secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HERSHEY CO (HSY)
CIK:        0000047111
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-30T10:48:34+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-050769
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hershey Q2 net sales up 6.6% to $2.79B; adjusted EPS $1.90 (+57%); narrows FY guidance upward
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- Q2 net sales $2,787.3M (+6.6% reported, +3.6% organic constant currency); reported EPS $2.26 (up 629%), adjusted EPS $1.90 (up 57%).
- North America Confectionery net sales +4.2% (price +14%, volume -10%); segment margin +830bps to 32.5%.
- North America Salty Snacks net sales +22.9% (LesserEvil acquisition contributed ~22pts); organic constant currency +0.6%; segment margin -500bps to 16.1%.
- International net sales +5.7% (organic constant currency +2.1%); segment loss $5.1M vs loss $30M prior year.
- FY 2026 guidance narrowed: net sales growth 4.5%-5% (prior 4%-5%), organic net sales growth 3%-3.5% (prior 2.5%-3.5%), adjusted EPS growth 32.5%-35% (prior 30%-35%).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026050769/0001628280-26-050769-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/47111/000162828026050769/hsy-20260730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-050769

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