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Hershey HSY Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

PepsiCo logo
PepsiCoPEP
8.2%-1.1pp
Mondelez International logo
Mondelez InternationalMDLZ
3.7%-1.2pp
General Mills logo
General MillsGIS
6.8%-1.2pp
Church & Dwight logo
Church & DwightCHD
8.2%+1.6pp
The Kraft Heinz Company logo
The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC
-5.1%-6.7pp
PFG
Performance Food GroupPFGC
1.8%-0.7pp

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 trailing twelve months.

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 return on assets?
Hershey (HSY) reported return on assets of 7.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Hershey's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Hershey's return on assets decreased by 37.1% year-over-year, from 12.5% to 7.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Hershey's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Hershey's return on assets has grown at a -9.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 62.3% to 41.2%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.