Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Hershey Stock In The Last 5 Years

Hershey HSY has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 8.73% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.85%. Currently, Hershey has a market capitalization of $47.22 billion.

Buying $1000 In HSY: If an investor had bought $1000 of HSY stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,298.44 today based on a price of $230.24 for HSY at the time of writing.

Hershey's Performance Over Last 5 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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