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) P/B ratio
As of 16 October 2026, Hershey Company (The) (HSY) trades at a P/B ratio of 5.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.8× (May 2025) to 31.4× (August 2016); the current reading is higher than 4% of that period. That is above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.7×.
P/B ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.0× | 9.23% |
| FY2024 | 7.3× | (23.99%) |
| FY2023 | 9.6× | (32.15%) |
| FY2022 | 14.1× | (2.55%) |
| FY2021 | 14.5× | 2.24% |
| FY2020 | 14.2× | (19.58%) |
| FY2019 | 17.6× | 10.31% |
| FY2018 | 16.0× | (37.39%) |
| FY2017 | 25.5× | (5.00%) |
| FY2016 | 26.9× | 43.99% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 5.7× | (13.05%) |
| Mar 2026 | 6.5× | (18.05%) |
| Dec 2025 | 8.0× | 30.97% |
| Sep 2025 | 6.1× | 11.57% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/B ratio against peers
| Company | P/B ratio |
|---|---|
| SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare | n/m |
| RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare | 2.1× |
| TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare | 3.0× |
| MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare | 3.1× |
| HSY Hershey Company (The) | 5.5× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.7× |
| Market median | 1.7× |
What P/B ratio is
Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.
Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))
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- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
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