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
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Hershey Company (The) (HSY) EV/EBITDA
As of 5 November 2026, Hershey Company (The) (HSY) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 9.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.9× (September 2026) to 26.9× (February 2026); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.5×.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 8.9× | (21.69%) |
| Jun 2026 | 11.4× | (28.08%) |
| Mar 2026 | 15.9× | (25.47%) |
| Dec 2025 | 21.3× | 61.75% |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
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) | 9.8× |
| MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare | 14.8× |
| TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare | 28.0× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 9.5× |
| Market median | 10.9× |
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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- Return on equity
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- Return on invested capital
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