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.
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Hershey Company (The) (HSY) Free cash flow margin
Hershey Company (The)'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 17.7%, up 2.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.1% (fiscal 2016) to 18.1% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Confectioners industry median of 7.79% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.64%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 15.0% | (2.23) |
| FY2024 | 17.2% | 3.29 |
| FY2023 | 13.9% | (3.46) |
| FY2022 | 17.4% | (0.33) |
| FY2021 | 17.7% | 2.25 |
| FY2020 | 15.4% | (2.66) |
| FY2019 | 18.1% | 1.14 |
| FY2018 | 17.0% | 3.66 |
| FY2017 | 13.3% | 3.25 |
| FY2016 | 10.1% | (2.14) |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| HSY Hershey Company (The) | 17.7% |
| TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare | 10.9% |
| MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare | 7.79% |
| SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare | −11.6% |
| Confectioners industry median | 7.79% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.64% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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