Hershey (HSY) Common Stock Issued (2009 - 2026)
Hershey's Common Stock Issued was $841,000 in Q3 2026, down 91.8% from $10.32 million a year earlier and down 20.1% from the prior quarter.
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Hershey (HSY) Common Stock Issued (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Hershey's Common Stock Issued was $20.93 million through Sep 27, 2026, up 15.4% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $21.3 million, up 45.2% from FY2024.
- Common Stock Issued shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -14.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Common Stock Issued was $14.66 million in FY2024 (-43.6%), $26.02 million in FY2023 (-23.8%), $34.16 million in FY2022 (-31.4%) and $49.82 million in FY2021 (+7.4%).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Common Stock Issued since Q3 2017.
- Compared with a year earlier, Common Stock Issued was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 80.8%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Common Stock Issued over five years was Q1 2026 (growth of 447.8%); the worst was Q3 2026 (a decline of 91.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, HSY's Common Stock Issued in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was $1.05 million (Q2 2026), $15 million (Q1 2026) and $4.04 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Stock Issued (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 145.15 Bn | 96.61 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.58 Bn | 77.59 Bn | 3.92 Bn | - |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.52 Bn | 31.25 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 841,000.00 |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 30.53 Bn | 16.95 Bn | 2.03 Bn | - |
| 5 | General Mills | 19.10 Bn | 16.75 Bn | 1.49 Bn | - |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.04 Bn | 13.82 Bn | 979.60 Mn | - |
| 7 | Mccormick | 13.41 Bn | 12.48 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 10.30 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.07 Bn | 8.74 Bn | 471.52 Mn | - |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.53 Bn | 6.82 Bn | 1.01 Bn | - |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.73 Bn | 7.36 Bn | 266.50 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 841,000.00 |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 1.05 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 15.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.04 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 10.32 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 4.20 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.74 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 877,000.00 |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 5.50 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.18 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.76 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 2.23 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 6.83 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 15.19 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.33 Mn |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 9.05 Mn |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 5.06 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 16.71 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.32 Mn |
API Access
Hershey Common Stock Issued 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-stock-issued&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "common-stock-issued", "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-stock-issued&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();