Hershey HSY
NYSE HSY
$173.26 +0.11 (+0.06%)
As of: Sep 8, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Hershey (HSY) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Hershey's (HSY) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.44 in Q2 2026, little changed year-over-year from 0.44 in Q2 2025, and up 3.33% quarter-over-quarter from 0.42 in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Hershey (HSY) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has reported Debt Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.44 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio changed 0.41% year-over-year to 0.44 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.44, a 0.41% change from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.43, down 4.12% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.44 for Q2 2026 at Hershey, up from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.56 in Q3 2022 and troughed at 0.42 in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 0.48 and a median of 0.47 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The widest YoY moves for Debt Ratio: up 10.09% in 2022, down 23.62% in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.44 in 2022, then grew by 0.38% to 0.44 in 2023, then increased by 2.05% to 0.45 in 2024, then declined by 4.12% to 0.43 in 2025, then advanced by 1.81% to 0.44 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.44 (Q2 2026), 0.42 (Q1 2026), and 0.43 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 78.21 Bn 76.55 Bn 3.99 Bn 0.30
2 Hershey 35.00 Bn 34.21 Bn 1.26 Bn 0.44
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.91 Bn 2.77 Bn 52.63 Mn 0.01
4 Utz Brands 2.05 Bn 2.61 Bn 96.20 Mn 0.32
5 J&J Snack Foods 1.57 Bn 1.50 Bn 151.02 Mn 0.02
6 Sanfilippo John B & Son 847.35 Mn 846.20 Mn 44.15 Mn 0.12
7 Sow Good 61.10 Mn 61.10 Mn - 2.36
8 BranchOut Food 58.35 Mn 58.05 Mn 96,825.00 0.12
9 Bridgford Foods 54.91 Mn 54.58 Mn 10.86 Mn 0.06
10 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 9.30 Mn 8.69 Mn 1.41 Mn 0.34
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 0.44
Mar 29, 2026 0.42
Dec 31, 2025 0.43
Sep 28, 2025 0.43
Jun 29, 2025 0.44
Mar 30, 2025 0.47
Dec 31, 2024 0.45
Sep 29, 2024 0.51
Jun 30, 2024 0.54
Mar 31, 2024 0.54
Dec 31, 2023 0.44
Oct 1, 2023 0.48
Jul 2, 2023 0.50
Apr 2, 2023 0.49
Dec 31, 2022 0.44
Oct 2, 2022 0.52
Jul 3, 2022 0.56
Apr 3, 2022 0.55
Dec 31, 2021 0.57
Oct 3, 2021 0.52