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) Operating cash flow

Alert me on Operating cash flow

Hershey Company (The)'s operating cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $2.3B, down 10.0% from $2.5B in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 it was $2.7B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $1.0B (fiscal 2016) to $2.5B (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. Hershey Company (The) ranks 2nd of 5 Confectioners companies by operating cash flow.

Operating cash flow, annual

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
FY2025 $2.3B (10.04%)
FY2024 $2.5B 8.97%
FY2023 $2.3B (0.20%)
FY2022 $2.3B 11.76%
FY2021 $2.1B 22.55%
FY2020 $1.7B (3.64%)
FY2019 $1.8B 10.24%
FY2018 $1.6B 28.05%
FY2017 $1.2B 23.30%
FY2016 $1.0B (19.33%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
Jun 2026 $419.3M (10.56%)
Mar 2026 $468.8M (49.40%)
Dec 2025 $926.6M 10.05%
Sep 2025 $841.9M 650.26%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $1.0B High $2.5B
Ten-year median $1.8B
Current reading's percentile 73

Operating cash flow against peers

What Operating cash flow is

Operating Cash Flow shows how much cash a company’s day-to-day business actually brings in, after paying suppliers, staff and taxes.

Reported line item

The full definition of Operating cash flow →

More on HSY