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Hershey HSY Ratios & Valuation

FY'25FY'24FY'23FY'22
Profitability
Gross margin33.5%-13.8pp47.3%+2.6pp44.8%+1.6pp43.2%-2.0pp
Operating margin12.3%-13.5pp25.9%+2.9pp22.9%+1.2pp21.7%-1.1pp
Net margin7.6%-12.3pp19.8%+3.2pp16.7%+0.9pp15.8%-0.7pp
EBITDA margin16.6%-13.3pp29.9%+3.2pp26.7%+1.4pp25.3%-1.0pp
Free cash flow margin15.6%-1.6pp17.2%+3.3pp13.9%-3.5pp17.4%-0.3pp
Returns
Return on equity18.9%-31.5pp50.4%+0.1pp50.3%-4.0pp54.3%-4.9pp
Return on assets6.6%-11.3pp17.9%+1.6pp16.3%+0.9pp15.4%+0.3pp
Return on invested capital20.9%-34.3pp55.1%+5.7pp49.5%-9.1pp58.6%-5.6pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.9×0.0×0.9×-0.1×0.0×+0.1×
Inventory turnover5.8×+1.2×4.5×-0.4×4.9×-0.6×5.5×+0.4×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.2×+0.2×0.0×+0.2×0.8×-0.1×
Quick ratio0.7×+0.1×0.6×+0.1×0.5×+0.1×0.4×-0.1×
Cash ratio0.3×+0.1×0.2×+0.1×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.1×-0.2×0.4×+0.1×0.3×-0.1×0.3×-0.2×
Debt-to-assets-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 / earnings41.8×+26.4×15.4×-5.1×20.5×-8.4×28.9×+1.9×
Price / sales3.2×+0.1×3.1×-0.4×3.4×-1.1×4.6×+0.1×
Price / book+0.7×7.3×-2.0×9.3×-5.1×14.4×-0.1×
EV / EBITDA18.8×+8.3×10.5×-2.5×13×-5.2×18.2×+0.9×
EV / sales3.1×0.0×3.1×-0.3×3.5×-1.1×4.6×+0.1×
Free cash flow yield4.9%-0.7pp5.6%+1.6pp4.1%+0.3pp3.8%-0.2pp
Earnings yield2.4%-4.1pp6.5%+1.6pp4.9%+1.4pp3.5%-0.2pp
Dividend yield2.9%-0.2pp3.2%+0.8pp2.3%+0.7pp1.6%-0.1pp

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Questions, answered.

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.