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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 16 October 2026, Hershey Company (The) (HSY) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 11.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.9× (June 2024) to 26.9× (February 2026); the current reading is higher than 10% of that period. That is above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 10.0×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 21.3× 84.22%
FY2024 11.6× (21.25%)
FY2023 14.7× (24.02%)
FY2022 19.3× 1.90%
FY2021 18.9× 11.81%
FY2020 16.9× (7.44%)
FY2019 18.3× 33.19%
FY2018 13.7× (6.88%)
FY2017 14.8× (7.58%)
FY2016 16.0× 15.44%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jun 2026 11.4× (28.08%)
Mar 2026 15.9× (25.47%)
Dec 2025 21.3× 61.75%
Sep 2025 13.2× 16.39%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 9.9× High 26.9×
Ten-year median 15.1×
Current reading's percentile 10

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare n/m
RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare n/m
HSY Hershey Company (The) 11.1×
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare 17.0×
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare 27.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 10.0×
Market median 11.0×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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