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

Hershey Company (The) (HSY) Return on assets

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Hershey Company (The)'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 10.8%, up 4.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.62%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.62% (fiscal 2025) to 17.9% (fiscal 2024) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Confectioners industry median of 4.94% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.08%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 6.62% (11.26)
FY2024 17.9% 1.59
FY2023 16.3% 0.89
FY2022 15.4% 0.28
FY2021 15.1% 0.31
FY2020 14.8% 0.30
FY2019 14.5% (3.26)
FY2018 17.8% 3.63
FY2017 14.1% 0.89
FY2016 13.3% 3.90

Against its own ten years

Low 6.62% High 17.9%
Ten-year median 14.8%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
HSY Hershey Company (The) 10.8%
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare 7.79%
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare 4.94%
RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare −27.5%
SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare −159.0%
Confectioners industry median 4.94%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.08%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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