Hershey HSY Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 33.5%-13.8pp | 47.3%+2.6pp | 44.8%+1.6pp | 43.2%-2.0pp | |
| Operating margin | 12.3%-13.5pp | 25.9%+2.9pp | 22.9%+1.2pp | 21.7%-1.1pp | |
| Net margin | 7.6%-12.3pp | 19.8%+3.2pp | 16.7%+0.9pp | 15.8%-0.7pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 16.6%-13.3pp | 29.9%+3.2pp | 26.7%+1.4pp | 25.3%-1.0pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.6%-1.6pp | 17.2%+3.3pp | 13.9%-3.5pp | 17.4%-0.3pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 18.9%-31.5pp | 50.4%+0.1pp | 50.3%-4.0pp | 54.3%-4.9pp | |
| Return on assets | 6.6%-11.3pp | 17.9%+1.6pp | 16.3%+0.9pp | 15.4%+0.3pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 20.9%-34.3pp | 55.1%+5.7pp | 49.5%-9.1pp | 58.6%-5.6pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×0.0× | 1×+0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 5.8×+1.2× | 4.5×-0.4× | 4.9×-0.6× | 5.5×+0.4× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 1.2×+0.2× | 1×0.0× | 1×+0.2× | 0.8×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.5×+0.1× | 0.4×-0.1× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.1×-0.2× | 0.4×+0.1× | 0.3×-0.1× | 0.3×-0.2× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0×-0.1× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.2×-0.5× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×-0.2× | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $36.9B+7.7% | $34.27B-10.2% | $38.16B-19.6% | $47.49B+19.2% | |
| Enterprise value | $36.6B+3.8% | $35.26B-9.3% | $38.87B-19.2% | $48.12B+17.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 41.8×+26.4× | 15.4×-5.1× | 20.5×-8.4× | 28.9×+1.9× | |
| Price / sales | 3.2×+0.1× | 3.1×-0.4× | 3.4×-1.1× | 4.6×+0.1× | |
| Price / book | 8×+0.7× | 7.3×-2.0× | 9.3×-5.1× | 14.4×-0.1× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 18.8×+8.3× | 10.5×-2.5× | 13×-5.2× | 18.2×+0.9× | |
| EV / sales | 3.1×0.0× | 3.1×-0.3× | 3.5×-1.1× | 4.6×+0.1× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 4.9%-0.7pp | 5.6%+1.6pp | 4.1%+0.3pp | 3.8%-0.2pp | |
| Earnings yield | 2.4%-4.1pp | 6.5%+1.6pp | 4.9%+1.4pp | 3.5%-0.2pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.9%-0.2pp | 3.2%+0.8pp | 2.3%+0.7pp | 1.6%-0.1pp |
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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.
