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) Free cash flow

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Hershey Company (The)'s free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $1.7B, down 9.17% from $1.9B in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $2.1B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $747.6M (fiscal 2016) to $1.9B (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. Hershey Company (The) ranks 2nd of 5 Confectioners companies by free cash flow.

Free cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
FY2025 $1.7B (9.17%)
FY2024 $1.9B 24.07%
FY2023 $1.6B (14.17%)
FY2022 $1.8B 13.95%
FY2021 $1.6B 26.15%
FY2020 $1.3B (12.98%)
FY2019 $1.4B 9.43%
FY2018 $1.3B 32.19%
FY2017 $999.4M 33.69%
FY2016 $747.6M (17.00%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $650.1M 97.31%
Jun 2026 $329.5M (6.98%)
Mar 2026 $354.2M (55.08%)
Dec 2025 $788.5M 4.30%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $747.6M High $1.9B
Ten-year median $1.4B
Current reading's percentile 82

Free cash flow against peers

What Free cash flow is

Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.

Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)

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