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

Hershey (HSY) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)

Hershey's (HSY) quarterly Dividends Paid - Common came in at $214.3 million in Q2 2026, up 5.45% year-over-year from $203.2 million in Q2 2025, and down 25.59% quarter-over-quarter from $288.0 million in Q1 2026.

Analysis

Hershey (HSY) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Hershey (HSY) has reported Dividends Paid - Common for 18 consecutive years, with $214.3 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Dividends Paid - Common rose 5.45% year-over-year to $214.3 million in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $976.8 million, a 3.07% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $1.1 billion, changed 0.05% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common was $214.3 million for Q2 2026 at Hershey, down from $288.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Dividends Paid - Common peaked at $288.0 million in Q1 2026 and troughed at $131.1 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $213.8 million and a median of $205.1 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Dividends Paid - Common.
  • Across the five-year window, Dividends Paid - Common jumped 32.9% in 2024 and retreated 0.66% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Over 5 years, Dividends Paid - Common stood at $207.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 14.86% to $237.8 million in 2023, then grew by 13.75% to $270.5 million in 2024, then increased by 0.31% to $271.3 million in 2025, then decreased by 21.02% to $214.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Dividends Paid - Common figures came in at $214.3 million (Q2 2026), $288.0 million (Q1 2026), and $271.3 million (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Dividends Paid - Common (Qtr)
1 Mondelez International 79.28 Bn 77.56 Bn 3.99 Bn 643.00 Mn
2 Hershey 35.12 Bn 34.33 Bn 1.26 Bn 214.31 Mn
3 Tootsie Roll Industries 2.90 Bn 2.76 Bn 52.63 Mn 188,000.00
4 J&J Snack Foods 1.57 Bn 1.51 Bn 151.02 Mn 15.00 Mn
5 Utz Brands 1.26 Bn 1.20 Bn 96.20 Mn 5.60 Mn
6 Sanfilippo John B & Son 831.44 Mn 830.29 Mn 44.15 Mn 17.56 Mn
7 Sow Good 65.17 Mn 65.17 Mn - -
8 BranchOut Food 58.99 Mn 58.69 Mn 96,825.00 -
9 Bridgford Foods 53.92 Mn 53.58 Mn 10.86 Mn -
10 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 8.78 Mn 8.17 Mn 1.41 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Jun 28, 2026 214.31 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 288.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 271.34 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 203.14 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 203.24 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 271.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 270.49 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 202.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 202.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 273.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 237.81 Mn
Oct 1, 2023 178.57 Mn
Jul 2, 2023 152.39 Mn
Apr 2, 2023 207.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 207.04 Mn
Oct 2, 2022 152.26 Mn
Jul 3, 2022 131.08 Mn
Apr 3, 2022 181.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 180.79 Mn
Oct 3, 2021 131.25 Mn