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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.45
Total sells 275.90
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 3 — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 2 1 2 3 6 11 9 10 11 11 8 4
Insider Ownership 1.81%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 33,890.00
Revenue 12,163.91
Net Income 1,489.11
Free Cash Flow 2,154.56
Net Debt 4,819.47
Current Ratio 1.18
Debt/Equity 1.23
P/E ratio 18.87
Fwd P/E 23.00
P/S ratio 2.07
P/B ratio 5.52
Past 5Y EPS Growth (6.61%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 34.50% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 16.19% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 5.13%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 18.28% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 13.56%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 0.92%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 3.87%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 0.96%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 0.92%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.78
Annual Dividend Rate 5.73
Annual Dividend Yield 3.35%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 5.78
1.45
1.45
1.45
2025 5.48
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37
2024 5.48
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37
2023 4.46
1.04
1.04
1.19
1.19
2022 3.87
0.90
0.90
1.04
1.04
2021 3.41
0.80
0.80
0.90
0.90
2020 3.15
0.77
0.77
0.80
0.80
2019 2.99
0.72
0.72
0.77
0.77
2018 2.76
0.66
0.66
0.72
0.72
2017 2.55
0.62
0.62
0.66
0.66
2016 2.40
0.58
0.58
0.62
0.62
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 402 731 926 791
Receivables 824 800 730 907
Inventory 1,341 1,254 1,429 1,743
Other — — — —
2,912 3,759 3,589 3,956
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,086 1,159 1,256 1,401
ST’ Debt 1,025 1,912 722 926
Other — — — —
3,008 3,929 3,012 3,352

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 4.70% 7.49% 3.92%
Cash Flow 6.13% 6.03% (0.73%)
Earnings 5.58% (7.13%) (18.72%)
Book Value 16.04% 15.68% 12.01%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3,104 2,787 — — —
’25 2,805 2,615 3,181 3,091 11,693
’24 3,253 2,074 2,987 2,888 11,202
’23 2,988 2,490 3,030 2,657 11,165
’22 2,666 2,373 2,728 2,652 10,419
’21 2,296 1,989 2,360 2,326 8,971
’20 2,037 1,707 2,220 2,185 8,150
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 469 419 — — —
’25 397 112 842 927 2,277
’24 569 326 695 942 2,532
’23 755 294 516 758 2,323
’22 656 457 446 768 2,328
’21 610 408 386 679 2,083
’20 246 368 481 604 1,700
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 354 329 — — —
’25 251 (46) 756 788 1,749
’24 356 195 567 807 1,926
’23 579 140 298 535 1,552
’22 515 357 327 608 1,808
’21 495 295 266 531 1,587
’20 147 281 375 455 1,258
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2.13 2.26 — — —
’25 1.10 0.31 1.36 1.57 4.34
’24 3.89 0.89 2.20 3.92 10.92
’23 2.85 1.98 2.52 1.70 9.06
’22 2.57 1.53 1.94 1.92 7.96
’21 1.90 1.45 2.14 1.62 7.11
’20 1.29 1.29 2.14 1.39 6.11
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 82.42 101.61 89.10 100.80 109.88 143.58 190.93 178.82 166.69 140.13

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 117.79 116.49 114.63 162.20 161.83 194.01 242.64 276.88 211.92 199.00
People
People Employees 17,980 16,910 16,420 16,140 16,880 18,990 19,865 20,505 20,030 19,595
Revenue/emp, $m 0.41 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.48 0.47 0.52 0.54 0.56 0.60
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 7,440 7,515 7,791 7,986 8,150 8,971 10,419 11,165 11,202 11,693
Gross margin, % 42.60 45.98 45.89 45.36 45.42 45.13 43.18 44.76 47.32 33.55
EBT 1,099 1,111 1,410 1,381 1,495 1,797 1,917 2,172 2,474 1,214
EBT margin, % 14.78 14.78 18.10 17.29 18.34 20.03 18.40 19.45 22.08 10.38
Net income 720 757 1,171 1,147 1,275 1,483 1,645 1,862 2,221 883
Depreciation 306 471 295 292 295 315 379 420 455 504
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 34.74 35.41 37.10 38.13 39.10 43.40 50.69 54.53 55.19 57.63
Earnings 3.45 3.79 5.76 5.64 6.30 7.34 8.22 9.31 11.22 4.46
Cash flow 4.73 5.89 7.62 8.42 8.15 10.08 11.33 11.35 12.47 11.22
Capex (1.24) (1.18) (1.33) (1.52) (2.12) (2.40) (2.53) (3.77) (2.99) (2.60)
Free cash flow 3.49 4.71 6.29 6.90 6.04 7.68 8.80 7.58 9.49 8.62
Book value 3.87 4.39 6.70 8.33 10.74 13.34 16.05 20.02 23.23 22.85
Shares, m 214 212 210 209 208 207 206 205 203 203
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 30.21 29.90 18.61 26.06 24.31 26.32 27.64 19.17 14.15 40.62
P/S 2.99 3.17 2.89 3.85 3.90 4.46 4.48 3.52 3.07 3.16
P/B 26.89 25.54 15.99 17.64 14.19 14.51 14.14 9.59 7.29 7.96
EV/Sales 3.35 3.50 3.39 4.33 4.32 4.98 4.89 3.92 3.46 3.54
EV/FCF 33.36 26.35 19.96 23.90 27.99 28.16 28.19 28.17 20.12 23.67
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,013 1,250 1,600 1,764 1,700 2,083 2,328 2,323 2,532 2,277
Capex (266) (250) (279) (318) (442) (496) (519) (771) (606) (528)
Free cash flow 748 999 1,321 1,446 1,258 1,587 1,808 1,552 1,926 1,749
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (93) (75) (179) 108 1,086 (247) (637) (96) (170) 577
Total debt 2,980 2,920 4,458 4,266 4,603 5,029 4,791 4,814 5,102 5,403
Net debt 2,683 2,540 3,870 3,773 3,459 4,700 4,327 4,412 4,371 4,477
Shareholders’ equity 828 932 1,407 1,745 2,238 2,757 3,300 4,099 4,715 4,637
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 13.25 14.14 17.77 14.51 14.81 15.12 15.40 16.29 17.88 6.62
ROIC 22.34 23.64 19.23 18.08 19.56 17.13 18.53 18.81 19.94 9.89
ROE 76.80 89.01 100.70 72.94 64.21 59.16 54.31 50.33 50.40 18.89
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Hershey Company (The) vs peers in Confectioners (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc. $80.5B 23.3× 21.3× +4.13% (above 0%: growing) +146.94% (above 0%: growing) +5,060.00% (above 0%: growing) 42.61% 20.80% Compare
HSY Hershey Company (The) $33.9B 18.9× 23.0× +6.60% (above 0%: growing) +869.16% (above 0%: growing) +809.05% (above 0%: growing) 45.32% 23.06%
TR Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. $2.9B 29.8× 38.6× −0.56% (below 0%: shrinking) −22.75% (below 0%: shrinking) −116.74% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.13% (1.05%) Compare
SOWG Sow Good Inc. $41.6M — (loss-making) — −56.30% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −406.71% (below 0%: shrinking) (576.11%) 0.00% Compare
RMCF Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. $8.5M — (loss-making) — −4.08% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −431.87% (below 0%: shrinking) 23.08% (16.46%) Compare
Median of peers $1.5B — — −2.32% — −261.72% 28.61% (0.52%)

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HSY metrics, ten years each

Hershey Company (The) (HSY) key facts

  • Strength: Hershey Company (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.7 billion, up 4.38% from fiscal 2024.
  • Hershey Company (The) (HSY) is a Confectioners company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, HSY traded at $170.74, a market capitalization of $33.9 billion.
  • Hershey Company (The) pays an annual dividend of $5.73 per share, a yield of 3.35%, with a payout ratio of 78.2%.
  • Return on equity was 18.9% and debt-to-equity 1.23.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.24 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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