AlphaMadera's AlphaVal page classifies The Hershey Company as a Stable Earnings Power business and values it using P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple, then compares the result to the current market price to flag HSY as undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued.

What is The Hershey Company's fair value?

Fair value for HSY comes from a P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple model -- the approach AlphaVal selected for this company's Stable Earnings Power classification. The live AlphaVal page shows bear, base, and bull scenarios alongside the key assumption behind each.

How does AlphaMadera value HSY?

AlphaVal routes each company to one of ten valuation archetypes based on its business model. HSY was classified as Stable Earnings Power and is valued using P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple, built from HSY's most recent reported fundamentals.

HSY - The Hershey Company

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Hold DETAILS | PRICE TARGET: $204.62 DETAILS

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Stable Earnings Power 80% confidence

Primary model: P/Adj-EPS × Normalized Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Moderate

Trading 28.0% above fair value

Current Price $173.15

Bear Case $111.44 35.6% downside ($111.44 - $173.15) / $173.15 = -35.6% $7.96 × 14x P/E

Fair Value $135.32 21.8% downside ($135.32 - $173.15) / $173.15 = -21.8% $7.96 × 17x P/E

Bull Case $159.20 8.1% downside ($159.20 - $173.15) / $173.15 = -8.1% $7.96 × 20x P/E

Adjust Assumptions

P/E Multiple

17.0x

Adjusted EPS

7.96$

Key Value Driver

Normalized P/E multiple (17x base case)

Terminal Value % of EV

Implied Market Multiple 21.8x

Market is pricing in (growth)

Plain-Language Summary

Applying a 17x P/E to adjusted EPS of $7.96, the base-case value is $135.32 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (35 analysts) $204.62

Analyst Range $185.00 – $240.00

Divergence from AlphaVal 34%

Warnings

⚠ The company's reported profits differ from official accounting profits by 83%. Check what costs are being left out of the adjusted number.

⚠ The company pays out 132% of its profits as dividends. That leaves little cushion — the dividend could be cut if business slows down.

ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $204.62 (from 35 analysts). Our estimate is 34% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

Growth DCF inappropriate — terminal value assumptions dominate
EV/EBITDA misleading for regulated businesses where capex is mandated
Regulatory risk is a fat tail not visible in normal multiples