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

Hershey Company (The) (HSY) Current ratio

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Hershey Company (The)'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 1.2×, down 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (1.2×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.8× (fiscal 2022) to 1.6× (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is in line with the Confectioners industry median of 1.1× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.4×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 1.2× 24.55%
FY2024 1.0× (1.17%)
FY2023 1.0× 20.32%
FY2022 0.8× (10.70%)
FY2021 0.9× (42.77%)
FY2020 1.6× 49.37%
FY2019 1.1× 13.84%
FY2018 0.9× (3.97%)
FY2017 1.0× 1.32%
FY2016 1.0× 14.16%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Jun 2026 1.2× (4.81%)
Mar 2026 1.2× 4.04%
Dec 2025 1.2× (12.55%)
Sep 2025 1.4× (10.92%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.8× High 1.6×
Ten-year median 1.0×
Current reading's percentile 91

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare 2.9×
HSY Hershey Company (The) 1.2×
RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare 1.1×
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare 0.6×
SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare 0.1×
Confectioners industry median 1.1×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.4×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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