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) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Hershey Company (The) (HSY) trades at a P/E ratio of 15.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.1× (February 2025) to 52.7× (February 2026); the current reading is higher than 3% of that period. That is below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 17.2×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 40.6× 187.04%
FY2024 14.2× (26.18%)
FY2023 19.2× (30.64%)
FY2022 27.6× 5.01%
FY2021 26.3× 8.29%
FY2020 24.3× (6.72%)
FY2019 26.1× 40.05%
FY2018 18.6× (37.76%)
FY2017 29.9× (1.04%)
FY2016 30.2× (18.44%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 13.6× (30.00%)
Jun 2026 19.4× (41.54%)
Mar 2026 33.2× (18.35%)
Dec 2025 40.6× 49.63%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.1× High 52.7×
Ten-year median 25.5×
Current reading's percentile 3

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare n/m
RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare n/m
HSY Hershey Company (The) 15.2×
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare 20.9×
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare 30.3×
Consumer Defensive sector median 17.2×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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