Hershey (HSY) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026)
Hershey's Dividend Yield was 3.38% in Q3 2026, up 0.54 percentage points from 2.84% a year earlier and up 0.29 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Hershey (HSY) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Dividend Yield at Hershey came in at 2.94%, down 0.22 percentage points from FY2024.
- Dividend Yield shows a five-year change of +0.92 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Dividend Yield was 3.17% in FY2024 (+0.83 pp), 2.33% in FY2023 (+0.70 pp), 1.63% in FY2022 (-0.09 pp) and 1.72% in FY2021 (-0.30 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Dividend Yield since Q2 2009.
- Compared with a year earlier, Dividend Yield was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.22 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Dividend Yield over five years was Q2 2024 (a gain of 1.12 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2026 (a drop of 0.61 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, HSY's Dividend Yield in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was 3.08% (Q2 2026), 2.54% (Q1 2026) and 2.94% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.56 Bn | 96.02 Bn | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 83.86 Bn | 76.87 Bn | 3.92 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 34.38 Bn | 31.11 Bn | 1.51 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 28.62 Bn | 16.27 Bn | 1.99 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 18.33 Bn | 15.98 Bn | 1.49 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 14.08 Bn | 13.86 Bn | 979.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.60 Bn | 11.66 Bn | 794.90 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.11 Bn | 8.77 Bn | 471.52 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.02 Bn | 6.31 Bn | 1.01 Bn |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.75 Bn | 7.37 Bn | 266.50 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 3.38% |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 3.08% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 2.54% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.94% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 2.84% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 3.20% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.15% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.17% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 2.69% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.74% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.40% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.33% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 2.10% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 1.62% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 1.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.63% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 1.65% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 1.59% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 1.56% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.72% |
API Access
Hershey Dividend Yield 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=dividend-yield&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "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=dividend-yield&ticker=HSY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();