HERSHEY CO (HSY) Risk Factors
Consumer StaplesLatest 10-K filed Feb 17, 2026Source: SEC EDGAR
WealthWire extracted and classified 19 risk factors from HERSHEY CO’s latest SEC filing, mapping each to a standardized risk taxonomy so they can be compared across every company and sector. The breakdown below shows how those disclosures distribute across risk categories.
Market & business
6 factorsESG & reputation
3 factorsLegal & regulatory
3 factorsOperations & people
3 factorsFinancial
3 factorsTechnology
1 factorsRecent key developments
Concrete developments — dated events, named agreements and instruments, legal proceedings — that HERSHEY CO surfaced in its latest filing.
- For the year ended December 31, 2025, cost of sales included $491.0 million of unfavorable mark-to-market activity on commodity derivative instruments intended to economically hedge future years’ commodity purchases.2025-12-31
- In November 2025, the company completed the acquisition of LesserEvil, LLC, a producer and seller of organic popcorn and puffed snack products.2025-11
- In 2024, the company completed the acquisition of the Sour Strips brand from Actual Candy, LLC.2024
- In 2023, the company completed the acquisition of certain manufacturing assets from Weaver Popcorn, a manufacturer of SkinnyPop popcorn.2023
- In February 2024, the Board of Directors approved the AAA Initiative, a multi-year productivity program to improve supply chain and manufacturing-related spend, optimize selling, general and administrative expenses, leverage new technology and business models to further simplify and automate processes, and generate long-term savings.2024-02
- The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is scheduled to be effective in December 2026, following a two-year postponement.2026-12
- The company operationalized the final phase of its multi-year implementation of a new global ERP system in April 2024.2024-04
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