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Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY, XETRA:HSY) is expected to begin recovering margins in the second quarter as higher-cost cocoa inventory from last year cycles through, but Jefferies maintained a ‘Hold' rating, citing continued weakness in consumer demand and limited evidence of a recovery in sales volumes. Jefferies wrote that the second quarter "should be the first with meaningful year-over-year gross margin expansion," forecasting roughly 300 basis points of improvement as peak-cost inventory laps.

Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY, XETRA:HSY) is expected to begin recovering margins in the second quarter as higher-cost cocoa inventory from last year cycles...

Hershey (HSY) closed the most recent trading day at $171.46, moving 2.16% from the previous trading session.

Hershey now offers an attractive risk-reward profile after a period of underperformance and carries a 3.3% yield. HSY is demonstrating net sales growth and gross margin recovery, driven by pricing and supply chain productivity. Management guides for acceleration in H2 2026, with innovation and expansion into premium chocolate and protein as key growth drivers.

In the latest trading session, Hershey (HSY) closed at $171.65, marking a -1.58% move from the previous day.
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