Identifying Quality Dividend Stocks When Yields Are Low
Success in today's dividend investing landscape requires abandoning the outdated practice of simply chasing the highest yields.
Charles Rotblut, Doug Gerlach
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Success in today's dividend investing landscape requires abandoning the outdated practice of simply chasing the highest yields.
Charles Rotblut, Doug Gerlach
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| Share Statistics | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $35,172.0 | $1,645.5 | 91% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 202.7 | 72.9 | 77% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 99.7% | 50.0% | 93% |
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| Float (Mil) | 144.5 | 77.1 | 69% |
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| Beta | 0.10 | 0.39 | 8% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 1,896 | 62 | 81% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
(7.3%) | 75.9% | 39% |
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| Growth | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 7.5% | 6.5% | 48% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | (7.1%) | 1.7% | 31% |
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| EPS (5yr) | (6.6%) | 2.6% | 24 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 11.7% | 0.0% | 98% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | (21.3%) | (15.2%) | 31% |
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| Estimates | Qtrly | Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
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| # of Estimates | 17 | 21 | 22 | |
| Current EPS | $2.131 | $8.485 | $9.864 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $2.286 | $8.429 | $9.901 | |
| # Rev Up | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| # Rev Down | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $2.289 | $8.422 | $9.898 | |
| Year/Year Chg | (5.7%) | 95.5% | 142.1% | |
| Financials | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $12,164 | $2,139 | 86% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $1,489 | $96 | 90% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $7.342 | $0.300 | 92% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $2,657 | $240 | 90% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | ($121) | $4 | 13% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $4,947 | $497 | 85% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | $40,742 | $3,079 | 90% |
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| Valuation | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| P/B | 7.71 | 1.71 | 86% |
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| P/E | 23.9 | 16.4 | 59% |
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| Dividend Yield | 3.3% | 0.0% | 87% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | na | 0.9 | na |
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| Ratios | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Gross Margin | 38.4% | 29.1% | 47% |
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| Net Margin | 12.2% | 3.8% | 68% |
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| ROA | 10.8% | 3.0% | 88% |
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| ROE | 32.8% | 8.8% | 89% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 67.3% | 52.7% | 63% |
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| F-Score | 5 | 4 | 51% |
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Passing Stock Screens
As of 7/31/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies,
| Performance Since Inception: | 14.6% |
| +/- S&P 500: | +7.1 |
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