Hershey posts
FeedPosted Oct 31st 2009 10:10AM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Daimler (DAI), Sprint Nextel Corp (S), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Avon Products (AVP), Kellogg Co (K), Hershey Co (HSY), Procter and Gamble (PG), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP), General Dynamics Corp (GD), Nintendo (NTDOY)
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Aflac, Avon, BP, Hershey, Kellogg, Nintendo, P&G, Sprint ...
Posted Oct 24th 2009 2:20PM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), McDonald's (MCD), 3M Corporation (MMM), Caterpillar (CAT), New York Times'A' (NYT), Bank of New York (BK), Hershey Co (HSY), Gannett Co (GCI), Morgan Stanley (MS), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM), SLM Corp (SLM)
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Amazon, Apple, Caterpillar, Hershey, McDonald's, UPS ...
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 3:20PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Hershey Co (HSY), Kraft Foods'A' (KFT)
Hershey (NYSE:
HSY) had a more than acceptable
third quarter in terms of bottom-line growth, but it looks like the market couldn't care less. As I write this, shares of the candy company are trading down 4.4% in the afternoon session, on extremely sweet volume (and by sweet, I mean bad).
On an adjusted basis, Hershey increased per-share profit by 14% to 73 cents. According to Earnings.com, analysts were only expecting 67 cents per share. Hey, what's going on? The Dow and the S&P 500 are in the green, and the NASDAQ is only down slightly. Shouldn't investors be happy with results like these?
Continue reading Hershey's Q3 results give investors an early Halloween fright -- why?
Posted Jul 26th 2009 10:10AM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Starbucks (SBUX), Coca-Cola (KO), Amazon.com (AMZN), Ford Motor (F), McDonald's (MCD), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Hershey Co (HSY), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Merck and Co (MRK), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Contl Airlines'B' (CAL)
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Amazon, Coca-Cola, Ford, McDonald's, Merck, Starbucks ...
Posted Apr 25th 2009 8:40AM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Ford Motor (F), American Express (AXP), Boeing Co (BA), Hershey Co (HSY), Coach Inc (COH), Yum Brands (YUM), Contl Airlines'B' (CAL), Wells Fargo (WFC), JetBlue Airways (JBLU), SanDisk Corp (SNDK)
Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:
Continue reading Earnings highlights: Apple, Ford, Microsoft, Wells Fargo, Boeing, American Express and more
Posted Apr 23rd 2009 5:00PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hershey Co (HSY), Stocks to Buy

Readers of this space know that the investment bias is toward large-cap companies with demonstrated business models and who have a competitive advantage in established markets, preferably with a favorable, global trend as a support. And with the aforementioned in mind,
The Hershey Company (NYSE:
HSY) is worth a review.
In general, analysts see only modest revenue growth for HSY for FY 2009. However, an improved supply chain should reduce costs, and also free-up more capital for strategic growth initiatives at home and abroad.
Continue reading Hershey delivers sweet profits
Posted Apr 23rd 2009 3:00PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Hershey Co (HSY)
Hershey (NYSE:
HSY) did a good job in its
first quarter of the year. The big confectioner said it earned $0.38 per share on an adjusted basis. According to this news
article, that beat the analysts by three solid pennies.
Not only did the bottom line fare well, but the top line didn't do so badly, either. It increased well over 6%. Okay, that's not a rocketing growth rate, certainly, but all things considered, I think it was a decent performance. Hershey benefited from pricing strategies and the Easter holiday. If you ask me, I think the recent rally in the markets helped to bolster consumer confidence. That may have helped Hershey sell a lot of its candy. Management seemed pretty pleased with volume trends and the response to its marketing initiatives, judging by comments made in the release.
Continue reading Hershey has solid Q1, but is the stock too strong to buy?
Posted Mar 17th 2009 8:00AM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: SEC filings, Walt Disney (DIS), Hershey Co (HSY), Amer Intl Group (AIG)
Another day, another item about excessive compensation. While American International Group (NYSE: AIG) pays out a ton of money to its own employees, the Hershey (NYSE: HSY) board has seen fit to bestow a rich compensation package to CEO David J. West.
Oh well, what can you do, I suppose. I always hate reading these reports. They always get under my skin. If you're a shareholder of Hershey, you're not doing that great right now. The stock will probably do well over the long term, but in the meantime, your shares are down over the last several years.
Continue reading Hershey's CEO makes out while shareholders lose out
Posted Feb 26th 2009 4:15PM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports
J.M. Smucker (NYSE:
SJM) reported earnings for
Q3 on Wednesday. The company, which makes defensive-type products such as peanut butter, jelly, and biscuits, reported a net sales increase of 6%, once you strip away the effect of acquisitions -- most notably the Folgers purchase -- and the effect of foreign exchange. On an adjusted basis, J.M. Smucker increased its bottom line by 11% to $0.88 per share. This
source says that management beat estimates by two pennies, although other sources, such as
this one, says the beat was by a single penny.
Continue reading J.M. Smucker beats in Q3, but there are concerns about guidance
Posted Feb 3rd 2009 11:15AM by Steven Mallas (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Kellogg Co (K), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), ConAgra Foods (CAG), General Mills (GIS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Kraft Foods'A' (KFT)
Kraft (NYSE: KFT), whose supermarket colleagues include Kellogg (NYSE: K) and General Mills (NYSE: GIS), will be reporting Q4 results tomorrow. Analysts expect the foodstuffs company to report $0.44 per share. Unfortunately, Kraft did $0.44 per share in the year-ago period. So the market doesn't think Kraft will grow the bottom line.
Perhaps that will work in Kraft's favor. With expectations so low, management has the opportunity to surprise to the upside. The company has a decent record in beating Wall Street expectations. Kraft certainly has brands that people like. However, things are becoming more difficult for the consumer. Layoffs are everywhere, and job security has taken a sabbatical. Kraft needs to convince people to pay extra for a package of Kraft-branded cheese or a box of Nabisco Ritz crackers when there are less-expensive generic substitutes available.
Continue reading Earnings preview: Can Kraft process growth in Q4?
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