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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
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Hershey Company (The) (HSY) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Hershey Company (The) (HSY) trades at a P/E ratio of 18.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 12.1× (February 2025) to 52.7× (February 2026); the current reading is higher than 12% of that period. That is in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.1×.

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
Jun 2026 19.4× (41.54%)
Mar 2026 33.2× (18.35%)
Dec 2025 40.6× 49.63%
Sep 2025 27.1× 39.16%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 12.1× High 52.7×
Ten-year median 25.5×
Current reading's percentile 14

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) 18.9×
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare 23.3×
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare 29.8×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.1×
Market median 18.1×

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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