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) Price to free cash flow
As of 16 October 2026, Hershey Company (The) (HSY) trades at a price to free cash flow of 11.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.8× (September 2026) to 51.9× (January 2015); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 14.7×.
Price to free cash flow, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | Price to free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 21.1× | 18.26% |
| FY2024 | 17.8× | (29.54%) |
| FY2023 | 25.3× | (1.79%) |
| FY2022 | 25.8× | 2.34% |
| FY2021 | 25.2× | (0.15%) |
| FY2020 | 25.2× | 18.53% |
| FY2019 | 21.3× | 25.00% |
| FY2018 | 17.0× | (28.44%) |
| FY2017 | 23.8× | (20.02%) |
| FY2016 | 29.8× | 37.08% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Price to free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 12.0× | (27.95%) |
| Mar 2026 | 16.7× | (20.98%) |
| Dec 2025 | 21.1× | 40.06% |
| Sep 2025 | 15.1× | 1.24% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Price to free cash flow against peers
| Company | Price to free cash flow |
|---|---|
| SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare | n/m |
| RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare | n/m |
| HSY Hershey Company (The) | 11.7× |
| MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare | 26.6× |
| TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare | 35.8× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 14.7× |
| Market median | 14.2× |
What Price to free cash flow is
Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.
Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))
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