Benzinga | Jul 29, 2021 06:47AM EDT

Hershey Q2 Adj. EPS $1.47 Beats $1.44 Estimate, Sales $1.99B Beat $1.83B Estimate

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) reported quarterly earnings of $1.47 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.44 by 2.08 percent. This is a 12.21 percent increase over earnings of $1.31 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.99 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.83 billion by 8.69 percent. This is a 16.52 percent increase over sales of $1.71 billion the same period last year.