Hershey HSY Earnings yield
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Hershey’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Hershey’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Hershey's earnings yield?
- Hershey (HSY) reported earnings yield of 2.6% in Q1 2026.
- How has Hershey's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
- Hershey's earnings yield decreased by 45.4% year-over-year, from 4.8% to 2.6%.
- What is the long-term trend for Hershey's earnings yield?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Hershey's earnings yield has grown at a -1.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 16.1% to 15.1%.
- What does earnings yield mean?
- The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
- How do you interpret earnings yield?
- Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
- How does earnings yield compare across companies?
- Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.