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) EV/Sales

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As of 5 November 2026, Hershey Company (The) (HSY) trades at a EV/Sales of 2.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.2× (September 2026) to 5.7× (May 2023); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is in line with the Confectioners industry median of 2.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.0×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 3.5× 2.38%
FY2024 3.5× (11.69%)
FY2023 3.9× (19.94%)
FY2022 4.9× (1.81%)
FY2021 5.0× 15.31%
FY2020 4.3× (0.16%)
FY2019 4.3× 27.82%
FY2018 3.4× (3.38%)
FY2017 3.5× 4.55%
FY2016 3.4× 14.44%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Sep 2026 2.2× (10.99%)
Jun 2026 2.5× (14.41%)
Mar 2026 3.0× (16.68%)
Dec 2025 3.5× 27.19%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.2× High 5.7×
Ten-year median 3.4×
Current reading's percentile 2

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare 0.4×
HSY Hershey Company (The) 2.5×
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare 2.5×
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare 3.8×
SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare 6.2×
Confectioners industry median 2.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.0×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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