Hershey (HSY) Common Equity (2009 - 2026)
Hershey (HSY) posted Common Equity of $4.88 billion for Q3 2026, up 6.8% from $4.56 billion a year earlier and up 6.9% from the prior quarter.
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Hershey (HSY) Common Equity (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Hershey's Common Equity came in at $4.64 billion, down 1.7% from FY2024.
- Annual Common Equity shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 15.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Hershey's Common Equity was $4.71 billion in FY2024 (+15.0%), $4.1 billion in FY2023 (+24.2%), $3.3 billion in FY2022 (+19.7%) and $2.76 billion in FY2021 (+23.2%).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Common Equity in data going back to Q2 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Common Equity has increased in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 7.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Common Equity in the past five years was Q1 2022, with growth of 28.7%; the weakest was Q4 2025, with a decline of 1.7%.
- According to Business Quant data, Common Equity for the three prior quarters was $4.56 billion (Q2 2026), $4.73 billion (Q1 2026) and $4.64 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Common Equity (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 145.28 Bn | 96.74 Bn | - | 18.50 Bn |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.79 Bn | 77.80 Bn | 3.92 Bn | 26.66 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.79 Bn | 31.52 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 4.88 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.94 Bn | 16.59 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 36.08 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.77 Bn | 16.41 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 7.46 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.22 Bn | 14.00 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 5.75 Bn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.91 Bn | 11.98 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 7.59 Bn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.24 Bn | 8.91 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 7.86 Bn |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.37 Bn | 6.66 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 370.50 Mn |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.83 Bn | 7.46 Bn | 266.50 Mn | 1.81 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 4.88 Bn |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 4.56 Bn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 4.73 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.64 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 4.56 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 4.51 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.68 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.71 Bn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 4.20 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.01 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.11 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.10 Bn |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 3.97 Bn |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 3.69 Bn |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 3.46 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.30 Bn |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 3.08 Bn |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 2.89 Bn |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 2.92 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.76 Bn |
API Access
Hershey Common Equity API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=common-equity&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "common-equity", "ticker": "HSY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=common-equity&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();