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Hershey HSY Quick ratio

Quick ratio at other companies

PepsiCo logo
PepsiCoPEP
0.7×+0.1×
Mondelez International logo
Mondelez InternationalMDLZ
0.4×0.0×
General Mills logo
General MillsGIS
0.4×-0.1×
Church & Dwight logo
Church & DwightCHD
0.8×-0.6×
The Kraft Heinz Company logo
The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC
0.8×0.0×
PFG
Performance Food GroupPFGC
0.7×-0.1×

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 quick ratio?
Hershey (HSY) reported quick ratio of 0.8× in Q1 2026.
How has Hershey's quick ratio changed year-over-year?
Hershey's quick ratio decreased by 30.4% year-over-year, from 1.1× to 0.8×.
What is the long-term trend for Hershey's quick ratio?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Hershey's quick ratio has grown at a 2.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.2× to 3.5×.
What does quick ratio mean?
Can the company cover short-term bills without having to sell inventory first?
How do you interpret quick ratio?
More conservative than the current ratio. A wide gap between the two flags heavy reliance on inventory to meet near-term obligations.
How does quick ratio compare across companies?
Most informative for inventory-heavy businesses; converges with the current ratio for firms that carry little inventory.