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
Older periods Sep '25 Dec '25 Mar '26 Jun '26
P/E ratio

+8 more quarters

27.15 40.62 33.17 19.39
P/S ratio
2.42 3.16 2.58 2.13
P/FCF ratio
15.07 21.11 16.68 12.02
P/Operating CF
32.96 39.85 65.90 61.75
P/B ratio
6.08 7.96 6.53 5.67
Price to Tangible BV
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales
2.78 3.54 2.95 2.52
EV/EBITDA
13.16 21.28 15.86 11.41
EV/Operating CF
13.95 18.18 15.06 11.56
EV/FCF
17.37 23.67 19.10 14.25
Quick Ratio
0.66 0.55 0.61 0.51
Current Ratio
1.36 1.19 1.24 1.18
Net Debt/EBITDA
7.52 7.75 5.79 6.19
Debt/Assets
39.72% 39.32% 38.71% 40.15%
Debt/Equity
1.18 1.17 1.13 1.23
Asset Turnover
0.88 0.88 0.86 0.88
Operating CF/Net income
3.05 2.90 1.08 0.92
Capex/Depreciation
(0.67) (1.04) (0.86) (0.66)
Interest Coverage
8.44 9.25 12.86 12.86
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
18.88% 22.59% 18.56% 22.26%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.34 0.40 0.39 0.39
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.49% 0.61% 0.55% 0.64%
Graham Net Nets
(0.17) (0.15) (0.17) (0.21)
Graham Number
69.06 48.00 67.03 79.34
Earnings Yield
3.68% 2.46% 3.02% 5.16%
Free Cash Flow Yield
6.64% 4.74% 6.00% 8.32%
Revenue per Share
21.44 15.23 20.89 18.89
Operating CF per Share
5.67 4.57 3.15 2.84
Capex per Share
(0.58) (0.68) (0.77) (0.61)
Free Cash Flow per Share
5.10 3.89 2.38 2.23
Cash per Share
7.84 4.56 5.90 5.36
Shareholders Equity per Share
30.77 22.85 31.86 30.92
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
30.77 22.85 31.86 30.92
Free Cash Flow
755.99 788.47 354.21 329.49
Working Capital
1,170.34 577.00 728.74 603.77
Capital Expenditures
(85.92) (138.08) (114.60) (89.83)
Net Current Asset Value
(4,616.87) (5,515.65) (5,338.93) (5,454.12)
EV/EBIT
16.52 28.72 20.65 14.20
Capex to Sales
0.03 0.04 0.04 0.03
Price to Operating Income
14.34 25.61 18.03 11.97
Other line items
Average Receivables
1,054.46 764.97 927.09 863.79
Average Payables
1,337.12 1,207.44 1,359.58 1,425.69
Average Inventory
1,504.74 1,341.67 1,448.23 1,792.81
Average Assets
13,100.42 13,344.08 13,904.53 13,809.40
Average Common Equity
4,384.71 4,675.70 4,709.37 4,538.65

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