Barclays analyst Andrew Lazar lowered the firm’s price target on Hershey to $218 from $265 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. While volumes have been the prevailing narrative in staples for several months now, the risk of GLP-1s as a secular headwind and the cyclical drag of higher rates “have taken center stage in the past week,” the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm changed the price target in a preview of the sector’s Q3 earnings reports.
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