Coca-Cola's capital-light business makes it an ideal dividend investment. Hershey offers a high yield while paying out less than two-thirds of free cash flow.
Hershey is shifting from cost pressure to earnings expansion amid collapsing cocoa prices, aiding growth recovery and the dividend. General Mills offers an unusually high 7% yield because of temporary headwinds, while restructuring and its pet food segment provide a path back to stability.
The hosts of Morning Brew Daily made a simple argument on a recent episode that the idea of the “Ozempic economy” should be replaced with the “Mounjaro economy” now that Eli Lilly is controlling 60% of the GLP-1 market.
Trips to mouth. Democratizing luxury. Ozempic breath. It sounds like refrigerator magnet poetry, but these are a few of the things on Hershey Chief Executive Kirk Tanner's mind.
Hershey CEO Kirk Tanner said that the chocolatier is seeing higher sales for its mints and gum, thanks to the growing adoption of GLP-1 drugs. Sales of Hershey's Ice Breakers rose 8% in the first quarter due to the trend, Tanner said.
HERSHEY, Pa., April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) today announced quarterly dividends of $1.452 on the Common Stock and $1.320 on the Class B Common Stock.