Hershey Company (The)

HSY Consumer Defensive Confectioners

Hershey Company (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.7 billion, up 4.38% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.60%, EPS grew 869.2%, free cash flow grew 809.1% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

170.74 2.06 +1.22%
Market cap
$33.9B
P/E
18.9×
Fwd P/E
23.0×
Dividend yield
3.35%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.24
Beneish M
−2.79
Dividend safety
57/100
Dec '25 Dec '24 Dec '23 Dec '22 Dec '21 Dec '20 Dec '19 Dec '18 Dec '17 Dec '16
P/E ratio
40.62 14.15 19.17 27.64 26.32 24.31 26.06 18.61 29.90 30.21
Piotroski F-Score
5 7 8 7 6 7 6 5 8 7
P/S ratio
3.16 3.07 3.52 4.48 4.46 3.90 3.85 2.89 3.17 2.99
Altman Z-Score
4.24 4.71 5.11 5.76 4.98 4.74 4.75 5.10 6.85 6.46
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.82 3.45 3.19 2.53 2.39 3.12 2.21 4.47 5.45 5.21
P/FCF ratio
21.11 17.85 25.33 25.79 25.20 25.24 21.29 17.04 23.81 29.77
Beneish M-Score
(2.79) (2.66) (2.54) (2.70) (2.53) (2.65) (2.80) (2.39) (2.97) (2.60)
P/Operating CF
39.85 36.50 51.89 60.76 58.89 52.54 39.96 31.83 38.16 39.55
Dividend Safety Score
57 — — — — — — — — —
P/B ratio
7.96 7.29 9.59 14.14 14.51 14.19 17.64 15.99 25.54 26.89
EV/Sales
3.54 3.46 3.92 4.89 4.98 4.32 4.33 3.39 3.50 3.35
EV/EBITDA
21.28 11.55 14.67 19.31 18.95 16.95 18.31 13.75 14.76 15.97
EV/FCF
23.67 20.12 28.17 28.19 28.16 27.99 23.90 19.96 26.35 33.36
Current Ratio
1.19 0.96 0.97 0.80 0.90 1.57 1.05 0.93 0.96 0.95
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.30 1.30 1.48 1.64 1.99 1.66 2.00 2.02 1.42 1.72
Debt/Equity
1.17 1.08 1.17 1.45 1.82 2.06 2.45 3.17 3.14 3.60
ROE
18.89% 50.40% 50.33% 54.31% 59.16% 64.21% 72.94% 100.70% 89.01% 76.80%
ROA
6.62% 17.88% 16.29% 15.40% 15.12% 14.81% 14.51% 17.77% 14.14% 13.25%
ROIC
9.89% 19.94% 18.81% 18.53% 17.13% 19.56% 18.08% 19.23% 23.64% 22.34%
Return on Tangible Assets
21.51% 67.54% 57.94% 77.11% 63.17% 37.93% 50.84% 60.36% 38.53% 34.54%
Average Days of Receivables
22.77 26.08 26.93 24.91 27.32 27.55 25.98 27.83 28.57 28.52
Earnings Yield
2.46% 7.07% 5.22% 3.62% 3.80% 4.11% 3.84% 5.37% 3.34% 3.31%
Free Cash Flow Yield
4.74% 5.60% 3.95% 3.88% 3.97% 3.96% 4.70% 5.87% 4.20% 3.36%
Free Cash Flow per Share
8.62 9.49 7.58 8.80 7.68 6.04 6.90 6.29 4.71 3.49
Book value per Share
22.85 23.23 20.02 16.05 13.34 10.74 8.33 6.70 4.39 3.87
Free Cash Flow
1,749.15 1,925.65 1,552.08 1,808.36 1,587.01 1,258.03 1,445.68 1,321.15 999.45 747.60
EV/EBIT
28.72 13.37 17.08 22.55 21.87 19.75 21.65 16.25 20.05 19.87
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