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Hershey HSY Earnings yield

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3.3%+1.2pp
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PFG
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2.4%-0.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.1B+10.7%
Gross profit$1.2B+29.5%
Operating income$640.7M+73.5%
Net income$435.1M+94.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$877.0M-42.1%
Total debt$5.3B-8.8%
Total assets$13.8B-0.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$468.8M+18.2%
CapEx$114.6M-21.3%
Free cash flow$354.2M+41.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$35.02B+21.6%
Enterprise value$39.39B+19.6%
P/E32×+14.5×
P/S2.9×+0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin35%-7.4pp
Operating margin14.3%-6.3pp
Net margin9.1%-6.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity18.9%-31.5pp
Debt / equity1.1×+0.1×
Current ratio1.2×-0.4×

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.