secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HERSHEY CO (HSY)
CIK:        0000047111
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000047111-25-000109
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hershey Q2 sales up 26% to $2.61B but adjusted EPS down 4.7% to $1.21; cuts FY2025 adj. EPS guidance
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- Consolidated net sales $2,614.7M (+26.0%); organic constant currency +26.3% driven by ERP inventory lap and Easter timing.
- Reported EPS $0.31 (-65.2%); adjusted EPS $1.21 (-4.7%) as higher commodity/manufacturing costs and derivative losses offset gains.
- FY2025 adjusted EPS growth outlook cut to down 36%-38% from down mid-30%; expects ~$170-180M tariff expense.
- NA Confectionery net sales +32% to $2.09B; segment income +8.5%, margin down 520 bps to 24.2%.
- Salty Snacks net sales +8.8% to $315.5M; segment income +27.4%, margin up 310 bps to 21.1%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711125000109/0000047111-25-000109-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000004711125000109/hsy-20250730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000047111-25-000109

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