What is Hershey's retained earnings?

Hershey (HSY) reported retained earnings of $5.64B in Q1 2026.

How has Hershey's retained earnings changed year-over-year?

Hershey's retained earnings decreased by 0.2% year-over-year, from $5.65B to $5.64B.

What is the long-term trend for Hershey's retained earnings?

Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Hershey's retained earnings has grown at a 23.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.93B to $5.5B.

What does retained earnings mean?

Cumulative net income earned since inception minus all dividends paid — the total profits reinvested in the business over its lifetime.

Hershey HSY Retained Earnings

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$73.17B+1.3%

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$3.36M+6.6%

Mondelez InternationalMDLZ

$36.33B+0.2%

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-$334.4M-10.1%

Campbell SoupCPB

$4.8B+3.0%

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$7.53B-2.3%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.1B+10.6%

Gross profit$1.2B+29.5%

Operating income$640.7M+73.5%

Net income$435.1M+94.1%

EPS (diluted)$2.13+93.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$877.0M-42.1%

Total debt$568.8M-2.3%

Total equity$4.6B-1.7%

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$36.33B+4.2%

Enterprise value$36.02B+4.3%

P/E33.2×+10.4×

P/S3×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin35%-7.4pp

Operating margin14.3%-6.3pp

Net margin9.1%-6.2pp

FCF margin16.1%-0.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity18.9%-31.5pp

Debt / equity0.1×-0.2×

Current ratio1.2×-0.4×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Hershey in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit.

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 retained earnings?: Hershey (HSY) reported retained earnings of $5.64B in Q1 2026.
How has Hershey's retained earnings changed year-over-year?: Hershey's retained earnings decreased by 0.2% year-over-year, from $5.65B to $5.64B.
What is the long-term trend for Hershey's retained earnings?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Hershey's retained earnings has grown at a 23.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.93B to $5.5B.
What does retained earnings mean?: Cumulative net income earned since inception minus all dividends paid — the total profits reinvested in the business over its lifetime.