HSY
The Hershey Company
Confectioners · Consumer Defensive · United States
160.28
close · 2026-10-29
value
11
cheaper than peers11
quality
83
stronger fundamentals83
ranked against
Consumer Defensive
value
quality
140 peerssector comparisonwide variation
Value inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| forward P/E | 16.29× | 36 |
| EV to EBITDA | 13.98× | 28 |
| price to sales | 2.65× | 14 |
| price to book | 7.06× | 11 |
4 of 12 measures available
Quality inputs
| measure | company | vs peers |
| return on equity | 32.8% | 92 |
| operating margin | 23.1% | 91 |
| revenue growth | 6.6% | 62 |
| debt to equity | 129.8% | 26 |
4 of 4 measures available
Facts
| market cap | $32B |
| free cash flow | $1.74B |
| employees | 17,550 |
| first trade | 1980-03-17 |
| next earnings | 2026-10-29 |
| fundamentals updated | 2026-10-29 |
Annual history
| measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| diluted eps | 4.34 | 10.92 | 9.06 | 7.96 |
| free cash flow | $1.75B | $1.93B | $1.55B | $1.81B |
| net income | $883.3M | $2.22B | $1.86B | $1.64B |
| revenue | $11.69B | $11.20B | $11.16B | $10.42B |
| unusual items | -$45.1M | -$272.3M | -$210.9M | -$190.3M |