I will occasionally employ the use of conservative option strategies to generate additional income. This article provides an update on option positions for 4 companies in which I own the underlying shares. I continue to be dumfounded as to the extent to which the share price of several companies have appreciated in the last [...]
The Hershey Company's (HSY) share price has appreciated rapidly in a very short timeframe for no justifiable reason. A Bear Call Spread option strategy can be employed if you think HSY is overvalued and its share price will pullback. Summary HSY released Q1 2019 results on April 25, 2019 and its share price jumped $5.37 [...]
Employing out-of-the-money short-term covered calls can help you generate additional income. Based on my analysis I have elected to employ this strategy on some of our 3M and Hershey's shares. In previous articles I have indicated that I fall in the camp of investors of the opinion that a general market pullback is becoming increasingly [...]
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) recently released Q3 2018 results. It warned its profits will come under pressure given rising costs but there are plans to offset these higher costs with strategic price increases on roughly a fifth of HSY products. HSY is not an investment with which you will get rich overnight. HSY is [...]
Summary HSY recently released Q3 2018 results and warned its profits will come under pressure given rising costs. Higher costs will likely persist into 2019 but there are plans to offset these higher costs with strategic price increases on roughly a fifth of HSY products. HSY shares are more suited for investors seeking to avoid [...]
Summary Hershey’s current valuation is similar to that evidenced in FY2009 at which time we were experiencing that ‘little event’ called The Financial Crisis. HSY is unlikely to appeal to investors seeking companies with ‘high octane’ growth. The company’s dividend yield and valuation are at levels not evidenced in several years. I currently have a [...]
HSY has retraced further subsequent to my February 3, 2018 article. In this article I share my thoughts on HSY's current valuation. Summary Hershey’s current valuation is similar to that evidenced in FY2009 at which time we were experiencing that ‘little event’ called The Financial Crisis. HSY is unlikely to appeal to investors seeking companies [...]
Summary Hershey recently released its Q4 and FY 2017 results which were not received well by the investment community. The stock has dropped ~$12 from its mid-December ~$115 level. HSY’s FY2017 revenue results are far short from the ambitious ‘$10B by 2017’ goal set in 2013. Revenue and diluted EPS in FY2017 were not that [...]
Summary This Hershey stock analysis is based on Q4 and FY2016 results and outlook for fiscal 2017 which were released February 3, 2017. For the 3rd time this century, The Hershey Company spurned a takeover offer in 2016. Don’t expect The Hershey Trust Company to ever sell. While FY2016 results were acceptable, the Chinese need [...]
