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Hershey HSY EV / sales

EV / sales at other companies

PepsiCo logo
PepsiCoPEP
2.7×0.0×
Mondelez International logo
Mondelez InternationalMDLZ
1.9×-0.5×
General Mills logo
General MillsGIS
1.9×-0.4×
Church & Dwight logo
Church & DwightCHD
3.9×-0.8×
The Kraft Heinz Company logo
The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC
1.8×-0.4×
PFG
Performance Food GroupPFGC
0.3×0.0×

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 the most recent quarter.

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 EV / sales?
Hershey (HSY) reported EV / sales of 3.9× in Q1 2026.
How has Hershey's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Hershey's EV / sales increased by 7.3% year-over-year, from 3.6× to 3.9×.
What is the long-term trend for Hershey's EV / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Hershey's EV / sales has grown at a -5.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 18.3× to 14.3×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.