Hershey now expects 2025 earnings to deteriorate, reflecting higher sourcing prices for cocoa. Learn why HSY stock is a Hold.

Hershey's stock faces cost headwinds in 2025 and short-term volatility. Click here to find out why I rate HSY stock a Buy.

Wednesday closed up +53 (+0.64%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK25) closed up +83 (+1.30%). Cocoa prices on Wednesday ...

Chocolate maker Hershey Co said ICE New York cocoa futures market is disconnected from the reality of the global physical ...

The company said it raised its prices and expects that trend to continue in 2025. A 5.7 oz box of Lindt Valentine’s heart chocolate candy truffles costs $21.99. Hershey’s said it buys cocoa ...

D.A. Davidson, and other analysts, say elevated cocoa prices continue to cast a dark cloud over chocolate makers such as Hershey, which have been forced to raise prices and risk alienating ...

Cocoa prices hit record highs in 2024 amid a global supply shortage. Officials at companies like Barry Callebaut, Hershey, Lindt & Sprüngli Group and Mondelez have alluded to the challenge higher ...

A surge in cocoa and coffee futures prices has strained traders' finances, hindering global shipments. Rising costs and ...

Big chocolate brands such as Nestle, Hershey and Mondelēz, which makes Cadbury and Milka, have all raised prices, too, and warn of further increases over this year. The world’s supply of cocoa ...

It will be harder to find deals on chocolate this Valentine’s Day due to years of bad growing conditions in the key ...