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/S ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Hershey Company (The) (HSY) trades at a P/S ratio of 2.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.9× (September 2026) to 5.3× (May 2023); the current reading is higher than 2% of that period. That is in line with the Confectioners industry median of 2.1× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.8×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2025 3.2× 2.92%
FY2024 3.1× (12.86%)
FY2023 3.5× (21.34%)
FY2022 4.5× 0.41%
FY2021 4.5× 14.43%
FY2020 3.9× 1.07%
FY2019 3.9× 33.44%
FY2018 2.9× (8.76%)
FY2017 3.2× 5.85%
FY2016 3.0× 12.96%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Sep 2026 1.9× (11.48%)
Jun 2026 2.1× (17.38%)
Mar 2026 2.6× (18.41%)
Dec 2025 3.2× 30.74%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.9× High 5.3×
Ten-year median 3.1×
Current reading's percentile 2

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare 0.3×
HSY Hershey Company (The) 2.1×
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare 2.1×
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare 4.0×
SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare 6.2×
Confectioners industry median 2.1×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.8×
Market median 1.9×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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