Hershey (HSY) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) reported Debt Ratio of 0.35 for Q1 2026, down 15.27% year-over-year from 0.41 in Q1 2025, and down 7.06% quarter-over-quarter from 0.38 in Q4 2025.

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

Hershey (HSY) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.35 in Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.35, down 15.27% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.35 (down 15.27% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.38, up 8.62% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio eased to 0.35 in Q1 2026 per HSY's latest filing, from 0.38 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.41 in Q1 2025 and troughed at 0.33 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.38 and a median of 0.38 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Debt Ratio dropped 22.47% in 2022, then rose 25.21% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.37 in 2022, then advanced by 1.22% to 0.38 in 2023, then fell by 8.3% to 0.35 in 2024, then advanced by 8.62% to 0.38 in 2025, then slipped by 7.06% to 0.35 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HSY's Debt Ratio at 0.35 in Q1 2026, 0.38 in Q4 2025, and 0.38 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 80.71 Bn 79.24 Bn 2.80 Bn 0.26
2 Hershey 9.96 Bn 9.08 Bn 1.22 Bn 0.35
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.93 Bn 2.87 Bn 51.29 Mn 0.00
4 Sow Good 40.34 Mn 38.02 Mn - 0.05
5 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 12.93 Mn 11.72 Mn -13.21 Mn -
6 Tootsie Roll Industries - - 51.29 Mn 0.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 0.35
Dec 31, 2025 0.38
Sep 28, 2025 0.38
Jun 29, 2025 0.40
Mar 30, 2025 0.41
Dec 31, 2024 0.35
Sep 29, 2024 0.35
Jun 30, 2024 0.39
Mar 31, 2024 0.33
Dec 31, 2023 0.38
Oct 1, 2023 0.41
Jul 2, 2023 0.36
Apr 2, 2023 0.37
Dec 31, 2022 0.37
Oct 2, 2022 0.38
Jul 3, 2022 0.40
Apr 3, 2022 0.38
Dec 31, 2021 0.48
Oct 3, 2021 0.43
Jul 4, 2021 0.46