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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) Return on assets
Hershey Company (The)'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.1%, up 6.4 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 5.70% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.45%.
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
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| HSY Hershey Company (The) | 13.1% |
| TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare | 7.79% |
| MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare | 5.70% |
| RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare | −29.4% |
| SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare | −159.0% |
| Confectioners industry median | 5.70% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.45% |
| 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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