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Success in today's dividend investing landscape requires abandoning the outdated practice of simply chasing the highest yields.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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| Consumer Staples | Food Products |
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Success in today's dividend investing landscape requires abandoning the outdated practice of simply chasing the highest yields.
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| Share Statistics | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $34,115.2 | $1,711.8 | 91% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 202.7 | 59.8 | 76% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 99.7% | 50.5% | 92% |
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| Float (Mil) | 144.8 | 80.3 | 68% |
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| Beta | 0.10 | 0.35 | 9% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 1,619 | 80 | 77% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
(11.2%) | 73.1% | 41% |
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| Growth | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 7.5% | 6.0% | 48% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | (7.1%) | 1.3% | 32% |
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| EPS (5yr) | (6.6%) | 2.7% | 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 | 22 | 22 | |
| Current EPS | $2.119 | $8.490 | $9.868 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $2.119 | $8.490 | $9.871 | |
| # Rev Up | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| # Rev Down | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $2.293 | $8.439 | $9.938 | |
| Year/Year Chg | (6.2%) | 95.6% | 142.2% | |
| Financials | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $12,164 | $2,582 | 86% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $1,489 | $89 | 90% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $7.342 | $0.200 | 91% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $2,657 | $251 | 90% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | ($121) | $6 | 13% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $4,947 | $542 | 85% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | $38,954 | $3,069 | 90% |
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| Valuation | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| P/B | 7.48 | 1.68 | 87% |
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| P/E | 23.2 | 17.6 | 61% |
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| Dividend Yield | 3.4% | 0.0% | 87% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | na | 1.1 | na |
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| Ratios | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Gross Margin | 38.4% | 27.3% | 48% |
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| Net Margin | 12.2% | 3.8% | 68% |
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| ROA | 10.8% | 2.8% | 88% |
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| ROE | 32.8% | 8.4% | 89% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 67.3% | 53.4% | 63% |
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| F-Score | 6 | 4 | 67% |
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Passing Stock Screens
As of 9/18/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies,
| Performance Since Inception: | 14.7% |
| +/- S&P 500: | +7.2 |
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