secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HERSHEY CO (HSY)
CIK:        0000047111
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000047111-25-000011
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hershey Q4 adj EPS $2.69 (+33%); 2025 guidance sees adj EPS down mid-30% on cocoa costs
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- Q4 net sales $2,887.5M (+8.7% YoY); adjusted EPS $2.69 (+33.2%).
- Full-year 2024 net sales $11,202.3M (+0.3%); adj EPS $9.37 (-2.3%).
- 2025 outlook: net sales growth at least 2%; adj EPS down mid-30% range; reported EPS down high-40%.
- CEO cites surge in cocoa prices as key pressure on 2025 earnings.
- North America Confectionery Q4 net sales +6% (price +4 pts, vol +2 pts).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711125000011/0000047111-25-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711125000011/hsy-20250206.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-25-000011

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