Hershey Company (The) (HSY): financials, SEC filings and peers
Hershey Company (The) (HSY) is a packaged foods & meats company in the Consumer Staples sector of the S&P 500, headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
It was founded in 1894 and joined the S&P 500 on March 4, 1957.
Its fiscal year ends in December, and its shares trade on the NYSE.
In its SEC filings it is classified as “Sugar & Confectionery Products”.
Hershey Company (The) at a glance
- Revenue (12 months)
- $12.3B
- Revenue growth
- +6.7%
- Operating margin
- 20.8%
- Net income (12 months)
- $1.8B
- Free cash flow (12 months)
- $2.1B
- Cash
- $677M
- Debt
- $5.1B
- Diluted EPS (12 months)
- —
Twelve months to September 27, 2026, from the 10-Q filed October 29, 2026.
Latest twelve months
Over the twelve months to September 27, 2026, Hershey Company (The) reported revenue of $12.3 billion, about the same as a year earlier (+6.7%).
Its operating margin was 20.8%, up 3.9 percentage points from a year earlier: for every $100 of sales, about $21 was left as operating profit.
Net income was $1.8 billion (14.6% of revenue), 31.9% higher than a year earlier.
Operating cash flow was $2.6 billion and capital spending $443 million, leaving free cash flow of $2.1 billion (17.3% of revenue).
At the end of the period it held $677 million in cash and $5.1 billion in debt, a net debt position of $4.4 billion.
Five-year trend
- Revenue went from $8.1 billion in fiscal 2020 to $11.7 billion in fiscal 2025, about 7.5% a year.
- Revenue has grown for 5 fiscal years in a row.
- Operating margin narrowed from 21.9% to 12.3% over the same years.
- Free cash flow was positive in each of the last 6 fiscal years.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.0B | $10.4B | $11.2B | $11.2B | $11.7B |
| Revenue growth | 10.1% | 16.1% | 7.2% | 0.3% | 4.4% |
| Operating margin | 22.8% | 21.7% | 22.9% | 25.9% | 12.3% |
| Net income | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.9B | $2.2B | $883M |
| Free cash flow | $1.6B | $1.8B | $1.6B | $1.9B | $1.8B |
| Diluted EPS | — | — | — | — | — |
Fiscal years as reported in Hershey Company (The)’s 10-K filings. Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital spending.
Recent SEC filings
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- KHCKraft HeinzChicago, Illinois; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- MDLZMondelez InternationalChicago, Illinois
- MKCMcCormick & CompanyHunt Valley, Maryland
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Questions about Hershey Company (The)
Is Hershey Company (The)'s revenue growing?
Yes. Revenue for the twelve months to September 27, 2026 was $12.3 billion, up 6.7% from a year earlier, according to its SEC filings.
Is Hershey Company (The) profitable?
Yes. It earned $1.8 billion in net income over the twelve months to September 27, 2026, a net margin of 14.6%.
Does Hershey Company (The) have more cash or more debt?
At September 27, 2026 it had $677 million in cash and $5.1 billion in debt, so more debt than cash.
When did Hershey Company (The) last file financial results?
Its latest quarterly report (10-Q) was filed with the SEC on October 29, 2026.
Which companies are similar to Hershey Company (The)?
In the S&P 500, Hershey Company (The) is grouped in Packaged Foods & Meats within the Consumer Staples sector. General Mills (GIS), Hormel Foods (HRL), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Mondelez International (MDLZ), McCormick & Company (MKC) are in the same group.
Understand the numbers
Source: Hershey Company (The)’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR), retrieved November 11, 2026. Figures are as reported by the company and may be restated. This page is for information only and is not financial advice.