Hershey vs Magnum Ice Cream
HSY and MICC side by side, both in food and kindred products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HSY and MICC compare
Hershey grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.7% versus −0.47% for Magnum Ice Cream).
Hershey keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.6% compared with 3.7% at Magnum Ice Cream.
Hershey pays a dividend yielding 3.5%; Magnum Ice Cream does not pay one.
Hershey scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 5 for Magnum Ice Cream), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HSY | MICC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $33.3B | – |
| Share price | $165.61 | $19.87 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.5% | – |
| Change, 5 years | −5.6% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.17 | – |
| Employees | 18K | 17K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 5 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 2.7× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.2× | – |
| P/FCF | 15.7× | – |
| FCF yield | 6.4% | – |
| Fair value | $167.43 | – |
| Margin of safety | 1.1% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.7% (better) | −0.47% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.5% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 31.9% (better) | −49.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.9% (better) | 34.6% |
| Operating margin | 20.8% (better) | 7.6% |
| Net margin | 14.6% (better) | 3.7% |
| FCF margin | 17.3% (better) | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | – | 15.0% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 25.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.44 | – |
| Interest coverage | 11.5× (better) | 5.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.24 (better) | 1.01 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.38 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.5% | – |
| Payout ratio | 63.0% | 28.3% |
| Buyback yield | 1.3% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 65.1% | 47.9% |
| Held by insiders | 28.0% | 19.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$259M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | – |
Go deeper
- HSY stock overview
- HSY income statement
- HSY valuation and score
- MICC stock overview
- MICC income statement
- MICC valuation and score
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