Benzinga | Apr 29, 2021 06:46AM EDT

Hershey Q1 Adj .EPS $1.92 Beats $1.80 Estimate, Sales $2.30B Beat $2.11B Estimate; Raises FY21 Sales Growth Guidance

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) reported quarterly earnings of $1.92 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.80 by 6.67 percent. This is a 17.79 percent increase over earnings of $1.63 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.30 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.11 billion by 8.82 percent. This is a 12.71 percent increase over sales of $2.04 billion the same period last year.