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Success in today's dividend investing landscape requires abandoning the outdated practice of simply chasing the highest yields.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Success in today's dividend investing landscape requires abandoning the outdated practice of simply chasing the highest yields.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) | $35,071.1 | $2,403.8 | 91% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 201.7 | 59.9 | 76% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 99.7% | 50.0% | 92% |
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| Float (Mil) | 145.1 | 82.4 | 68% |
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| Beta | 0.07 | 0.35 | 7% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 2,005 | 79 | 81% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
7.5% | 72.3% | 55% |
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| Growth | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 7.5% | 5.8% | 48% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | (7.1%) | 0.9% | 32% |
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| EPS (5yr) | (6.6%) | 1.8% | 24 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 11.7% | 0.0% | 98% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | (21.3%) | (15.1%) | 31% |
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| Estimates | Qtrly | Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
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| # of Estimates | 18 | 22 | 22 | |
| Current EPS | $1.794 | $8.655 | $9.478 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $2.137 | $8.489 | $9.859 | |
| # Rev Up | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| # Rev Down | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $2.137 | $8.487 | $9.875 | |
| Year/Year Chg | (37.7%) | 99.4% | 131.1% | |
| Financials | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $12,258 | $2,673 | 86% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $1,794 | $96 | 91% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $8.864 | $0.200 | 93% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $2,565 | $254 | 90% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | ($486) | $7 | 6% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $4,745 | $541 | 85% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | $38,038 | $3,096 | 90% |
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| Valuation | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| P/B | 7.19 | 1.60 | 87% |
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| P/E | 19.7 | 19.5 | 51% |
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| Dividend Yield | 3.3% | 0.0% | 87% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | na | 1.2 | na |
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| Ratios | HSY | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Gross Margin | 41.9% | 27.2% | 52% |
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| Net Margin | 14.6% | 3.7% | 71% |
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| ROA | 13.1% | 2.6% | 91% |
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| ROE | 38.0% | 8.6% | 90% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 64.9% | 53.4% | 60% |
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| F-Score | 8 | 4 | 93% |
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Passing Stock Screens
As of 11/4/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies,
| Performance Since Inception: | 14.5% |
| +/- S&P 500: | +7.1 |
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