Hershey HSY
NYSE HSY
$183.35 +2.29 (+1.26%)
At close: Aug 18, 2026 · 3:59 PM UTC

Hershey (HSY) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Hershey (HSY) posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.41 for Q2 2026, down 3.85% year-over-year from 0.42 in Q2 2025, and down 0.93% quarter-over-quarter from 0.41 in Q1 2026.

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

Hershey (HSY) has reported Debt Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.41 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Debt Ratio fell 3.85% year-over-year to 0.41; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at 0.41 (down 3.85% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.41, up 19.16% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio slipped to 0.41 in Q2 2026 per HSY's latest filing, from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 43.71 in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.08 in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 2.79 across 5 years, with a median of 0.42 in 2025.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio jumped 9052.62% — and 2023, when it slumped 99.06%.
  • Hershey's Debt Ratio stood at 0.37 in 2022, then climbed by 1.22% to 0.38 in 2023, then retreated by 8.3% to 0.35 in 2024, then gained by 19.16% to 0.41 in 2025, then declined by 1.56% to 0.41 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows HSY's Debt Ratio at 0.41 in Q2 2026, 0.41 in Q1 2026, and 0.41 in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 80.42 Bn 78.71 Bn 3.99 Bn 0.27
2 Hershey 27.07 Bn 26.28 Bn 1.26 Bn 0.41
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 3.06 Bn 2.92 Bn 52.63 Mn 0.01
4 Sow Good 64.08 Mn 61.76 Mn - 0.05
5 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 12.49 Mn 11.88 Mn 1.41 Mn 0.34

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 0.41
Mar 29, 2026 0.39
Dec 31, 2025 0.41
Sep 28, 2025 0.36
Jun 29, 2025 0.42
Mar 30, 2025 0.05
Dec 31, 2024 0.29
Sep 29, 2024 0.40
Jun 30, 2024 0.33
Mar 31, 2024 0.41
Dec 31, 2023 0.34
Oct 1, 2023 0.41
Jul 2, 2023 0.03
Apr 2, 2023 0.37
Dec 31, 2022 0.37
Oct 2, 2022 36.61
Jul 3, 2022 0.39
Apr 3, 2022 0.47
Dec 31, 2021 0.48
Oct 3, 2021 0.43