hershey co hsy topped expectations with its latest earnings and outlook thursday morning noting that unit pricing contributed to retail sales growth in its most recent period the company notched fourthquarter net income of 3963 million or 192 a share up from 3356 million or 162 a share in the yearearlier period on an adjusted basis hershey earned 202 a share up from 169 a share a year before while analysts tracked by factset were modeling 177 a share revenue climbed to 265 billion from 233 billion a year prior whereas the factset consensus was for 258 billion the company capped off “one of its strongest years in history despite record inflation continued supply chain disruptions and macroeconomic uncertainty for many consumers” chief executive michele buck said in a release as annual revenue increased 16 to 104 billion for the full year hershey anticipates 6 to 8 in netsales growth along with a 9 to 11 increased in adjusted earnings per share analysts tracked by factset were modeling 1104 billion in revenue up 59 from 2022 levels and 896 in adjusted eps up 52 from what hershey reported for 2022