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) Return on invested capital
Hershey Company (The)'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.4%, up 4.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.89%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.89% (fiscal 2025) to 23.6% (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Confectioners industry median of 6.31% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.22%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 9.89% | (10.05) |
| FY2024 | 19.9% | 1.13 |
| FY2023 | 18.8% | 0.28 |
| FY2022 | 18.5% | 1.40 |
| FY2021 | 17.1% | (2.43) |
| FY2020 | 19.6% | 1.48 |
| FY2019 | 18.1% | (1.15) |
| FY2018 | 19.2% | (4.41) |
| FY2017 | 23.6% | 1.30 |
| FY2016 | 22.3% | 1.56 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| HSY Hershey Company (The) | 14.4% |
| TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. compare | 6.74% |
| MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. compare | 6.31% |
| SOWG Sow Good Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. compare | −27.5% |
| Confectioners industry median | 6.31% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.22% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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