. The Hershey Company's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were quiet stable and moved between 628,96 million dollars and 512,95 million dollars.

The core activities of The Hershey Company are in the restaurants & bars sector. Between 2006 and 2016 the global restaurants & bars companies gained around 104 percent. Over the past 5 years the sector is 38 percent higher.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. The Hershey Company's dividend return over the period 2011 - 2015 was around 9,03 percent per year.

The Hershey Company' balance mostly financed with equity

At the end of 2015 the American company had a balance sheet of around 5,34 billion dollars. The total debt was around 4,35 billion dollars. This is 81,33 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2016 the American company was traded with a price/earnings-ratio of around 29. So investors paid 29 times the company's 2015's EPS. Based on the classical stock valuation theories the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the restaurants & bars company's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 13,76 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 156,16 million stocks listed.

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