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
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Hershey Company (The) (HSY) P/E ratio
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 | Free account |
Against its own ten years
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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