Hershey HSY Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 35%+1.5pp | 33.5%-4.2pp | 37.7%-2.4pp | 40.1%-2.4pp | 42.5%-4.8pp | |
| Operating margin | 14.3%+2.0pp | 12.3%-4.5pp | 16.8%-1.9pp | 18.7%-1.8pp | 20.5%-5.3pp | |
| Net margin | 9.1%+1.6pp | 7.6%-4.3pp | 11.8%-1.7pp | 13.5%-1.8pp | 15.3%-4.5pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.8×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.4×-0.2× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.6×+0.6× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2×-0.3× | 2.3×+0.5× | 1.7×-0.2× | 1.9×+0.3× | 1.6×+0.3× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $42.14B+14.2% | $36.9B-2.7% | $37.92B+8.8% | $34.86B+0.6% | $34.64B+1.1% | |
| Price / earnings | 38.5×-3.3× | 41.8×+13.9× | 27.9×+5.1× | 22.8×+1.8× | 21×+5.6× | |
| Price / sales | 3.5×+0.4× | 3.2×-0.1× | 3.3×+0.2× | 3.1×-0.1× | 3.2×+0.2× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 20.9×-0.4× | 21.2×+3.9× | 17.3×+2.0× | 15.3×+0.8× | 14.5×+3.1× | |
| Dividend yield | 2.6%-0.3pp | 2.9%+0.1pp | 2.9%-0.2pp | 3.1%0.0pp | 3.1%0.0pp |
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- What are Hershey's profit margins?
- Hershey (HSY) runs a 35.0% gross margin and a 14.3% operating margin, with a 9.1% net margin.
- Where do Hershey's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Hershey's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
