HERSHEY CO vs Kraft Heinz Co, two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HSY and KHC diverge most: on revenue growth, HSY reads +7.7% and KHC reads -1.7%; on net margin, HSY reads 12.2% and KHC reads -23.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HSY's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HSY | KHC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $174.94 | $25.86 |
| Market cap | $38.8B | $30.7B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +0.1% | — |
| P/B | 8.49 | 0.73 |
| P/S | 3.19 | 1.23 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.5 | 8.8 |
| Revenue growth | +7.7% | -1.7% |
| Gross margin | 45.3% | 36.7% |
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 18.9% |
| Net margin | 12.2% | -23.1% |
| Return on equity | 32.6% | -13.7% |
| Return on assets | 10.7% | -7.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.4% | 5.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.8% | 12.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 6.2% |
| Debt / equity | 1.25 | 0.46 |
| Current ratio | 1.18 | 1.20 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.13 | 0.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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