Barclays raised the firm’s price target on Hershey (HSY) to $165 from $160 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. The company is balancing incremental pricing and productivity actions to “defray” as much as the cocoa inflation and tariff impact as possible to deliver earnings growth in 2026 while also maintaining market share and category health, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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