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.

Revenue
+2.96%
EPS
+183.1%
Free cash flow
−14.0%
Total debt
−4.97%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

176.79 2.29 +1.31%
Market cap
$35.7B
P/E
15.2×
Fwd P/E
19.2×
Dividend yield
3.24%
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 September 2026 was 1.2×, up 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 above the Confectioners industry median of 0.6× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.5×.

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
Sep 2026 1.2× 4.94%
Jun 2026 1.2× (4.81%)
Mar 2026 1.2× 4.04%
Dec 2025 1.2× (12.55%)
43 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×
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare 0.6×
RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare 0.5×
SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare 0.1×
Confectioners industry median 0.6×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.5×
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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