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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |